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
19th century Edo period's Hanging scroll Samurai players and child dancer
Located in Chiba, JP
Description - Hanging scroll with quite a surreal scene of the music and dance performance with two seated samurais and a child actor on a go-game-board who plays a role of dancing s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Paper
Large C19th French Faux Bamboo Mirror
Located in London, GB
Large C19th French faux bamboo mirror.
Beautiful turned fruitwood mirror with ebonised grooves and original back. In very good condition with light wear and foxing.
Height 81cm 61c...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Fruitwood
19th Century Shop Chest
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a beautiful 19th Century Shop Chest in the Tansu family.
It has original wavy glass sliding doors in the upper portion of the cabinet.
The lower portion is made up 5 rows o...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Sevrés Japonisme Gilt Porcelain 20 Piece Demitasse Set with Lilies C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique 20 piece set of French Sevrés Japonism demitasse set offers porcelain construction with gilt lilies, en veso makers mark as photographed; c1900
Set includes:
6 plates 6.2...
Category
Early 20th Century French Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Original Antique Print of Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, Dated 1876
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of cloisonne enamels
Chromo-lithograph after A. Willms
Published by Sutton Sharpe & Co. 1876
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using y...
Category
1870s English Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Paper
A Fumidai stool - Japan - 1920
By Sori Yanagi
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Ce tabouret en bois de paulownia (kiri) incarne l'esthétique sobre et épurée du mouvement Mingei tel que défini par Sōetsu Yanagi dans son ouvrage "L’Idée du Mingei" (1933). Il reflè...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair Japonisme Style French Ceramic Cobalt Blue Glazed Vases by Gustave Asch
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique, late 19th century French ceramic vases by Gustave Asch (1856-1911), founder ofAtelier de Sainte-Radegonde, in the French Japonsime style depicting gilt standing cran...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese or Chinoiserie Paper Vintage Hand Crafted Bamboo Floor Lamp
Located in Lomita, CA
This lamp was with several other unique one-offs from a collector offered at auction. It creates a nice silhouette and the round wood base makes it very solid. It only uses a little ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Elm, Paper
17th Century Orange Blue White Japanese Arita Ware Charger Plate
Located in Lomita, CA
This Japanese Export porcelain charger is singular and speaks for itself in a beautiful palette of soft orange, blue and white. It is remimiscent of Imari, but the appraisers say it is from a 17th or 18th century kiln in Arita Japan. The colors are vibrant and clear, and there are no chips or other damage to this beautiful piece.
Arita ware...
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Late 17th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
14-Piece Japanese Gilt and Painted Tea and Dessert Serving Set with Peacock
Located in Norwood, NJ
14-piece Kutani Japanese gilt and painted tea and dessert serving set with Peacock. Hand painted gilt and painted Peacock tea and serving set. Features floral and peacock design.
Lidded tea and coffee pots, lidded creamer, sugar bowl, and five snack sets...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Gold
Koyoto Sanjusangendo Temple Stamp Goshuln Framed Antique
Located in San Diego, CA
Koyoto Sanjusangendo Temple Stamp Goshuln Framed Antique print original frame .
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Glass, Paper
ANTIQUE SOLiD BRONZE JAPANESE KOI CARP STATUE OF A WONDERFULLY ELEGANT FISH
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1920 solid bronze Japanese Koi Carp statue
A wonderfully original find, this...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
STUNNING SiGNED ANTIQUE CIRCA 1870 JAPANESE VASE DEPICTING A BIRD ON A BRANCH
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1870 signed to the base solid bronze Japanese bronze vase depicting a large b...
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Ancient Solid Bronze Vase with Chinese or Japanese Elephants
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Ancient solid bronze vase with Chinese or Japanese elephants
Category
Early 1700s Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Ingo Maurer 'Uchiwa' Chandelier in Original box, Unused, Germany, 1970s
By Ingo Maurer, Design M
Located in Budapest, HU
Ceiling lamp designed by Ingo Maurer (1932-2019) for Design M, Munich, known as the SHICHI model from the “Uchiwa” series, crafted in 1973.
Even though it was made in the 1970s, thi...
