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A French gilt-bronze mounted and lacquered maple commode by Gabriel Viardot, Paris, circa 1880

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September 29, 03:06 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 EUR

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2,000 EUR

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Description

opening with two doors, the mounts in the chinese style wih dragons, on a pierced plinth, signed G. Viardot


Height 39 3/8 in., width 51 in., depth 16 3/4 in. ; Haut. 100 cm, larg. 130 cm, prof. 42,5 cm

Gabriel Viardot (1830-1904) is one of the foremost exponents of furniture influenced by japonisme and Chinese taste in the second half of the 19th century. In 1853, he founded, with his brother, the firm "Viardot Frères et Cie" on the rue Rambuteau in Paris, before establishing his own workshop, "G. Viardot," at 5 rue du Grand-Chantier in 1860. He was awarded four medals at the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle, a silver medal in 1878, and gold medals at the Antwerp Exposition Universelle and at the Paris Expositions Universelles of 1889 and 1900. At the height of his activity, his workshop employed nearly a hundred craftsmen. In recognition of his work, he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 29 December 1885. Several of his works are held in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv. 2002.133.1, or inv. 2006.105.1.2).

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