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Technique: Japanned
English 1880s Black and Gold Breakfront Two Part Bookcase with Chinoiserie Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English two part black and gold breakfront bookcase from the late 19th century with Chinoiserie décor, gilded Greek Key and floral décor, chicken wire doors, drawers and additional wooden doors. Created in England during the last quarter of the 19th century, this tall bookcase attracts immediately our attention with its tall proportions and stunning black and gold colors. Made of two parts, this breakfront bookcase is adorned with a molded cornice with carved dentil molding and a gilded Greek Key frieze, sitting above four doors presenting chicken wire. These doors open to a light painted interior with convenient shelves. The lower section, decorated with an exquisite Chinoiserie décor, is made of three drawers followed by four doors with red lacquered interior. Peaceful and traditional scenes present Chinese figures in landscapes and architectures, engaged in their daily occupations: crossing a narrow bridge, horse riding, net fishing, one can imagine the serenity of such a life. The sides are also adorned with lovely foliage and the back is plain. With its breakfront lines and skillfully executed décor, this English Chinoiserie bookcase...
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Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wire
English Chinoiserie Georgian Style Japanned Scarlet Vermillion Cabinet Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Vintage bureau cabinet secretary in the English chinoiserie style with elements of Queen Anne and George I design, japanned finish in red vermillion/scarlet with hand-painted and gil...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Queen Anne Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Pair English Regency style Chinoiserie Dressers / Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Pair of finely crafted early/mid century chests of drawers in the chinoiserie style with with faux bamboo frame and charming panels depicting raised figures, standing cranes, buildin...
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1920s English Chinoiserie Vintage Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Red Japanned Bureau Bookcase
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a highly decorative and stylish Chinese red painted bureau bookcase decorated overall with gilt chinoiseries. The top section contains a broken arched pediment over two confo...
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20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Bureau Desk Fall Front Japanning Tortoishell Gilding Chinoiserie
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, late-17th century / early-18th century, fall front bureau with gilded Chinoiserie Japanning & faux tortoishell ground.
“Before Japan was made in England, the imitation of tortoise-shell was much in request for cabinets, tables and the like“. John Stalker and George Parker, a treatise on Japanning and varnishing (originally published in 1668), Alec Tiranti, 1998, p. 75.
- This bureau is decorated in one of the most fashionable styles of the Baroque period, Chinese lacquer with gilded decoration and tortoiseshell imitation ground and would have been a statement piece within the interior.
- The colours, which have become muted from atmospheric conditions over time, are still striking and colourful evoking warm and richness.
- It has come from a private collection where it has reputedly been for many generations which explains why it is in such original condition retaining the original hinges, lock and catches.
- Pieces of imitation tortoishell with gilded lacquer decoration are rare, the last piece I handled was a chest of drawers about 20 years ago.
- Tortoishell furniture was only affordable by royalty and the elite and the height of fashion in the 17th century, as was producing things that were not what they seemed. One of the oldest examples of faux material from the Baroque period is at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen where, in 1667, the royal bed...
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17th Century Italian Chinoiserie Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
18th Century European Chinoiserie Lacquered Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A rare and significant 18th Century European four drawer japanned commode.
Retaining its original fine Chinoiserie gilding and painted decoration of court, rural and mythological sce...
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Mid-18th Century European Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century French Lacquered Petite Chest with Exquisite Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Louis XV-style antique black-lacquered petite commode or bedside table, having a shaped top with gilt bronze border, over three-stacked drawers flanked by bronze Rococo mounts, raise...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Vivian Beauty Desk, in brass, glass and wood, by Accardi Buccheri for Medulum
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Vivian is a contemporary Beauty Desk, it can be a Makeup Table, a Writing Table, and even a mirror. Vivian mirror is a mirror with a jewelry shelf. An eleg...
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2010s Italian Modern Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
George I Giltwood and Japanned Cabinet on Stand
Located in Essex, MA
The cabinet with two doors opening to an interior fitted with drawers. Two drawers with reverse painting on glass of a country house and gardens, another drawer with a stump work...
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1720s English George I Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Pair of English George II Style Red Japanned Chests
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each beautifully decorated chest with concave top with canted corners above a conforming body fitted with 2 short over 2 long drawers all raised on splayed bracket feet; with overall red ground and gilt decorated chinoiserie motifs including bird, floral and vine, architectural follies and water...