Category
1970s German Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rope, Paper
Midcentury Japanese Coffee Table In Wood And Seagrass, Japan, 1960s
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Beautiful Japanese coffee table made of wood and seagrass, Japan 1960s. A nice example of a minimalistic coffee table which brings harmony in a busy life. A nice large table top made...
Category
1950s Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Seagrass, Wood
Antique Japanese Ikebana Boat Form Flower Basket
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique Japanese woven boat shape (funagata) Ikebana flower basket, with lacquer,975 rattan, root and smoked bamboo. Fine quality weaving with wonderful patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
A boxwood netsuke depicting a snake wrapping around a pumpkin
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a snake wrapping around a pumpkin.
The snake is a symbol often associated with rebirth, transformation while the pumpkin is a symbol of fertility, abundanc...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Boxwood
Denim Peony1
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Dahlia1
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Canvas
Denim Daruma Midnight Charcoal
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Daruma Crash
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Hickory Daruma
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Daruma Indigo Big
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Lily Casablanca1
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Sunflower
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Canvas, Fabric
Denim Daruma Patchwork Big
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Rose5
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Canvas, Fabric
Denim Rose4
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Rose3
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Canvas, Fabric
Denim Rose2
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Dahlia4
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Rose1
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Dahlia3
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Dahlia2
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Fabric
Denim Peony3
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Canvas, Fabric
Denim Peony2
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Protea3
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Protea2
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Protea1
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Lily Casablanca2
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Flower Rose Apricot Foundation
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Lily Casablanca 2Blossom
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Thick denim flowers made of denim. Each petal is made of a layer of denim, so it has a very massive, and the inside wire allows this flower to be oriented in any direction. It is goo...
Category
2010s Asian Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Dragon Hand Embroidery Denim Daruma
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Daruma Button
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Unstitched Denim Daruma
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Daruma Black&Gray
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Shambray Daruma
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Painter Daruma Charcoal
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Cotton
Denim Daruma Indigo
By Aoi Shimizu
Located in Yokohama, JP
Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down.
It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ab...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Cotton
Beautiful Uchiwa ‘Ju Yon’ Chandelier by Ingo Maurer for M Design, Germany, 1970s
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Echt, NL
Rare Uchiwa Ju-Yon chandelier in very good condition.
Designed by Ingo Maurer for M design, Germany.
This chandelier is handmade from bamboo and Japanese rice paper.
The lamp c...
Category
20th Century German Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Paper, Rope
Early 20th Century Japanese Black Lacquer Table Lamp
Located in Canton, MA
Early 20th Century Japanese black lacquer table lamp. Black lacquer finish with a mountain and village landscape painted in gold, red and white. Original carved rosewood base in good...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Lacquer
A Japanese pair of cloisonné enamel vases decorated with silver wire
Located in Milano, IT
Delightful pair of silver cloisonné vases covered with polychrome enamels on a dark blue background.
Decorations with polychrome floral motifs with peonies and a pair of Japanese th...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Ink Hanging Scroll Nakabayashi Chikuto Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
An ink painting on paper (Sumi-e) mounted with brocade borders as a hanging scroll. Entitled "Plum Blossom Under a Misty Moon", the artist was Japanese painter Nakabayashi Chikuto (1...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paper
Antique Japanese Imari Plate
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful 18th to 19th century antique Imari plate with scalloped rim.
Hand painted with central blue medallion, surrounded vibrant orange, crimson, blue, and green patterns. Unmarke...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid 20th Century Satsuma Table Lamp
Located in Canton, MA
Mid 20th century satsuma table lamp. Features a woman and man in ornate traditional robes, with mountains ocean and a village in the background. Matte black base with red, green and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Japanese maki-è lacquer inro
Located in Milano, IT
Japanese inro with two compartments, in maki-è lacquer with nashiji decorations and circular reserves depicting flowers and leaves.
Coral colored ojime and lacquer manju netsuke. Si...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Large Verdigris Bronze Crane Sculpture
Located in San Mateo, CA
Vintage large size bronze crane. This crane has been outdoors but could be used inside as well. The verdigris patina shows some wear and discoloration. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown 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 decorative objects, asian art and furniture, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic 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., Gökhan Eryaman, İsmail Dağlı, and Makuzu Kozan. 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 $185,360 while the average work can sell for $2,527.
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