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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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Style: Japonisme
Carved and Patinated Wood Table, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carved and patinated wood table, France, late 19th century. Attributed to Gabriel Viardot.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Wood

Japanese Yoshidaya Saiko Kutani Ceramic Dish
By Yoshidaya
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese Ao-Kutani stoneware dish with overglaze decoration in the shape of barbed quatrefoil shape from late Edo period, circa early mid-19th century. Around 1804, 100 years after Ko-Kutani (old-Kutani) ware disappeared abruptly after thriving from 1655-early 1700s, saiko-kutani (revived-kutani) was attempted by many kilns and several distinguished styles developed. Among them, Yoshidaya kiln attempted to revive the original style of Ko-Kutani known as Aote, which employed four dark colors: green, yellow, dark blue/black and aubergine to create bold and striking design. The Yoshidaya production was short-lived and lasted roughly from 1823-1831. This dish is likely dated from this period or shortly after. The overglaze design centered around a crouching tiger under a black bamboo grove in a deep green background, surrounded by luxuriant banana leaves in green and aubergine with black outlines. The base of a similar concentric barbed quatrefoil design is further decorated with black foliage outlines and marked with a square Fuku mark. For a Yoshidaya dish with identical shape but different landscape decoration, see lot 79 of sale 6547 Christie's London. Important Japanese and Chinese Art...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Ceramic

Near Pair of Antique Japanese Arita Export Ceramic Jars
Located in Atlanta, GA
A near pair Hizen pottery jars from Artia Japan, circa mid-19th century of the Meiji Era. Heavy stoneware construction with overglaze enamels that was inspired by Chinese WuCai from ...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Ceramic

Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana by Yamashita Kochikusai
Located in Atlanta, GA
Yamashita Kochikusai (1876-1947) was a bamboo artist from Osaka, Kansai region. He apprenticed under Wada Waichisai I (1851-1901), becoming independent in 1901. His students include ...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture

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Bamboo

19th Century Japanese Armchair
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very dramatic late 19th century Japanese carved softwood armchair. Having mythical dragons entwined to the backrest and arms, raised on carved cab...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Softwood

Antique Tiffany Japonesque Applied Hand-Hammered Sterling Silver Sake Pot
Located in New York, NY
Japonesque sterling silver sake pot. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, circa 1880. Globular with short and tapering diagonal spout and stationary bracket han...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Pair of Japanese Meiji / Taisho Period '1900-1920' Cast Bronze Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A pair of Japanese cast bronze vases, each of slender tapered form resting on a stepped base and rising to a narrow neck with everted, key-f...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Bronze

Japanese Sterling Silver Centerpiece Pedestal Bowl by Hattori Kintaro
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite Japanese presentation bowl in sterling silver by Hattori Kintaro (1860 - 1934), circa 1910-1920s, late Meiji era to early Taisho era. This rare and rather large piece wa...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Malachite, Sterling Silver

Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Side Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Side Table This is a very auspicious piece, the top of the table has a scene showing 2 Cranes (birds of life) and th...
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Late 20th Century Japonisme Furniture

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Lacquer

Japanese Studio Ceramic Centerpiece Okumura Shozan Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautifully crafted large ceramic bowl as a centerpiece by Okumura Shozan (1842-1905) in the Kyo-yaki (kyoto ware) style. A Classic ovoid form with flatly...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Ceramic

Massive Japanese Arita Presentation Porcelain Plate Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
This massive Japanese Arita plate was made in Hizen, circa 1890-1910s, at the end of Meiji period by a potter named Takeshige Yoshisuke who was active in A...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Japanese Inro with 4 Boxes in Gold Lacquer with Mat Kinji Background
Located in Marseille, FR
19th century Japanese inro with 4 boxes in gold lacquer with kinji mat background decorated in taka makiyé of gold of different tones. Lacquered wood siz...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Giltwood

Reconstructed Ceramics #3 Contemporary Zen Japonism Style
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series of ceramics are unique work by Norihiko Terayama. He broke ceramic at first, and make it into a lot of fragment. He rasp some of fragmen...
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2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Ceramic

Pair of Faience Oil Lamps, Attributed to Vieillard & Cie
By Jules Viellard
Located in London, GB
These wonderful oil lamps have been attributed to the prestigious ceramic company, Viellard & Cie. The firm was established in 1845 in Bordeaux, France. It was directed by Jules Viel...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Metal

Group of French Paper Mache Black & Gilt Japanned Decorative Items, 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Group of French papier mâché black and gilt Japanned decorative items, 19th century. Comprising of a large oval lobed bowl, crumb tray and ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Paper

Asian Wood Carved Wall Plaque with Crab and Lobster
Located in Austin, TX
An Asian fine carved wood wall plaque possibly Japonese with a crab, a lobster on bamboo.
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1880s Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Wood

Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Dragon Candlestick Holder
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Japanese Meiji period Cloisonne candlestick holder decorated with a dragon. Finely detailed metal and enamel work. In excellent age a...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Metal

Fine Japanese Meiji Period Water Color on Silk of Monkeys
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful fine quality Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) water color on silk of seven monkeys climbing and playing on a rock face with trailing foliage...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Silk

Late 19th Century Japanese Armchair
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very dramatic 19th century Japanese carved armchair. Depicting mythical dragons to the arms and back, amongst clouds. Raised on carved cabriole legs.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Softwood

Pair of 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Carp Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) green and red patinated bronze vases, each having pierced decoration, having wonderful raised carp swimming around the center...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Bronze

Large Japanese Meiji Period Bronze of a Young Child with a Play Hoop
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large very good quality late 19th century (Meiji period 1868-1912) Japanese patinated bronze statue of a young child in traditional dress holding a play hoop. Measures: 60cm (24").
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of Japanese late 19th Century Jardinières
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th Century Japanese jardinieres. Each having exotic brightly colored birds and flowers.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Porcelain

Rare Aesthetic Movement Wall-Light Attributed to G. Viardot, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
A large Japanese style four lights sconce attributed to G. Viardot, in shape of a dragon made in carved tinted wood, holding in its mouth a Japanese blossoming cherry tree branch, fr...
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1880s French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Wood

Meiji Period Hirado Blue and White Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A beautiful late 19th century Meiji period (1868-1912) Hirado blue and white vase. Having classical motif and foliate decoration to the carved neck, with a hand painted scene of a se...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Porcelain

Rhino Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Art by Someya Satoshi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese Lacquer Rhino Sculpture by Someya Satoshi (1983-). A hand-molded lacquer sculpture that depicts a fantasy beast "Rhino". The artist uses century-old traditional techniques and symbols but with an innovative contemporary energy that borders mysticism, shamanism and surrealism. Found objects were equally treated as part of the meticulous designs as the elaborate Maki-e and shell inlays. According to the press of Honolulu Museum of Art: "Someya Satoshi has been described as “one of the most significant contemporary lacquer artists working in Japan today.” (Japan Times, 12 Dec. 2013) His work combines objects of daily use, such as bathing buckets, serving trays, and soup bowls, with a wide array of natural materials, including animal bones, horns and antlers, sand, stones, leaves and branches. In the process, he implements a range of traditional lacquer methods passed down from pre-modern eras, such as the kanshitsu or “dry lacquer” technique, the origins of which date to Japan’s Nara period (710–784). After creating his forms, he embellishes them with designs inspired by calligraphy, traditional Japanese textile patterns, and even contemporary manga or comic books. His work defies ordinary definitions of lacquer art and successfully challenges the perceived limits of this extremely difficult and, in some ways, most conservative of traditional Japanese art forms". His work was exhibited in US such as Honolulu Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Morikami Museum etc. For a complete resume of the artist, see the artist's page in Imura Art Gallery. Reference: For a very similar Bull Sculpture see Hard Bodies Contemporary Japanese Lacquer...
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Early 2000s Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Rope, Wood, Lacquer

Important Miniature Japanese Bamboo Basket by Hayakawa Shokosai I
Located in Atlanta, GA
A miniature bamboo basket woven by Hayakawa Shokosai I (1815-1897) circa 1885, an important example of the work by the artist who is considered as the founding father of Japanese modern bamboo art and the first ever signed his own work thus elevating bamboo weaving from a craft into an art form. The miniature basket was traditionally used during Sencha tea ceremony. It was woven from bamboo (madake) and rattan using...
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1880s Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Bamboo, Rattan

Pair of Brown and Blue Porcelain Lamps, Japanese Style, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of baluster shape brown and blue porcelain lamps. Decoration of Japanese style figures in a cartouche framed with vegetals and flowers with deep blue and gold highlights. Mounte...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Bronze

Rare Tiffany Mixed Metal Hand Hammered Water Pitcher with Dragonfly
Located in New York, NY
Rare mixed metal pitcher with lots of bugs. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Globular with drum-form neck, small lip spout, and c-scroll handle. Modish insects—dragon fly, grasshop...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Sterling Silver

1900 Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Huge Vase with Samurai Scenes
Located in Weiningen, CH
1900 Japanese Satsuma porcelain huge vase with Samurai scenes.
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1890s Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Porcelain, Paint

Japanese Namban Lacquer and Inlay Coffer Momoyama Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare Japanese Namban Lacquer domed coffer circa 1570-1610s of Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo period. These types of lacquerware were made for export to ...
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16th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Wood, Lacquer

Edo Period Japanese Bodhisattva Shrine
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible Edo Period Japanese gilt and lacquered carved wood shrine depicting a Bodhisattva with piercing glass eyes, a contemplative expression, and h...
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Early 1800s Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Giltwood, Wood, Lacquer

