Japonisme Furniture
JAPONISME STYLE
In the late 19th and early 20th century, France developed an enduring passion for Japanese aesthetics and craftsmanship. Not only did this interpretation of Japanese culture — which became known as Japonisme — infuse fresh energy into French art and design, but it also radically transformed how Europeans, and subsequently the world, would come to understand visual culture.
Until 1853, Japan had been closely guarded against foreign visitors for over two centuries. However, American Commodore Matthew C. Perry sailed into Japan that year and initiated the first of its treaties with the United States and Europe, thereby opening its borders and giving the West its first-ever look at Japanese design.
For the next few decades, taken with Japonisme, sophisticated collectors in Paris, New York and elsewhere gorged themselves on lacquered screens, celadon ceramics and netsuke ornaments, along with artworks depicting various aspects of Japanese life. The East Asian country’s influence on Europe, particularly France, contributed to one of the most creatively prosperous periods in history, leaving an imprint on the Impressionist, Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements, and inspiring artists like Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Vincent van Gogh as well as luxury houses such as Louis Vuitton and Hermès. Japonisme emerged at the time when the ornate Renaissance Revival style was the most prominent mode of decorating in Europe, and Japanese aesthetics seemed strikingly modern and elegant in comparison.
In addition to everyday practical objects from Japan, such as vases, tableware and decorative boxes, Japanese art, especially Japanese woodblock prints by masters of the ukiyo-e school, caught the eye of many artists — particularly those in the Art Nouveau poster community in 1880s Paris. The luscious organic colors associated with traditional Japanese design, motifs like cherry blossoms and carp and the vivid patterns found in woodblock prints, silks and more were adopted and appropriated by painters as well as ceramicists and those working in other fields of the decorative arts. Today, demand for Japanese lacquerware — furniture, trays, writing boxes, screens, incense burners — from the Edo period (1615–1868) and the late 19th century continues to be very strong among collectors.
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Style: Japonisme
Hoshigame Table Lamp Designed by Issey Miyake for Artemide
By Artemide, Issey Miyake
Located in Athens, GR
“Hoshigame” table lamp designed by Issey Miyake for Artemide, iF Product design Award 2013.
The art of lighting has a conceptual and technological heritage at the Miyake Design St...
Category
2010s Italian Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Japanese Iron Garden Lantern Old Gold Finch and Bamboo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Japanese outdoor cast iron garden lantern with gold finch and bamboo design.
Round gold finch, bamboo, and pine tree motif outdoor patio or garden lantern....
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Imari Porcelain Urn Lamps, a Pair
Located in Marietta, GA
Adorable pair of small , Japanese Imari, urns w/ gilt bases. Beautifully painted, in classic Imari colors, in the classic urn form. The lamps have had a gilt base added , at some poi...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Hermes Porcelain Ashtray with Japanese Scene
By Hermès
Located in New York, NY
Hermes porcelain ashtray / vide poche with Japanese scene of two samurai on horseback, marked "Hermes Paris" and "Made in France". Some chippi...
Category
20th Century Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Embossed Japanese Imari Catchepot
Located in Charleston, SC
This pretty embossed porcelain bowl has scalloped edges and lots of texture. Great for plants or as a centerpiece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Two Japanese Style Raku Ceramic Decorative Vases, 1999
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Set of two slender rustic handmade raku ceramic vases. Rectangular shape with hand-carved incisions on each side and circular opening. Creamy sand colore...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic, Pottery
Midcentury Vintage Japanese Export Porcelain Imari Vases/ a Pair
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a pair of midcentury vintage, Japanese export imari vases. These porcelain vases have a floral motif painted onto the entire surface of the vas...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 'Japonsime' Blue Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair Of 'Japonsime' Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Powder-Blue Porcelain Vases, Mounted As Lamps. By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris.
Each with a square shaped body. The sides decorated with ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Joseph Holdcroft English Majolica Flying Crane Turquoise Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An English majolica plate, The Flying Crane, by Joseph Holdcroft, Circa 1870.
Designed in the Aesthetic Japonisme taste, the crane is centered on a turquoise pebbled ground with a border of prunus, or pink Dogwood branches stemming from the brown branch form rim.
Showing the unusual green glazing on the verso, distinctive to Holdcroft majolica.
