French Japonisme

A wonderfully stylized Japanned partners pedestal desk, having carved, inlaid and engraved classical decoration, an inset leather top, eleven drawers to one side, each with brass tur...

Richly carved : top decorated with a dragon, openwork swivel shelves and tripod base carved with clawed legs. Art Nouveau / Japonisme, France, around 1880. By Gabriel Viardot (1830-...

When Japan opened to the West in 1854, the prints known as ukiyo-e (“images of the floating world”) they fascinated and delighted European audiences, especially in France where the t...

Gilded bronze and alabaster letter carrier in the Japanese style. The bronze tree branch decorations are very delicate. The alabaster plates on the two main sides give a very luminou...

This Japanese-inspired ovoid vase, designed by the ceramist Ernest Carrière, was produced by the renowned silversmith Christofle. The base is adorned with a frieze of seashells, and ...

Presenting the "Grands Oiseaux" plates, an exquisite piece from the renowned Escalier de Cristal, the definitive tableware store of the 19th century. This hand-painted plate delicat...

With red marble top, swivel shelves and tripod base carved with dragon / demon heads and clawed legs. Art Nouveau / Japonisme, France, around 1880. By Gabriel Viardot (1830-1904), f...

Presenting the "Grands Oiseaux" plates, an exquisite piece from the most world world well-knowned Escalier de Cristal, the definitive tableware store of the 19th century. This hand...

Presenting the "Grands Oiseaux" plates, an exquisite piece from the renowned Escalier de Cristal, the definitive tableware store of the 19th century. This hand-painted plate delicat...

Presenting the "Grands Oiseaux" plates, an exquisite piece from the renowned Escalier de Cristal, the definitive tableware store of the 19th century. This hand-painted plate delicat...

Presenting the "Grands Oiseaux" plates, an exquisite piece from the renowned Escalier de Cristal, the definitive tableware store of the 19th century. This hand-painted plate delicat...

Presenting the "Grands Oiseaux" plate, an exquisite piece from the renowned Escalier de Cristal, the definitive tableware store of the 19th century. This hand-painted plate delicate...

A polychrome earthenware mantel clock made by the Jules Vieillard & Cie manufactory in Bordeaux, circa 1880. An identical clock is held in the collections of the Museum of Decora...

When Japan opened to the West in 1854, the prints known as ukiyo-e (“images of the floating world”) fascinated and delighted European audiences, especially in France where the term J...

Born in Nancy, Edouard Lièvre trained in the studio of the French academic painter Thomas Couture before turning to the design of decorative arts.

A beautiful French polychrome patinated dore bronze and silvered bronze with Algerian onyx mounted centerpiece, attributed to Eugene Cornu. This beautiful centerpiece was made in the...

This beautiful clock set is designed in a fanciful Japanese style, known in France in the 19th Century as ‘Japonisme’. The style became highly fashionable in Europe after 1853, when ...

A wonderful 19th century life-size cold painted bronzed statue of a young Japanese girl dressed in a traditional Kimono, standing on a carved hardwood stand, after 'Louis Hottot' HO...

A portfolio consisting of eighty (80) 16"x12" loose chromolithographs of the most beautiful Japanese fabric designs. Published by the Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1905.

large Japanese style mirror from the end of the 19th century, attributed to Viardot, superb quality of sculpture,

"Japon" Imari service, produced in 1876 by the Creil & Montereau pottery, shows the great success of Japonism in tableware production, like the Bracquemond-Rousseau service, produced...

Especially appealing are the ‘tête d'éléphant’ gilt-bronze feet which are a motif of Barbedienne’s Japonisme creations and their design is credited to Édouard Lièvre (d.1886).

Amusing bronze with double patina and porcelain clock in the shape of a covered jar. This clock, with a dial with Arabic numerals decorated in its center with a seated lute player, i...

A beautiful and very large pair of Meiji period Japanese bronze vases with brown patina and caved design with applied gilt and silver bronze inserts representing birds and insects fl...

Pair of 19th century Patinated and Gilt Bronze Standing Crane-Form Candlesticks. This pair of 19th century candlesticks are a stunning example of gilt bronze design, featuring two...

Attributed to Ferdinand Duvinage, the shaped square hinged handkerchief top rotating open to reveal a felt top, the frieze with two drawers, the whole inlaid with brass "cracked ice"...

This extraordinary vase by French designer Vanessa Mitrani exemplifies her innovative approach to glass, merging traditional craftsmanship with contemporary artistry.

This skillful blend of Chinese art objects and French craftsmanship is attributed to the Escalier de Cristal after designs by Édouard Lièvre. Our cachepot displays a polychrome decor...

This elegant ceramic bowl was created by Edmond Lachenal for L’Escalier de Cristal around 1890. It bears his signature. A ceramist and painter, Edmond Lachenal is known for his past...

Superb Japanese-style mantel / fireplace mirror in lacquered wood, carved with an imposing dragon and decorative motifs. Japonism, France, circa 1880. Attributed to Gabriel Viard...

Carved wooden pedestal table in the Japanese style, stamped by Gabriel Viardot. Square in shape with a red marble slab, lion paw feet. The spacer and sides of the top are made of ca...

Rare majolica pin tray with insect and branches signed Choisy Le Roi, circa 1890.

This vase was created by Émile Gallé for the Escalier de Cristal at the end of the 19th century. A pioneering figure of Art Nouveau, Émile Gallé was particularly influenced by Far E...

A fine quality pair of 19th century French patinated bronze vases / lamps in the Japanese style. Each with two handles on either side, embossed flower and bat decoration, supported b...

The lamp base has an attractive Imari-inspired floral pattern and is mounted on a brass base. The table lamp has a professionally handmade custom lampshade made of coarsely woven vel...

This exquisite antique tabletop picture frame beautifully combines Art Nouveau elegance with strong Japonist influence. Crafted from gilt bronze, it features a striking contrast betw...

Vase by Alain Gaudebert, Puisaye - Era Joulia Debril Deblander - La Borne A superb blood-red vase, scarified on the outside, with a serrated neck and a smooth matt black glaze on th...

These wonderful oil lamps have been attributed to the prestigious ceramic company, Viellard & Cie. The firm was established in 1845 in Bordeaux, France. It was directed by Jules Viel...

Baluster-shaped lamp in Samson porcelain and gilt bronze. Shaft in porcelain adorned with two large cartouches in which are represented several Japanese style characters. Red backgro...

A fine Pair of 19th century Japanese Imari Porcelain and French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Thirteen-Light Celadon Torchere Candelabra.

An elegant and increasingly difficult-to-find complete service from one of Christofle’s historic patterns, equally compelling as functional tableware or as a collection of French dec...

Unusually for a prominent artist of this period, he also designed pottery for a number of French factories, in an innovative style that marks the beginning of Japonisme in France.

The Service Rousseau, which features birds, fish, insects, and flowers that he borrowed from Manga, helped propel the popularity of Japonisme throughout France. Bracquemond briefly s...