Japonism Bronze & Onyx Figural Phoenix Centerpiece/Jardinièr, Attributed Cornu
By Eugène Cornu
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful French polychrome patinated dore bronze and silvered bronze with Algerian onyx mounted centerpiece, attributed to Eugene Cornu. This beautiful centerpiece was made in the...
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1870s French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Onyx, Bronze

19th Century Oil on Canvas Japanese Monks in a Landscape by Francis Neydhart
Located in Dallas, TX
A realistic oil on canvas of two Japanese monks wearing robes in an outdoor ceremony by painter Francis Neydhart, (1860-1948). Signed lower right. Image measures: 16" H x 13.25" W
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Canvas, Wood

Japanese Style Ceramic Cup Takuya Hamajima Contemporary Zen
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Japanese style cup made of ceramic and wood. Wood is zelkova and ceramic with zelkova ash glaze.
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Wood, Ceramic

Rare Japanese Export Marquetry Cabinet with Drawers on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A piece of functional art made in Shizuoka for export to the western market, this Japanese chest with drawers on stand, circa 1900s features intricate marquetry work using a traditio...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Brass

Purple Vintage Turkish Rug
Located in New York, NY
A one of a kind decorative Turkish rug with a formal feminine floral design in purple and light green.
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Japonisme Furniture

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Wool

19th Century Dessert Service for 12 with Polychrome Enamel Exotic Birds
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This "Japonesque" dessert service incorporates many decorative elements of both period and style. The shaped rims of the white plates are highlighted with gold trim and gadroon edges...
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1850s English Antique Japonisme Furniture

Pair of Black Lacquer Ebonized and Inlaid Wood Organic End Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of black lacquer ebonized and inlaid wood organic end tables. Also great as nightstands.
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood

Italy Mid-18th Century Pair of Lacquered Blue Vases with Herons and Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a pair of very beautiful lacquered terracotta vases, with drawings of herons and flowers. The elegant herons evoque the Japanese style. The colors are fully and vibrant. The...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Terracotta

Coffee Cup, Kakiemon Decoration, Plymouth, circa 1769
By Plymouth Porcelain Factory 1
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Coffee cup in hard-paste porcelain, decorated with Kakiemon painting. The fruits of the Plymouth factory are perhaps the first examples of hard-paste porc...
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Porcelain

Gabriel Viardot , Solid Palisander Chair with Bronzes Design, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gabriel Viardot (attributed to), solid palisander chair with bronzes design, 19th century Ancient restorations.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Palisander

Japanese Style Gilt Bronze and Enamel Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This beautiful clock set is designed in a fanciful Japanese style, known in France in the 19th Century as ‘Japonisme’. The style became highly fashionable in Europe after 1853, when ...
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19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Bronze, Enamel

Large Antique Zen Japanese Ink Scroll After Sesson Shukei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese Sumi ink painting with light color wash mounted with brocade borders as a hanging scroll (Kakejiku). The painting depicts the famously eccentric Buddhist monks Hanshan and Shide (known in Japan as Kanzan and Jittoku). Often as a pair, they have been a popular motif in Japanese Zen painting...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Silk, Paper

Glass Wearing Ceramic Vase 03 Contemporary Zen Japonism Style
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Antique broken ceramic Japanese sake bup repaired with glass. Broken chips are welded by glass. This work is study for relationship between object and decoration. Subject is Destru...
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2010s Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Ceramic, Glass

Japanese Style Gilt Brass Clock Set with Silvered Brass and Porcelain Mounts
Located in London, GB
This Japanese style clock set was crafted in France in circa 1880. The set consists of a central clock, which is accompanied by two vases. The central clock features a gilt brass rectangular body with a pitched top, like a pavilion roof. The roof is mounted with wavy, silvered brass forms, and topped by a silvered brass ball finial, with a pointed end, which is bracketed by wavy forms. Mounted onto the four corners of the clock’s front facade are silvered dragons and cloud-like motifs. The central panel is recessed, and contains the gilt brass circular clock dial, inscribed with Roman Numerals. The centre of the clock dial is decorated with embossed flowers and a circular, red form, with a painting of a bird at its centre. The dial is signed with the retailer’s name, ‘ALEX'R M HAYS, NEW YORK’. The space below the dial is ornamented with relief flowers, a black porcelain triangle, which is overlaid with floral designs, and a dark blue porcelain fan, decorated with buildings. They are accompanied by the porcelain figure of a Japanese woman, wearing a kimono and seated at a koto. Similar recessed panels, featuring porcelain birds and coloured geometric forms, decorate the sides of the clock body. These are mounted with wavy, silvered brass shapes, which serve as handles. The clock body is set on a rectangular, silvered brass base, which is raised up on four bracket feet, and features a cloud-like silvered brass apron. The vases that accompany the clock have tall, soft-edged rectangular bodies, and are decorated in a similar style to the central clock. They likewise feature silvered brass finials, handles and bases, and gilt brass bodies, which are decorated with embossed flowers, geometric painted porcelain shapes, and Japanese figures. Unlike the clock, however, the vases feature full-length portraits of standing Japanese figures. One vase depicts a woman, who wears a kimono and raised wooden shoes (geta), and who holds a parasol and fan. On the other vase, the image shows a man dressed in a haroi jacket, with a kosode and trousers underneath, and sandals on his feet. He holds a knife and circular, metal shield, and carries a katana sword...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Brass