Book reference,’The Collectors Encyclopedia of Majolica’ by Mariann Katz-Marks, page 95.
Joseph Holdcroft held several patents for the production of earthenware. He was employed by Minton where he became proficient in the manufacture of majolica. Holdcroft established the Sunderland Pottery...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Japanese Inro by Shigehide Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite four-case lacquered inro was dated to the latter part of 18th century to early 19th century (Edo period) and made by Shigehide. The opposite sides of the inro together features a lavish flower arrangement in a bamboo basket (ikebana). The detailed craftmanship was a true pleasure to behold. Mostly Takamaki-e (high relief) were used to texturize the delicate petals of the chrysanthemums, on which different shades of gold were used to create contrast. Raden (mother of pearl) shells were also used to highlight some leaves, rendering the piece an interesting balance of color and material. The interior was completed in a mottled gold finish. It was signed Shigehide on the bottom with a Kao. There is a small carved rabbit ojime bead...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Bronze Japanese Buddha Sculpture on Plinth
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-20th century Bronze Japanese Buddha Sculpture on Plinth
Offered for sale is a bronze early to mid 20th century Japanese figurative scu...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of "Bamboo" Bronze Sconces Attributed to Marnyhac, France, circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of Japanese style sconces in chiseled and patinated bronze with gilded highlights. Formed by two branches with geometric winding in imitation of bamboo, ending with bobèches surmounted by interlacing supporting binets decorated with flowers and Greek friezes...
Category
1890s French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Aesthetic Movement French Japonisme Pagoda Wall Shelf by Gabriel Viardot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Aesthetic Movement French Japonisme Pagoda Wall Shelf by Gabriel Viardot
France, circa 1870s, Unmarked
A tour de force example of Gabriel Viardot...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Shishi face Mask Japan 1940s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice highly decorative Shishi face Mask Japan 1940s ,some paint losses .
hand carved.
Category
1940s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Faux Lacquer Storage Box
Located in New York, NY
Large Japanese faux lacquer decorated storage box in the form of a chamfered cube with hinged lid, the black lacquered sides decorated with lotus leaves and other floral motifs.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Block Print Advertising Calendar '1912' from a Kimono Store
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Japanese block print advertising calendar (1912) from a Kimono store.
The item is supplied without a frame.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Paper
Trio of Vintage Dinner Trays, Japanese Lacquer Serving Platter, Bamboo, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a trio of vintage dinner trays. A Japanese, lacquered serving platter with woven bamboo centres, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
3 Antique Hand Blown Green Glass Japanese Float Nautical Buoy Marker Rolling Pin
Located in Dayton, OH
3 Antique hand blown Japanese fishing floats / markers. One rolling pin style and 2 orbs.
Cylindrical - 5.75” x 2” x 2” / Round 1 - 3.5” x 3.5” / Round 2 - 3” x 3” (Width x Depth ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Midcentury Oriental Hors D'oeuvres Dish Set in Presentation Lazy Susan
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Midcentury Oriental Hors d'oeuvres Dish Set in Presentation Lazy Susan
A very attractive large blue and white set, there is one Octagonal dish at the centre of the set surrounded ...
Category
1960s Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Ikebana Basket, Early 20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Ikebana basket (hanakago) made of dark brow varnished bamboo wickerwork, elongated rounded shape, with a handle made of three varnished wooden branches. Thicker bamboo braids on the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
19th Century French Bamboo Hall Tree or Coat Rack
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French bamboo hall tree, or coat rack with six hooks and a curved bent rail to hold umbrellas. Original beveled mirror. Free standing, but should be fastened to the wa...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Mirror
Amazing Eggshell Porcelain Coffee-Tea Service with Lithophane from Japan, 1940s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Charming 24k gold Hand Painted Japanese Tea Set, Japanese Garden Landscape and Geisha Girls. 1940s.
Japanese Eggshell Porcelain Tea Set ...
Category
1940s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Faux Bamboo Umbrella Stand
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French faux bamboo umbrella stand made of beechwood. Missing the drip tray. Please refer to photos for more details. circa 1880-1900.
