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Lot 876 D α

An inlaid `japanned´ étagere attributed to Gabriel Viardot

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 6.500 € (incl. premium)
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An inlaid `japanned´ étagere attributed to Gabriel Viardot

Solid mahogany table inlaid with mother-of-pearl in the Japonisme style, the top with excerpts from the classic Confucian text “The 24 Filial Exemplars“. With ormolu mountings. H 100.5, W 80.5, D 54 cm.
Last quarter 19th C.

Gabriel Viardot (1830 - 1906) ran one of the most famous Parisian workshops for the production of furniture in the Chinoiserie or Japonisme style. The company was founded in 1860, and Viardot was already awarded with numerous prizes at the Paris World Fair of 1867. His success continued at the world fairs in Antwerp in 1884 and Paris in 1889 and 1900. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a cabinet produced by Viardot in 1888 (acc. no. W.17:1, 2-1971).

Literature

Cf. Payne, Stilmöbel Europas, Munich 2003, illus. 117 f.