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
Returnable Items Only
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Italy Set Two Embroidered Silk Pillows Japanese Style
Located in Brescia, IT
This very elegant and fine set is composed by two pillows, totally hand made in pure Italian silk embroiled with delicate peach flowers drawings.
The fabric has beautiful drawings in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Silk
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
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 Satsuma bowl decorated with a striking landscape
Located in Milano, IT
Satsuma bowl decorated with a striking landscape that evokes the beauty and serenity of the Japanese hills, with a gently flowing river surrounded by trees and mountains.
The bowl i...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Toad Resting On A Sandal
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a toad resting on an upside-down sandal (waraji), with horned eyes.
Signed Masanao on a rectangular gusset in the center of the sandal.
Origin: Japan
Per...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting a monkey trying to catch a turtle
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a monkey trying to catch a turtle, which retracts its head and legs inside the carapace.
Origin: Japan
Period: Edo 19th century.
Dimensions: 3.4 x 3 x ...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Boxwood
Antique 19th Century Japanese Imari Scalloped Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
Wonderful 19th century antique Imari plate with scalloped edge. Featuring vibrant oranges, blues, and green.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
19th Century "Faux Bamboo" Chest Of Drawers, Birdseye Maple
Located in Greven, DE
Historicism -Faux Bamboo- chest of drawers
Vienna (?)
Bird's eye maple, beech
second half of 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 85 x 107 x 61 cm
Description:
A piece of furniture...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Beech, Birdseye Maple
Satsuma ceramic lobed bowl, signed Juzan under the base
Located in Milano, IT
Satsuma ceramic lobed bowl adorned with raised enamels and fine gold details, depicting a vibrant landscape within. Characters and traditional Japanese home...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Cloisonné Foil Urn Vase
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a cloisonné foil metal vase depicting a continuous scenes around it of three large white cranes, a volcano and some green leaves in a turquoise background. Under the base the...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large Antique Komai Style Japanese Damascene Cigarillo, Cigar or Cigarette Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique damascene styled tobacco case is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Japan and dating to approximately 1920 and done in a Anglo-Japanese style. The case...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique 19th Century Japanese Imari Scalloped Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
Wonderful 19th century antique Imari plate with scalloped edge. Featuring vibrant oranges, blues, and green. The center of the plate depicts a hand-painted vase with a spray of flowe...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century Japanese Imari Scalloped Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
Wonderful 19th century antique Imari plate with scalloped edge. Featuring vibrant oranges, blues, and teal.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Original Antique Prints of Decorative Art- Japonisme. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful prints of Decorative Art, mainly Japonisme
Chromo-lithographs
Published by W.Mackenzie. C.1880
Original colour
Unframed.
Free shipping.
Category
1880s Scottish Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Paper
1980's Japanese, Imari Style, Porcelain Serving Dish
Located in Glasgow, GB
A vintage Japanese porcelain serving dish.
The serving dish, handcrafted in Japan in the 1980s, features an elaborate Japanese scene and ornamentation based on a traditional Imari d...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Decorative Wall Plate in Porcelain and Brass - Circa 1970's by ACF
Located in Glasgow, GB
Vintage Decorative Wall Plate
A Japanese vintage porcelain wall plate, handcrafted in the 1970s, features an eye-catching pattern of br...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Mid century ceramic table lamp with Imari inspired motif.
Located in Herentals, BE
The lamp base has an attractive Imari-inspired floral pattern and is mounted on a brass base.
The table lamp has a professionally handmade custom lampshade made of coarsely woven vel...
Category
1960s French Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Brass
A boxwood netsuke depicting a snake
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a snake coiled around itself.
Signature engraved under the base.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji late 19th century.
Dimensions: 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm.
State of co...
Category
19th Century Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Boxwood
Monumentale paire de grues en fonte de fer - 2.70 et 2.25 mètres
Located in TOULON, FR
Monumentale paire de grues en fonte de fer à patine verte
Objets de grande décoration aussi bien en intérieur qu'au jardin
2,70 mètres
2,25 mètres
plus de 200 kg
A retirer sur pla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Iron
Sarreguemines Majolica Jardiniere in the Japonisme Style, 1880-1890
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A gorgeous turquoise blue Majolica jardiniere made by the French manufactory Sarreguemines circa 1880-1890. The jardiniere is decorated in the eclectic Japonisme-style with beautiful...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Gorgeous English Victorian Japonesque Sterling Silver Baby Cup, 1877
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous Victorian Japonesque sterling silver baby cup. Made by William Hunter in London in 1877. Straight and upward tapering sides; leaf-mounted bamboo-style c-scroll handle. Dense...
Category
1870s British Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 2 Vintage Studio Pottery Covered Dish Japan 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of 2 vintage studio pottery covered bowls. These handcrafted dishes feature vented lids and shoulder handles. A hand painted abstract design accents the natural beige ...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Maximalist Pink Satsuma Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Canton, MA
Early 20th Century pink satsuma table lamps - a pair. An unusual pair of pink satsuma table lamps with wildly drawn flowers and swirls with a portrait of a man and woman in tradition...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Turquoise Vintage Japanese Ceramic Bulbous Vase on Rosewood Stand
Located in Lomita, CA
This turquoise blue Japanese export vase with a rosewood base is as refreshing as a breath of spring. It
This item is an inspired mid 20th century Japanese export blue vase, showca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Late 1800s (Meiji Era) Japanese Kansai Style Cedar Merchant Chest Tansu
Located in Centennial, CO
A stunning antique late 1800s Japanese Kansai style cedar merchant chest / tansu with multiple compartments, doors, and drawers. Chests like these held documents, abacus and money, a...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Iron
Vintage Japan Blue & White Floral Porcelain Temple Ginger Jar Lidded Urn 12"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage blue and white porcelain ginger jar / temple jar / lidded urn decorated with an array of flowers and branches with gilded details. Made in Japan. Marked with a gold triangle....