Dimensions: 16"W x 10"D x 27"H
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Beech, Mirror
Bamboo Coffee Table by Axel Vervoordt
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Oostende, BE
Conceived and produced by the Belgian decorator & art dealer Axel Vervoordt in the 1980s. Rolls of bamboo were ordered in China to cover these specially designed coffee tables.
T...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Oak
Important Japanese Cabinet
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
Japanese-style cabinet with lacquered decoration. It opens with two doors, in the center a mirror engraved with Far Eastern landscapes. Gold-coloured interior with floral decoration ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Gold
Viva Premium Velvet Bench Manufactured in Spain in Artisan Ateliers, Houtique
By Carolina Micó Navarro
Located in Madrid, ES
VIVA, subtlety and rotundity in a bench that plays with your perception.
Discover HOUTIQUE’s experimental atelier, a space where creativity and craftsmanship come together thanks to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Minimalistic Japandi Bench or Coffee Table, the Netherlands, 1970s
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Solid wooden bench or coffee table. Wabi sabi, japandi style.
With beautiful joints.
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood
Elegant Vintage Japanese Silk Kimono with Shibori Band Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese formal silk Kimono in a light blue color with striking floral design. The garment is hand-stitched from a crepe like silk and dated to circa 1940-60s. The garment is spars...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Silk
Pair of 19th Century Patinated and Gilt Bronze Standing Crane-Form Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Rare "Uchiwa V" Fan Wall Lights by Ingo Maurer, circa 1970s
By Ingo Maurer, M Design
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
Pair of rare "Uchiwa V" wall sconces by Ingo Maurer for Design M, 1970s, Germany. Executed in bamboo and rice paper fan.
Socket: 1 x E27 Edison for standard screw bulbs.
In an abso...
Category
1970s German Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Paper
Vintage Oriental Blue & White Porcelain Flying Fish Table Lamp Chinoiserie
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage porcelain table lamp. Features a white base with blue painted design. At the center are Japanese carp with a little girl holding onto t...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Orange and Gold Woven Obi Sash Textile
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Large Vintage Orange and Gold Woven Obi Sash Textile.
Long runner when folded size: 12"W
(Please review images, a few stains from age in one side only)
V...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Vintage Gold & Silver Silk Woven Obi Textile Fragment
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Vintage Gold & Silver Silk Woven Obi Textile Fragment.
Palm leaves in silver and gold.
Ideal for the center of a pillow.
Size: 13"H x 14"W
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Asian Woven Floral Silk Obi Textile Fragment
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Asian Woven Floral Silk Obi Textile Fragment.
Golden tone and white woven flowers.
Ideal for pillows or upholstery.
Size: 28"L x 29'H.
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Silk
Vintage Burgundy and White Cotton Obi Sash Textile Fragment
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Vintage burgundy and white cotton obi sash textile fragment
Size: 12"H x 56"L.
Category
1990s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Japanese Faux Lacquer Decorated Pedestal
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Lacquer Decorated Column Pedestal, hand-painted in Rimpa style displaying Cranes, lotus flowers and leaves on a gilded and painted background. Noticeable chips to top rim of...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Vintage Japanese Style Pottery Vase
Located in San Carlos, CA
Offered here is a beautiful vintage Japanese style pottery vase made in Japan. Comes with abstract design black and white stripes on a earthy brown back...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Pottery
English 19thc. "Imari" Decorated Hand Painted Tea Dessert Service for 8-26 Pcs
By Hammersley
Located in Great Barrington, MA
An amazing hand painted example of the influence of the Japonesque influence on English wares ca. 1890's. This is a complete set of 8 footed cups and saucers and 8 matching dessert p...
Category
1880s English Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japan, Kutani Dish with Dragon and Phoenix, Meiji Period
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Japanese Meiji period charger decorated with colored enameld and gold over porcelain. It represents a dragon and a phoenix which are the symbols of the emperor and the impr...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Four Porcelain White & Gold Foo Dogs
Located in South Salem, NY
A set of four white and gold ceramic Foo Dog table bases. Made in Spain by Bondia in the Hollywood Regency style. Ornate ceramic sculptures with detailed faces, mouths, bodies, and p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Tanabe Chikuunsai II '1910-2000' Bamboo Hanging Basket, Japan Mid-20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1910-2000) Bamboo Hanging Basket, Japan mid 20th century.
