Japonisme Tables
JAPONISME STYLE
In the late 19th and early 20th century, France developed an enduring passion for Japanese aesthetics and craftsmanship. Not only did this interpretation of Japanese culture — which became known as Japonisme — infuse fresh energy into French art and design, but it also radically transformed how Europeans, and subsequently the world, would come to understand visual culture.
Until 1853, Japan had been closely guarded against foreign visitors for over two centuries. However, American Commodore Matthew C. Perry sailed into Japan that year and initiated the first of its treaties with the United States and Europe, thereby opening its borders and giving the West its first-ever look at Japanese design.
For the next few decades, taken with Japonisme, sophisticated collectors in Paris, New York and elsewhere gorged themselves on lacquered screens, celadon ceramics and netsuke ornaments, along with artworks depicting various aspects of Japanese life. The East Asian country’s influence on Europe, particularly France, contributed to one of the most creatively prosperous periods in history, leaving an imprint on the Impressionist, Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements, and inspiring artists like Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Vincent van Gogh as well as luxury houses such as Louis Vuitton and Hermès. Japonisme emerged at the time when the ornate Renaissance Revival style was the most prominent mode of decorating in Europe, and Japanese aesthetics seemed strikingly modern and elegant in comparison.
In addition to everyday practical objects from Japan, such as vases, tableware and decorative boxes, Japanese art, especially Japanese woodblock prints by masters of the ukiyo-e school, caught the eye of many artists — particularly those in the Art Nouveau poster community in 1880s Paris. The luscious organic colors associated with traditional Japanese design, motifs like cherry blossoms and carp and the vivid patterns found in woodblock prints, silks and more were adopted and appropriated by painters as well as ceramicists and those working in other fields of the decorative arts. Today, demand for Japanese lacquerware — furniture, trays, writing boxes, screens, incense burners — from the Edo period (1615–1868) and the late 19th century continues to be very strong among collectors.
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Style: Japonisme
Midcentury Japanese Coffee Table In Wood And Seagrass, Japan, 1960s
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Beautiful Japanese coffee table made of wood and seagrass, Japan 1960s. A nice example of a minimalistic coffee table which brings harmony in a busy life. A nice large table top made...
Category
1950s Vintage Japonisme Tables
Materials
Seagrass, Wood
Wood, Glass and Rubber 1970s Coffee Table
By Bernini
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This coffee table was designed and produced in Italy in the 1970s. It is made of beech with a thick glass top. Design based on Japanese furniture construction.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Japonisme Tables
Materials
Cut Glass, Beech
Janetti Father & Sons Japanese Pedestal in Engraved and Painted Bamboo, ca 1880
By Janetti
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous Japanese pedestal, this delightful object was made in Japan in the late 19th-century and imported into Italy by a famous merchant, Emportio Janetti Padre e Figli. They were the first in trading Japanese art in Florence in the second half of the 19th century.
This spectacular piece of rare beauty was fully hand-crafted with perfect proportions. The complex structure is made in engraved and lacquered crossed bamboo with fantastic floreal details. The two round trays are in black lacquered wood with hand-painted decorations. The fine details and the beauty make this pedestal a masterpiece.
An unique decorative pedestal of outstanding quality that can be mixed in a neoclassical or mid-century project or in a Japanese style project.
Dimensions (cm):
Diameter - 37
Height - 112
In the 1870s collecting Japanese art products started to be popular among a wider range of collectors, not only among circles of intellectuals, artists, and designers. This cultural phenomenon also reached Italy, and when a group of Japanese diplomats (Iwakura Mission) arrived in Florence in May 1873, it reported a very positive impression of a shop that sold Japanese...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
KITA LIVING Wa Table
Located in Bomonti, TR
Contoured by a delicate structure, Wa Table takes its name from the Japanese word “harmony”. It characterizes its presence in the balance of soulful forms and refined details.
Craf...
Category
2010s Turkish Japonisme Tables
Materials
Oak
Mid Century Japanese Vase Table James Mont style 1950's
By James Mont
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful pair of Mid Century Japanese Vase tables with a James Mont flair. Great deep detailing in base and nicely balance atop soft rounded wood base. Thick 3/4” glass tops.
Curbs...
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Japonisme Tables
Materials
Brass
KITA LIVING Flow Desk
Located in Bomonti, TR
Flow Desk is an organic shaped table with a two-piece skeleton and curved legs. The linear pieces of the skeleton join into the legs to create a well-proportioned base for the table ...
