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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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Japonisme
Antique Wooden Box w. Embossed Copper Japonisme Scene & Handcrafted Brass Nails
Located in Lisse, NL
Good size, one of a kind and all hand-crafted antique box with an elegant Asian scene. If you are looking for a stylish and truly decorative antique box to grace your credenza or si...
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Early 20th Century European Japonisme Furniture

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Brass, Copper

"the Japanese and the Oriental" Plaques, Attri. to L. Hottot, France, circa 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
Important pair of metal with double patina plaques representing an Oriental woman and a Japanese woman, both dressed in traditional outfits, during the tea ceremony. Each is presente...
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Early 1900s French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Metal

Art Deco Japonisme Lantern Pendant W. Mount Fuji and Traditional Music Graphics
Located in Lisse, NL
Handcrafted and rare, Asian style, opaline glass lantern pendant. With early 20th century lighting as one of our specialities we were very happy to have been given the opportunity...
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Early 20th Century European Japonisme Furniture

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Bronze, Brass

Carlton Ware, England, Bowl in Hand-Painted Porcelain with Trees, 1940s/50s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Carlton Ware, England. Bowl in hand-painted porcelain with trees and gold decoration, Japanism, 1940s / 50s. Measures: 20.5 x 10 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.
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1940s English Vintage Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Bailly Théroux Late 19th Century Japanese Inspired Lacquered Side Table
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice late 19th century Japanese inspired lacquered side table. The top is finely lacquered and in relief, it is made of Japanese inspired landscape, with birds, flowers and foliage, ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Wood

Pair of Orientalist Lamps Signed ThD, France, Circa 1875
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed ThD on porcelain and Gagneau on the bronze mounts. A very fine pair of « blue Deck » earthenware lamps, ornated with a Persan decor. Mounted within pierced gilt-bronze bases....
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1870s French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Pair Japanese Imari Fan Shaped Dishes on Stands, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful fine quality pair of late 19th- early twentieth century, Meiji period Japanese Imari Fan shaped dished, each with classical motif, scrolling foli...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Meiji Period Japanese Bronze over Lay Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very stylish pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) patinated bronze overlay vases, having wonderful exotic flowers with gilded high lights.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Large 19th Century Japanese Imari Vase on Stand
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large and very impressive 19th Century Japanese lidded Imari vase. Measures: 45". Having a wonderful Foo dog finial to the lid, classical bold blue and orange ground. Scrolling fo...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Porcelain

Period Japanese Ink Drawing Gheisha
Located in Roma, IT
Fascinating and important oriental coloured drawing Japanese Gheisha. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Paper

Large 19th Century Japanese Kutani Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully decorative Japanese Kutani vase, Meiji period 1868-1912. Having the classical orange ground with scrolling foliate decoration, inset...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Yasse Tabuch Signed Dedicated and Dated Watercolor
Located in Roma, IT
Yasse Tabuch Signed Dedicated and Dated Watercolor Asian Fine Art Painting Yasse Tabuchi’s paintings belongs to the same line as that of the group of pai...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture

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Paper

Philippine Handcrafted Solid Mahogany Carved Screen, Philippines, 1930
Located in Madrid, ES
Traditional Philippine hand carved solid Mahogany 3-panel see-through screen.
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1930s Philippine Vintage Japonisme Furniture

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Wood

Art Book Leonard Foujita Oeuvres 1949 - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Art Book Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (in Japanese ?? ??, Fujita Tsuguharu; Tokyo, 27 November 1886 - Zurich, 29 January 1968) Texts Bernard Dorival Oeuvres 1949-1968 Èdition Nic...
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1970s French Vintage Japonisme Furniture

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Paper

Large Pair 19th Century Japanese Fukagawa Lidded Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful pair of large Japanese late 19th century Fukagawa Imari lidded vases. Each with three stylised mythical birds as finials to the lids, bold o...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Porcelain

Carlton Ware, England, Large Lidded Vase in Hand-Painted Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Carlton Ware, England. Large lidded vase in hand-painted porcelain with exotic birds and trees. Japanism, 1930s. Measures: 22.5 x 18.5 cm. In exc...
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1930s English Vintage Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Massive Antique Japanese Arita Porcelain Emperor Meiji
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This very large plate made in Japan during the Emperor Meiji time 1868-1912. Wonderful blue pattern on fine porcelain. There is a crack that’s shown thro...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Pair of Japanese Fukagawa Porcelain Vases, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality large pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Fukagawa porcelain vases. Each with wonderful bold Imari colours, the tapering bands of classical motifs from top to bo...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Large Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Koro, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very large and impressive good quality Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) patinated bronze Koro. Having wonderful mythical dragon handles, a Peacock finial, an Eagle in a tree top and a Sea God under the waves...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Theodore Deck '1823-1891', a Japonisme Polychromed Faience Quadrangular Vase
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Theodore Deck (1823-1891) A Polychromed Faience quadrangular vase, decorated in a cartouche with butterfly and birds on branches of prunus and peonies in the Japanese Taste on a pu...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Faience

