Attributed to la Maison des Bambous thanks to drawing archives
Materials : Sycamore, seats fabrics modern
Provenance : France, circa 1890
Dimensions : H : 107cm, L : 122cm, D : 53cm
Living room furniture set with dragons and openwork backs of seat
Each back of seat, carved and openworked, of Far Eastern influence, is topped by a dragon and enriched by a panel decorated with butterflies and flowers in mother-of-pearl marquetry. The armrests are carved with dragon heads. Each seat rests on four claw feet connected by a stretcher with openwork decoration.
Pagoda-like store front
This store front was made out of carved wood at the end of the 19th century. Attributed to Alfred PERRET and Ernest VIBERT, from the Maison des Bambous , it is in the shape of a pagoda on which stands a menacing dragon. This storefront is quite characteristic of the vogue for Japanism in the second half of the 19th century.
Attributed to la Maison des Bambous thanks to archives drawing
Material : Sycamore
Provenance : France, circa 1890
Dimensions : H : 90cm, L : 414cm, D : 26cm
Attributed to la Maison des Bambous thanks to archives drawing
Materials : Sycamore and silk
Provenance : France, circa 1890
Dimensions : H : 210cm, L: 228cm
Paravent en soie brodée
This large sculpted wood screen of far-eastern inspiration is made of four panels, it is crowned by a latticed wood frieze where a small menacing dragon strolls. The body of the screen is finely decorated. Some finely represented birds frolic among luxurious vegetation where different kinds of flowers are depicted.
Far Eastern inspired display cabinet
The realization of this charming Japanese-inspired cabinet is attributed to the Maison des Bambous by Perret et Vibert. The lower part opens with two doors adorned with panels decorated with Japanese characters in ivory marquetry, bone and mother-of-pearl, and two drawers adorned with horse warriors inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The upper part opens to a door and a drawer adorned with friezes of mother-of-pearl and is embellished with shelves. The whole is surmounted by a display cabinet opening by a glass door surrounded by a geometric frieze of mother-of-pearl, discovering a shelf stretched with red fabric.
Attributed to la Maison des Bambous thanks to archives drawings
Materials : Sycamore, ivory, bones and mother-of-pearl inlay
Provenance : France, circa 1890
Dimensions : H : 194cm, L : 77cm, D : 39cm
Attributed to la Maison des Bambous thanks to an archives drawing
Materials : Sycamore and mother-of-pearl
Provenance : France, circa 1890
Dimensions : H : 133cm, L: 175cm, D : 55cm
Carved wood fireplace
The shelf is carved in the shape of a parchment leaf. The entablature and jambs of the mantel are adorned with mother of pearl inlays. The opening of the arched hearth is overhung in its center by a threatening dragon carved in bas-relief.
