Japanned 19th Century Pedestal Desk, Attributed to Viardot

A good quality Japanese carved wood desk, having wonderful carved exotic flowers and foliage to the cupboards, drawers and elegant cabriole legs....

French 19th Century ladies fall front bureau de dame, having wonderful Amboyna, veneers with classical Boxwood inlay to the centre depicting a classical urn with over flowing flowers. Opening to reveal an inset writing tablet...

A very good quality late 19th century satinwood inlaid pedestal desk. Having its original Moroccan embossed leather top, inlaid decoration to the top, the drawer fronts and sides hav...

A good quality late 19th century French bureau De-Dame, having wonderful marquetry floral inlay to the fall and top, opening to reveal a shelf, drawer...

A fine quality 'Gillows' kidney shaped figured Walnut pedestal desk, having inset tooled leather top, eleven graduating mahogany lined drawers with their original brass ring drop han...

A fine quality late 19th century mahogany inlaid, Sheraton revival ladies writing desk. having drawers and compartments to the superstructure, an inset leather writing surface, three...

Rare Japanese style cylinder desk in tinted and carved wood, richly engraved on all sides with foliage, cherry branches and geometric interlacing. Surmounted by two asymmetrical shelves, the cylinder is decorated with an engraved dragon. Opening this cylinder reveals many compartments with adjustable dimensions, a drawer with engraved decoration and letter storage. The cylinder sides can open laterally, allowing a larger area for working and writing. The lower part of the desk is formed on the left by five superimposed drawers decorated with geometric interlacing and carved branches, as well as Japanese characters, deer and mother-of-pearl foliage. On the right, there is a drawer and a door decorated with carved leaves and mother-of-pearl interlacing, revealing four drawers forming compartments. An ingenious mechanism makes it possible, when the cylinder is closed with a key, to completely lock the desk. Gabriel Viardot career began as a wood carver and he produced small furniture, sculpturally carved with naturalistic motifs and animals. In the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris, his finely sculpted objects were well received. However, with the increasing importation of similarly produced Swiss and German articles, he found less opportunity for these and decided to innovate. G. Viardot succeeded to his father’s business in 1861 installed rue Rambuteau in Paris. Around 1870 he turned to the idea of producing « Meubles genre Chinois et Japonais ». The taste in Europe for exotic furniture, incorporating sometimes authentic Chinese or Japanese objects...

Cabinet in the style of Viardot, with inlays in the doors, the fabric of the bottom has been changed, minimal wear from use and time in good condition, some old holes from xylophages

Exotic Japanese French vitrines attributed to Gabriel Viardot. Carved hardwood with Fine brass mounts. Interior with old silk velvet. Great size. France. 19th century.   Gabriel...

Exotic Japanese French vitrines attributed to Gabriel Viardot. Carved hardwood with Fine brass mounts. Interior with old silk velvet. Great size. France. 19th century.   Gabriel...

With six drawers and simulated door in the rigth side. Two pull out side shelves. Beautiful construction and finish.

19th century walnut pedestal desk, having the original leather writing surface and a decorative pierced copper gallery running along the back and sides of the moulded edge top, the d...