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Late 19th Century English George II Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Fine Louis XV Style Japanned Side Cabinet by Henri Nelson, circa 1900
By Henri Nelson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-bronze Mounted Japanned Side Cabinet, With A Breche D'Alep Marble Top, By Henri Nelson, Paris.
French, circa 1900.
Stamped to the carcass 'H. Nelson'. ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Queen Anne Japanned Secretary Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With double arched top over a pair of arched mirror doors opening to a red interior fitted with drawers and shelves, the base with slant lid des...
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1720s English Queen Anne Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Black Japanned Chest of Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English Japanned chest of drawers with three small drawers over three long drawers. The legs are of a cabriole style with pad feet. The term "Japanned"...
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1890s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
A Striking George I Period Japanned Chest of Drawers, England Circa 1720
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative George I Period japanned chest of drawers, showing an overhanging top over four tiers of short & full width drawers with stylistically correct albeit later hardwa...
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1720s British George I Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Pair of Large, Early 19th C. Chinoisserie Chests from Paris. C.1820.
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Never in the 35+ years that we’ve been in business have we ever had anything like these rare matched chests. From Paris, this incredible pair of early 19th Century (C.1800) are in ex...
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Early 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XV Style Brown Lacquer Chinoiserie Bronze-Mounted Commode
Located in Austin, TX
A rare Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted brown lacquer commodes decorated in chinoiserie decoration with marble top, two drawers.
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Metal
20th Century Maison Jansen Style Chinoiserie Commode
Located in London, GB
A striking 1950s French, Maison Jansen style, red lacquer and marble topped chinoiserie commode.
The red lacquer decorated with gilt chinoiserie figures and pavilions in a wooded l...
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1950s French Louis XV Vintage Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass
George I Green Japaned and Parcel Gilt Lacquer Bureau, eighteenth century.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A George I green Japaned and parcel gilt lacquer bureau cabinet with chinoiseries decoration, eighteenth century. Interior fitted with shelv...
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Mid-18th Century Asian George I Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
English 19th Century Black and Gold Lacquered Chinoiserie Corner Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English black and gold corner cabinet from the 19th century, with paneled glass doors, three middle drawers and Chinoiserie décor. Created in England during the 19th century, this...
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19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
George II Style Chippendale Sideboard
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine George II style Chinese Chippendale ebonized serpentine sideboard, the breakfront top with a pierced fretwork gallery above two fretwork trellis doors enclosing two further sh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chippendale Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
A Rare Chinese Chippendale George III cabinet on stand, circa 1760. England
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Fine and Rare George III Chinoiserie Cabinet on Stand, Circa 1760.
A rare George III cabinet on stand in the Chinese Chippendale manner,...
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18th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Pine
17th Century, William and Mary Chinoiserie Trunk on Stand
Located in Nashville, TN
Featured is an extremely rare 17th century Dutch William & Mary Chinoiserie style coffer trunk on stand. This gorgeous piece was constructed of oak in the traditional William and Mary style. The trunk is japanned with red lacquer and was hand painted with Chinoiserie scenes of life in China. There are two iron straps that mount the top to the case. There is also one iron lock, although the key is absent the latch closes and holds the top securely in place. The lacquer is 90% complete with only small losses around the edges and in various places. The top has been reinforced with oak straps underneath to prevent the jointed board from moving. The lacquer has a warm patina throughout and shows very well. The lower stand is fitted with a pair of drawers that are also japanned and hand-painted with Chinoiserie scenes on the drawer fronts. Both drawers are fitted with Dutch style brass tear drop pulls. The stand itself is built of oak with turned legs that are pinned together with traditionally carved Jacobean Influenced leg stretchers on both the right and left sides as well as one main lower center stretcher.
If you are looking for a very rare and well preserved piece this is the one. This item was almost surely on a Dutch East India Trading company...
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1690s Dutch William and Mary Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
17th-Century Japanese Namban Lacquer Coffer on French Stand, Possibly by Boulle
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An impressive and large Japanese 'Namban' transition-style lacquer coffer with fine gilt copper mounts on a French Re´gence base, possibly by André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732)
Kyoto, 1640-1650, the base 18th century
?The coffer with shaped cartouches on a nashiji ground on the lid, front and sides, with fine decorations in various techniques: takimaki-e (high relief), tsuke-gaki (drawing with narrow lacquer lines and over sprinkling with gold and silver), usuniku-takamei-e (demi relief), kimekomi (pushed inside) and accents of kirigane (small geometrical metal mosaics). Inside the cartouche on the lid a landscape with volcanos...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Japanned Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
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