Japanese Lacquer Meiji Period Cabinet on Stand, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A exquisite, fine quality Meiji period (1868-1912) Japanese black lacquer cabinet on stand with wonderful scrolling gilded decoration. H...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Lacquer

Japanned 19th Century Pedestal Desk, Attributed to Viardot
Located in Brighton, Sussex
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 turtle handles, the reverse with engraved mother of Pearl inlaid doors, raised on carved cabriole legs. Attributed to; Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906) was a famous Parisian cabinetmaker specializing in the production of “Chinese-Japanese genre” furniture in the last third of the 19th century. He started his career as a wood sculptor in 1849, when he sent some naturalistic décor furniture...
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19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Fruitwood

Pair French Champleve Enamel Vases / Lamps, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative pair of late 19th century French oriental style champleve enamel vases / lamps. Each having wonderful turquoise ground and exo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

Important Pair of Panels Japan, Meiji Period '1868-1912'
Located in Madrid, ES
Important pair of panels Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912), in lacquered and gilded wood, with applications in bone and mother-of-pearl, representing b...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Lacquer

Pair of Large 19th Century Satsuma Lidded Vases, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Satsuma lidded Koros (Vases) Each with a bold turquoise ground, classical gilded decoration,...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of Japanese Kutani Porcelain Vase, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive and very decorative pair of Meiji period (1868-1912) Japanese Kutani porcelain vases, each with wonderful exotic floral d...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Satsuma Ware Planter and Gilt Bronze, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Satsuma ware planter in octagonal jar shape. Decor of polychrome enamels on a white background and gilt highlights figuring two palace scenes in cartouche...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Antique Three-Piece Meiji Period Japonisme Vase Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Antique three-piece Meiji period Japonisme vase clock set French/Japanese, late 19th century Measures: Clock height 47cm, diameter 22cm Candelabra height 55cm, width 25cm, depth 2...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Ormolu

Large Pair 19th Century Japanese Blue and White Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of Japanese Meiji (1868-1912) period Blue and white porcelain vases, each with wonderful classical motif decoration to the neck and base. Blossom trees to the ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Purple Japonist Art Nouveau Pottery by Eugene Lion Vase
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Purple Japonist Art Pottery by Eugene lion vase A perfect piece of Japonist ceramic art. By French art potter Eugene Lion, in a very interesting a...
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Early 20th Century French Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

French Japonisme Lacquered Metal Jardinière on Ormolu Stand Signed Marnyhac
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jardinière Médicis vase shape in copper with gold lacquered decoration on a burgundy background of a Japanese landscape with a volcano and an eagle ...
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1870s French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Lamp in Imari Porcelain and Gilt Bronze, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Baluster shaped lamp with Imari decor in porcelain and gilt bronze. Body adorned with red flower motifs on a white and blue background. Chiseled and gilt bronze mount. Quadripod hexa...
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19th Century Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Style Bronze Planter by L'Escalier de Cristal, France, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed H.P for Henri Pannier. Lovely hexagonal shaped planter in patinated bronze with gold highlights. Adorned on three sides with a dragon framed by a rhombus frieze on an openwor...
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1890s French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Gilt Bronze and Enamel Sconces in the Japonisme Style
Located in London, GB
Pair of gilt bronze and enamel sconces in the Japonisme style French, late 19th century Measures: Height 48cm, width 38cm, depth 22cm The sconces, or wall lights, in this pair a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Antique French Japonisme Mantel Clock with Floral Champlevé Enamel
Located in London, GB
Antique French Japonisme mantel clock with floral Champlevé enamel French, late 19th century Dimensions: Height 51cm, width 27.5cm, depth 22cm Beautifully wrought from patinated bronze and champlevé enamel, this mantel clock is designed in the Japonisme style. The style was popular in 19th Century Europe following the opening of Japan to trade and cultural exchange. The clock stands on four cabriole feet, with a pierced Japanese style apron to the bottom. The central case is stepped, with the main section of rectangular profile, and mounted with pierced patinated bronze vines...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Pair of Bronze and Enamel Japanese Garden Lanterns, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of Japanese bronze and enamel pagoda shaped garden lanterns. Each with a patinated bright bronze finish and multicolored classical enamel decoration, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Zuber French Scenic Wallpaper Panels The Japanese Garden Landscape Scene
Located in Firenze, IT
This antique and charming early 20th Century scenic wallpaper by French Zuber manufacture is made up of five rolls of wall coverings hand painted with...
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Early 20th Century French Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paper

Large Pair of 19th Century Japanese Bronze Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and striking pair of 19th century Japanese (Meiji period 1868-1912) patinated and embossed bronze vases / lamps. Each with inset panels of exotic birds and plants, ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Life-Size Bronzed Japanese Lady in a Kimono, after Louis Hottot
Located in Brighton, Sussex
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Spelter