Category
2010s Turkish Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak, Plywood
KITA LIVING Flow Coffee Table Large - Smoked Glass
Located in Bomonti, TR
The triangular Flow Coffee Table Large with rounded edges, contours its form by curved three legs. With the interlocking linear laths, the sculptural skeleton joins into the legs to create a well-proportioned base for the table top.
Crafted from oak wood, the low piece awakens a sense of tactile by making the unique textures of the material visible. Instead of covering the details, it reflects the transparent relationship of the parts to its silhouette.
Flow Coffee Table is a refined interpretation of Chabudai, the traditional Japanese low table...
Category
2010s Japonisme Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass, Wood, Oak, Plywood
Japonisme Lacquer Round Occasional Table Parcel Gilt Decoration
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Elegant lacquered occasional table with a Japanned finish featuring parcel gilt decorations in the Japonisme taste. The round table is supported by gracefully curved European style l...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Bamboo Sewing Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Japonisme Aesthetic Movement sewing table with bamboo frame and decorative black lacquer panels with red and gold cranes. Hinged top has a beautiful embroidered...
Category
19th Century English Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Silk, Bamboo, Mirror, Lacquer
French Aesthetic /Japonisme Red Lacquer Bamboo Side Table, Circa 1880s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Aesthetic /Japonisme Red Lacquer Bamboo Side Table, Circa 1880s
A splendid French Aesthetic /Japonisme Red Lacquer Bamboo Side Table, made in the 1880s. Embodying the essence of the French Aesthetic movement influenced by Japonisme, this table stands elegantly at 28.5 inches in height. Its top features a captivating red lacquered surface, measuring 20 inches by 12 inches, framed with bamboo and brass, adorned with exquisitely detailed landscape cartouches.
Resting upon a stunning burnt bamboo trellis...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair of "Pagoda" Tables, Attributed to G. Viardot, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Height : 89 cm (35 in.) ; Length : 72 cm (28,3 in.) ; Width : 42 cm (16,5 in.)
Beautiful pair of Japanese-inspired « pagoda » tables in tinted and carved alder. A gilded bronze drag...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Bronze
KITA LIVING Flow Coffee Table Large - Oak Wood
Located in Bomonti, TR
The triangular Flow Coffee Table Large with rounded edges, contours its form by curved three legs. With the interlocking linear laths, the sculptural skeleton joins into the legs to ...
Category
2010s Asian Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak, Plywood
Minimalistic Japandi Bench or Coffee Table, the Netherlands, 1970s
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Solid wooden bench or coffee table. Wabi sabi, japandi style.
With beautiful joints.
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
KITA LIVING Frame Table - Square
Located in Bomonti, TR
Defined by the sculptural woodwork, Frame Table Square is an expression of a gentle geometry.
With the idea of creating a versatile table, it has a utilitarian perspective by offeri...
Category
2010s Turkish Japonisme Tables
Materials
Oak, Plywood
KITA LIVING Flow Coffee Table Medium - Bronze Glass
Located in Bomonti, TR
Flow Coffee Table Medium with rounded edges, contours its asymmetrical elliptical form by curved two legs. The linear skeleton joins into the legs to create a well-proportioned base ...
Category
2010s Asian Japonisme Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oak, Plywood
KITA LIVING Frame Table - Elliptical
Located in Bomonti, TR
Defined by the sculptural woodwork, Frame Table Elliptical is an expression of a gentle geometry.
With the idea of creating a versatile table, it has a utilitarian perspective by of...
Category
2010s Turkish Japonisme Tables
Materials
Oak
KITA LIVING Flow Coffee Table Large - Bronze Glass
Located in Bomonti, TR
The triangular Flow Coffee Table Large with rounded edges, contours its form by curved three legs. With the interlocking linear laths, the sculptural skeleton joins into the legs to ...
Category
2010s Asian Japonisme Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oak, Plywood
KITA LIVING Flow Coffee Table Medium - Oak Wood
Located in Bomonti, TR
Flow Coffee Table Medium with rounded edges, contours its asymmetrical elliptical form by curved two legs. The linear skeleton joins into the legs to create a well-proportioned base ...
Category
2010s Asian Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak, Plywood
Japonisme bamboo side table
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Bamboo side table in Japanese style with 2 trays.
The trays, in 2 sizes, are decorated in Japanese lacquer,
with flowers and births.
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
KITA LIVING Flow Coffee Table Medium - Smoked Glass
Located in Bomonti, TR
Flow Coffee Table Medium with rounded edges, contours its asymmetrical elliptical form by curved two legs. The linear skeleton joins into the legs to create a well-proportioned base ...
