Japonisme /Aesthetic Music Cabinet
after Gabriel Viardet (1830-1906)
The case surmounted by a dragon draped over the scrolled pediment above an arched glazed door opening to a shelved interior flanked by shelves supported by scrolled brackets above a lower door shell inlaid with a dragonfly and Camilla
63in (164cm) h. 24in (61cm) w. 13in (34cm) w.

Condition: Inlay missing on one wing.

' Japonisme' the French interpretation of Japanese aesthetics in the Late 19th century originated with the displays at International Exhibitions. It wasn’t just the colors, shapes and crafts of Japan that Paris had become entranced by, but the Japanese idea that objects — vases, dishware, vanity boxes and other items theretofore considered strictly utilitarian — were themselves art.
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