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Janetti Father & Sons Japanese Pedestal in Engraved and Painted Bamboo, ca 1880
By Janetti
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous Japanese pedestal, this delightful object was made in Japan in the late 19th-century and imported into Italy by a famous merchant, Emportio Janetti Padre e Figli. They were the first in trading Japanese art in Florence in the second half of the 19th century.
This spectacular piece of rare beauty was fully hand-crafted with perfect proportions. The complex structure is made in engraved and lacquered crossed bamboo with fantastic floreal details. The two round trays are in black lacquered wood with hand-painted decorations. The fine details and the beauty make this pedestal a masterpiece.
An unique decorative pedestal of outstanding quality that can be mixed in a neoclassical or mid-century project or in a Japanese style project.
Dimensions (cm):
Diameter - 37
Height - 112
In the 1870s collecting Japanese art products started to be popular among a wider range of collectors, not only among circles of intellectuals, artists, and designers. This cultural phenomenon also reached Italy, and when a group of Japanese diplomats (Iwakura Mission) arrived in Florence in May 1873, it reported a very positive impression of a shop that sold Japanese...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Large C19th Japanese Silk & Bamboo Screen or Room Divider
Located in London, GB
Large C19th Japanese silk and bamboo screen.
A truly superb four-fold room divider with silk panels depicting a forest scene with birds and flowers. Each panel features a bamboo cro...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Silk, Bamboo
Antique 19th Century Imari Staple Charger
Located in Pearland, TX
Striking 19th century antique Imari staple charger featuring vibrant oranges, blues, and golds. While a broken plate or charger would be discarded in today's era, other generations f...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Ikebana Basket
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautifully woven Japanese Ikebana style basket. Great symmetry in form.
Category
20th Century Unknown Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage Hand-Painted Silk Kimono with Gold Embroidery - Japan - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage fine quality silk kimono - hand sewn with gold embroidery - hand-painted silk textile - white silk crepe and off-white rayon lining - signed - original label attached to the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Silk
A Large French Ormolu Mounted Japanese Blue & White Porcelain Vase/Lamp
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Large 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Vase Turned to Lamp, The moun...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare 20th Century Japanese Antique Bronze Samurai Statue Shijo Kingo
Located in Pomona, CA
This rare find antique Japanese Samurai Warrior Statue was dated around 1920s. With supper detailed metal works, it shows Japanese intricate handcraft metal arts. It is all hand made and hand crafted Shijo Kingo sitting statue...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940.
Martres Tolosane.
Japonisme style.
Category
1940s French Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Faience
Vintage Japanese Elm Tansu Step Media TV Cabinet Double Sided Chest Drawers 125"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Tansu step chest / television storage cabinet. Purchased in Japan and shipped back in 2008. Made from beautiful elm with traditional stairca...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Elm
19th Century French Japonisme Bronze and Onyx Table Lamp with Figural Peacocks
By Eugène Cornu
Located in New York, NY
Antique French onyx table lamp of bowl form mounted with pierced bronze base and peacocks from the Japonisme period, attributed to G. Viot et Cie of Paris, after the design by Eugene...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Japanese Export Carved Dragon Chair
Located in New York, NY
Eye catching highly carved sculptural dragon armchair. Japanese dragon motif carried throughout arms and chair with fantastic detailed hand carvings. Victorian era cabriole legs fini...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Korean Tansu Wedding Two Part Cabinet With Butterfly Hardware
Located in Elkton, MD
This is an exquisite two-part Korean Tansu cabinet from the early 20th century. The upper case features four small fitted drawers, while both uppe...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Majolica Serving Tray with Birds Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Majolica serving tray with wood and metal handles circa 1890.
A scene with a swallow and delicate flowers.
Attributed to Sarreguemin...
Category
1890s French Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large Japanese Meiji Period Bronze over Lay Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Bronze overlay vase. Having exquisite and amusing scenes in relief, patinated and overlay of a Dog of Foo, a Frog fishing in a Lotus lea...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Bronze
KITA LIVING Wa Table
Located in Bomonti, TR
Contoured by a delicate structure, Wa Table takes its name from the Japanese word “harmony”. It characterizes its presence in the balance of soulful forms and refined details.
Craf...
Category
2010s Turkish Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Oak
Vintage Solid Wood Hand -Carved Koi Fish
Located in Denton, TX
Carved solid mahogany pair of Koi fish with lightly painted accents
Massive fish 5" deep by 24" high by 24" long
Little fish is 2.5 deep x 11 wide x 9 high
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Stone Object medium / wabi-sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese stone object.
This stone object has a beautiful black and beige gradation.
An art object that gives you a sense of wabi-sabi.
6kg
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Stone
Mid-Century Chinese Ceramic Urn with Lid, Jiangxi
Located in Bochum, NRW
Mid-century early People Chinese Republic period hand enameled porcelain lidded urn vase, Jiangxi Jingdezhen Min Ci 6 Hao Cai mark under the bottom, Famille-rose
Dimensions: height ...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Stone Object “TAMARI-ISHI” / wabi-sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A stone object called "TAMARI-ISHI" in Japan that collects water in a hole. This has a beautiful matte black look.
A beautiful sculpture created by nature.
An art object that gives y...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Japonisme Furniture
Materials
Stone
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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