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an image of a bedroom with a canopy bed in the middle of a courtyardan image of a bedroom with a canopy bed and chairsa wooden cabinet with a mirror on the outside of ita wooden table with a decorative design on ita close up of a wooden door with writing on ita bed, dresser, mirror, and chair in a courtyarda wooden bed with a carved headboard and foot boarda wooden headboard with carvings on the sides of it
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252 - Gabriel VIARDOT (1830–1904) A significant set of bedroom fur…
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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Gabriel VIARDOT (1830–1904) A significant set of bedroom furniture in moulded, carved, openwork, engraved and inlaid mahogany, featuring a Japanese-inspired design comprising dragons, vases of flowers, birds, clouds, bamboo, rose stems and cherry branches. The set comprises a large four-poster bed, a wardrobe with a mirror and side shelves, a table with compartments and shelves, a bedside table, a large armchair and two chairs. Signed GVIARDOT. Paris. Late 19th century. Circa 1895 Bed: 265 x 156 x 208 cm Chair: 8.5 x 43 x 40 cm Wardrobe: 236 x 170 x 54 cm Small table: 65 x 80 x 52 cm Bedside table: 78.5 x 61 x 38 cm In 1853, Gabriel Viardot opened a furniture workshop and shop at 36 and 38 Rue Rambuteau in Paris, under the name ‘Viardot Frères et Cie’. Seven years later, in 1860, he set up his own workshop, ‘G. Viardot’, at 5 Rue du Grand-Chantier, and took over the management of the family business, a role he held until 1872. He then decided to devote himself to “Chinese-Japanese style furniture”, which he had seen, in particular, at the 1867 Great Exhibition. Gabriel Viardot took part in numerous exhibitions that shaped the art scene of the second half of the 19th century. Each of his entries was a resounding success; indeed, he won a silver medal at the 1878 World’s Fair, followed by gold medals at the exhibitions in Antwerp in 1885, and in Paris in 1889 and 1900. Buoyed by his success, by the mid-1880s the Viardot company employed between 90 and 100 cabinetmakers and sculptors, all trained by him. He also employed around twenty subcontractors. In 1885, following his participation in the Antwerp Exhibition, he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour. Famous for its production of decorative art objects and, later, furniture, the ‘Escalier de Cristal’ survived the 19th century without losing any of its quality or reputation, thanks to the expertise and ingenuity of Henry and Georges Pannier, the company’s last owners, who, from 1890 onwards, had the idea of expanding the business into the furniture trade by producing pieces inspired by the Far East. To produce these pieces, the Pannier brothers collaborated with Parisian craftsmen specialising in a specific, highly luxurious technical field, such as Gabriel Viardot. Indeed, Henry Pannier’s notebooks—which listed part of the production—mention Viardot’s name in connection with certain pieces of furniture. Expert: Stéphane Pepe. - Expert: PEPE Stephane
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Auction time 07/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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