French Japonisme style gilt bronze and enamel mantel clock
Located in London, GB
French Japonisme style gilt bronze and enamel mantel clock French, 19th Century Height 30cm, width 18cm, depth 14.5cm This fine mantel clock is of rectangular form, with a gilt bron...
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19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Ormolu, Enamel

Elegant and Striking Japanned Tray or Cocktail Table French, Mid-20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Elegant and striking Japanned tray or cocktail table, French, mid-20th century, of Louis XV style in brilliant vermilion with gold. The top is hand paint decorated in Japanese manner...
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Mid-20th Century French Japonisme Furniture

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Wood

Japanese Style Tray Attributed to L.-C. Sevin & F. Barbedienne, France, c. 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Rich landscape in cloisonné enamel on blue and brown background imitating Aventurine stone, attributed to L.C. Sevin and F. Barbedienne. The decor represents a river surrounded by wi...
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1860s French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Enamel, Bronze

Huge Imari Vase with Email Painted with Birds and Kiku Flowers
Located in Weiningen, CH
Huge Imari vase with email painted with birds and kiku flowers.
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Porcelain, Paint

19th Century French Ormolu and Cloisonné Enamel Japonisme Clock Set
Located in New York, NY
A fine chinoiserie gilt bronze and cloisonne three-piece clock set by Japy Freres. The ball encased movement hanging as a gong from a frame with bronze Chinese elements and cloisonn...
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19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel

Asian Flambe Studio Pottery Vase
By Kyoto Pottery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A garlic bottle vase in an archaic Chinese form, but likely Japanese in origin. Several circumventing grooves however, suggest a more modern age. It was done in a brilliant purple glaze over a robin egg blue background glaze. The bubbling and bursting effects during the firing renders the surface an artistic spotting effect. The color pallet recalls the Classic Jun Yao...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Lacquered and Gilt Wood Buddhism Statue from Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional and wood statue of Buddhism Guardian Seitaka Doji from Japan circa Edo period (1603-1868), likely the earlier part of 17th century. One of two chief attendants of Fudo...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Metal

Antique Japanese Hanging Scroll Attributed to Iwasa Matabei
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique ink and color on paper hanging scroll (kakejiku) with brocade border. It appears to be a fragment of a larger hand scroll depicting a procession of a lord with his entoura...
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Early 17th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Silk, Paper

Japanese Table Cabinet with Cloisonne Panels in the style of Namikawa Sosuke
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese wood and cloisonne cabinet circa Meiji period, late 19th-early 20th century. The small table top cabinet features a single drawer on top, four small doors with cloisonne panels on the second tier, a pair of larger cloisonne doors on the main level flanked by two skinny panels, and finally two drawers on the low level. It has a scroll carved base and sides as well four pagoda-shape cornices. The cloisonne panels were obviously the work of two different artist studios and were assembled on purpose to demonstrate a mixture of styles. The small top and the two skinny panels on the main level are of an earlier scrolling design that emphasize the wire work; The rest of the eight larger panels were done in a much later and painterly style attributed to Namikawa Sosuke...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture

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Metal, Enamel

Pair of Oriental Chairs, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very stylish pair of late 19th century Japanese side chairs, each with wonderful carved leaves and orchids to the backs and legs.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Softwood

French Japonisme Hand-Painted Oil-on-canvas of a Geisha with a Fan
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful 19th century French japonisme oil-on-canvas painting of a Geisha holding a fan. This beautiful Geisha is modeled after the Japonisme movement brought up by French artists integrating Japanese artistic styles into their art work. During the mid-1870s, the demand for Japanese decorative arts...
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1880s French Antique Japonisme Furniture

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Canvas

Large Pair of 19th Century Oriental Armchairs
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive large pair of Japanese carved softwood armchairs, each depicting carved exotic flowers and foliage.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Softwood

1970s Table Lamp on Japanese Lacquer Foot in the Style of Jean Claude Mahey
Located in Baambrugge, NL
1970s table lamp on Japanese lacquer foot in the style of Jean Claude Mahey. The lampshade has beautiful fringing. The fabric is in a good condition, although some slight discolorat...
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1970s French Vintage Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Lacquer

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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