Lladro, Spain, Large Figure in Glazed Porcelain, Geisha with Fans, 20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lladro, Spain. Large figure in glazed porcelain. Geisha with fans. 20th century. Measures: 29.5 x 17 cm. In very good condition. Stamped.
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20th Century Spanish Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Large 19th Century Japanese Bronze Reclining Geisha Girl
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully impressive late 19th century Meiji period (1868-1912) Japanese patinated bronze study of a reclining geisha girl. Signed to the reverse.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

20th Century Pair of Small Porcelain Satsuma Vases
Located in Paris, FR
Two porcelain hexagonal Satsuma vases painted in polychrome enamels and gold. The paunch is decorated with intricate Japanese characters in a landscape, the neck and the shoulder wit...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Lamps in Satsuma Earthenware, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of egg-shaped lamps in a fine Satsuma earthenware. Body presenting Japanese dignitaries speaking together inside cartouches on a white background as well as red, golden, brown and green decorative and geometric motifs. Mount in gilt bronze adorned with openwork and chiselled Japanese style motifs. Work realized circa 1880. New and functional electric system. !The price doesn’t include the lampshade price. However, our workshop can advise you with pleasure and realize it with your size and color choices! Satsuma earthenware appeared at the 16th century in Japan on Satsuma lands. This kind of ceramics is characterized by a wide range of shapes evolving through time and ovens used...
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19th Century Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Antique Meissen Bowl in Hand Painted Porcelain in Japanese Style, 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Meissen bowl in hand painted porcelain in Japanese style, 19th century. Measures: 30 x 5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 2nd factory quality.
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19th Century German Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Meiji Period Bronze and Gilt Vases
By Zo Miyao 1
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pair of fine quality Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) patinated bronze Miyao style gold and silver overlay two handled vases, each with twin handles, classical motif decoration with...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Three "Kakiemon" Meissen Plates Decorated with Japanese Motifs, circa 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Three "Kakiemon" Meissen plates decorated with Japanese motifs, circa 1900. Measures: 20 cm. In very good condition. Stamped. 1st factory quality.
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Early 1900s German Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair 19th Century Japanese Style Bronze Vases Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Cloisonné Bronze Vases, Japan, Circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of cloisonné bronze vases, Japan, circa 1900, accident on one, slight depression Measures: H 19cm, D 10cm.
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Italy Mid-18th Century Richard Ginori Porcelain Dish with Japan Landscape
Located in Brescia, IT
This Richard Ginori (an Italian factory in Doccia) dish is very elegant and it has a drawing not easy to find; for this reason it is an interesting piece to collect. Wonderful sense ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Large Pair of circa 19th Century Japanese Kutani Porcelain Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A magnificent pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Kutani porcelain vases. Having wonderful hand painted images of attendants gathering in morning, having classical motif decora...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Porcelain

Japanese Shinto Shrine
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautiful Shinto Shrine is called ´Yamako´ and represents a Japanese antique house altar. It is very elaborately carved by hand and decorated with m...
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20th Century Unknown Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Copper

Japanese Satsuma Vase with Figures
Located in Antwerp, BE
A mid-20th century Japanese Satsuma vase with figures. Satsuma ware is a style of Japanese earthenware originally from the Satsuma region of what is today southern Kyushu. There are two distinct categories of this ware: The original plain dark clay early Satsuma...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Ceramic

French Japonisme Style Gilt Bronze and Faience Standing Jardinière
Located in London, GB
French Japonisme style gilt bronze and faience standing jardinière French, late 19th century Measures: Height 84cm, width 69cm, depth 48cm Th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Large Flowery Japanese Porcelain Plate, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large circular Japanese porcelain plate, painted with a basket filled of cherry branches, peonies, dahlias, daisies and three little birds. Blue, re...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Porcelain

Pair of Birds of Paradise Vases Attributed to Baccarat, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant pair of square section vases attributed to Baccarat, in enameled crystal with polychrome decoration of birds of paradise, resting on an openwork patinated and gilded bronze b...
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1880s French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze, Enamel

Antique Enameled Umbrella and Stick Stand with Hand Painted Japanese Crane Birds
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique Japonisme stick stand with hand painted 'land of the rising sun' decor. Some chances you only get once in your life and if you are decorating a Japanese (inspired) interior t...
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Early 20th Century European Japonisme Furniture

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Metal, Enamel

Lamp in Samson Porcelain and Gilt Bronze, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Ceramic Table Lamp with Cork Shade in Japan Bamboo Look by Leola, 1970s, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
The lamp comes with E27 Edison screw fit bulb holder. They are with original wiring, in working condition. Size: Lamp base is 10.2" x 10.2" (26cm x 26cm).
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1970s German Vintage Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Metal

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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