A rare hanging basket by Tanabe Chikuunsai II, made of madake (timber bamboo) and using tobi-gozame...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Wakasa Lacquer Tray
Located in Dallas, TX
Incredibly beautiful 19th to early 20th century Japanese tray in the Wakasa technique. Layers of lacquer on wood that are polished to present this intricate pattern.
The Brendan ...
Category
19th Century Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Double-Cut 'Nijū-giri' Flower Container 'Hanaire' Ikebana Tea Ceremony
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Japanese Double-cut (Niju-giri)
Flower Container (Hanaire)
for ikebana tea ceremony.
1st half of 20th century.
Cut from a single piece of bamboo with root section
and openings for two tier flower arrangement, Niju-ike,
copper cups...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Pair of Painted Cast Iron Heron Garden Sculptures - France - circa 1930s
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage pair of cast iron 'Heron' garden sculptures - suitable for indoor/outdoor use - featuring a great aged patina with remnants of a polychrome painted finish in areas - articula...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Iron
Modern Japonisme Black Lacquered Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Modern black lacquered wood side or accent table in the Japonisme taste, with one drawer above four cabriole legs, faceted disco ball crystal pull. 30" H x 15.75" W x 12.5" D.
Deale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Porcelain, Satsuma Tea Set, 23 Pieces
Located in Milano, IT
...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Theodore Deck Vases
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Extremely rare pair of Gu-shaped turquoise enamelled ceramic vases, carried by elephants and resting on an openwork base ending in four flared feet. Some lack of enamel otherwise ver...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Bronze Figure of Attendant w/ Chamara
Located in New York, NY
Japanese large bronze sculpture in two parts depicting an attendant standing atop a rocky base and holding a chamara fly-whisk or -swish used to sweep ignorance and fan deities, the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Blue and White Fishbowl form Planter or Jardinière, M. Jay Lindsay, 1979
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A very chic and distinctive Asian fish-bowl form planter or jardinière of large scale by late New York master potter and sculptor M. Jay Lindsay having coba...
Category
1970s American Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Famille Rose Qianlong Period Enamel Inkwell by L'Escalier de Cristal C.1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Famille Rose Painted Enamel inkwell set Qianlong Period (1736-1795) by l’Escalier de Cristal
It consists of a fretworked tray with raised edges in blackened wood surrounded by a...
Category
1870s French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
19th Century Japanese Table
Located in Stamford, CT
An unusual Japanese inspired 19th century table attributed to Gabriel Viardot. The top with incised Chinoiserie decoration and fine mother of pearl inlay over two drawers with pierce...
Category
20th Century French Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Japanese Black Crane and Camellia-Motif Relief Carved Wall Mirror, 1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exquisite late 1970s Asian black cerused wood wall mirror with relief carved Japanese crane and camellia flower motif.
Black lacquered cerused...
Category
1970s American Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint
Antique Tiffany Chrysanthemum Sterling Silver Oyster Ladle
Located in New York, NY
Chrysanthemum sterling silver oyster ladle. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1920. Round bowl with twisted fluting and curved and reeded stem with d...
Category
Early 20th Century American Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Japanese Table Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Japanese Table Lamp"
Table lamp of the beginning of the XXth century, Japan.
Lamp base: H: 38cm, D: 19cm
With lampshade: h: 61cm, d: 40cm.
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Japanese Jars
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Pair of vintages Japanese jars in engraved black metal.
1980s.
Category
1980s Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Metal
Russian Cloisonné Enamel Tea Set
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional Russian cloisonné and enamel tea set is the work of Pavel Akimovich Ovchinnikov. One of Russia’s most skilled enamel artisans, Ovchin...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
19th Century French Bamboo Hall Tree or Coat Rack
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French bamboo hall tree, or coat rack, of Japonisme design, with a circular beveled mirror and decorative elements attached to a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Bamboo
Japanese Nikko Chased Metal Book End, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Japanese midcentury bronze patinated chased metal bookends depicting the city on 'Nikko' with bridge over the river and mountain. Each: 5.5" H x 4" W x 3.5" D.
Dealer: S138XX.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japonisme furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Japonisme furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Japonisme furniture made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Tiffany & Co., Makuzu Kozan, Bow Porcelain, and Ingo Maurer. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $29 and tops out at $295,000 while the average work can sell for $2,631.
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