Category
2010s Asian Japonisme Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass, Wood, Oak, Plywood
KITA LIVING Flow Coffee Table Mini - Oak Wood
Located in Bomonti, TR
The round Flow Coffee Table Mini with rounded edges, contours its form by curved two legs closer to each other. The linear skeleton joins into the legs to create a well-proportioned base for the table top.
Crafted from oak wood, the low piece awakens a sense of tactile by making the unique textures of the material visible. Instead of covering the details, it reflects the transparent relationship of the parts to its silhouette.
Flow Coffee Table is a refined interpretation of Chabudai, the traditional Japanese low table...
Category
2010s Turkish Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood, Plywood, Oak
KITA LIVING Flow Coffee Table Mini - Bronze Glass
Located in Bomonti, TR
The round Flow Coffee Table Mini with rounded edges, contours its form by curved two legs closer to each other. The linear skeleton joins into the legs to create a well-proportioned ...
Category
2010s Asian Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood, Plywood
KITA LIVING Flow Coffee Table Mini - Smoked Glass
Located in Bomonti, TR
The round Flow Coffee Table Mini with rounded edges, contours its form by curved two legs closer to each other. The linear skeleton joins into the legs to create a well-proportioned base for the table top.
Crafted from oak wood, the low piece awakens a sense of tactile by making the unique textures of the material visible. Instead of covering the details, it reflects the transparent relationship of the parts to its silhouette.
Flow Coffee Table is a refined interpretation of Chabudai, the traditional Japanese low table...
Category
2010s Asian Japonisme Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass, Wood, Plywood
Late 19th Century Japanese Black Lacquer and Gilt Occasional Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 19th century Japanese black lacquer and gilt occasional table, circa 1890.
Good quality sewing table. Gilt and painted traditional scene to the top. Single drawer to the fron...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Large Antique Japanese Shibayama Inlaid Elephant Trainers Hardwood Coffee Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Antique Japanese Shibayyama inlaid coffee table depicting Elephant trainers in a compound
This table is sublime, absolutely exquisite from every angle, circa 1900-1920, hand made in Japan, the Elephants and trainers have an Indian look...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Swivel Bookcase Table by Gabriel Viardot, France, circa 1880
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Rare pedestal table / revolving bookcase in Japanese / Chinese / Asian style, richly carved.
With red marble top with white veins, openwork swivel shelves and tripod base carved with dragon / demon heads and clawed legs...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Marble
Japanese design Table /Exhibition Table / Flower Stand /Wabisabi Table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a table with beautiful legs.
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Table Carved for Liberty of London
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Japanese table Carved for Liberty of London
The octagonal top is beautifully carved with flowers it is set on swept out cabriole style legs which are a...
Category
Early 20th Century Japonisme Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage 1970's Design Faux Bamboo Folding Tripod Side Table
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Japonisme Design Faux Bamboo Foldout Tripod Side Table with Glass Top, made in France in the 1970's. Faux Bamboo folding wooden base with cut glass top. You can fold the trip...
Category
1970s French Vintage Japonisme Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Organic Japanese Wood Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Organic hand made Japanese wood coffee table, Japan, circa 1950s. Constructed of a wood slab top with a chip carved edge and an organic root...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Black Lacquer Ebonized and Inlaid Wood Organic End Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of black lacquer ebonized and inlaid wood organic end tables. Also great as nightstands.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tables
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Pair of Bamboo Tile Top Tables or Stands
By Ficks Reed
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic pair of mid century tables or stands designed by John Wisner for Ficks Reed in a Japanese form with tiles on top over bamboo bases with reed wrapped joints.
Category
20th Century American Japonisme Tables
Materials
Bamboo
Pedestal Table in Carved Wood and Lacquered Panels, Japonisme France, circa 1880
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb pedestal table / gueridon / side table in carved wood whose feet end in hooves.
Presence of 2 lacquered Asian-inspired trays with animal and plant scenes: birds, insects, flowers...
In excellent condition, restored.
Art Nouveau Japonism, France, around 1880-1890.
Attributed to the Maison des Bambous / Alfred Perret and Ernest Vibert.
Founded in 1879 in Paris, the Maison des Bambous specializes in the production of bamboo furniture, luxury basketry, the importation of authentically Japanese...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
"Pagoda" table, Attributed to G. Viardot, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Japanese-inspired « pagoda » table in tinted and carved wood attributed to G. Viardot. The rectangular top rests on four slightly curved legs adorned with openwork and sculpted geometric interlacing, joined by an engraved stretcher with a stylized cutout.
Gabriel Viardot career began as a wood carver and he produced small furniture, sculpturally carved with naturalistic motifs and animals. In the 1855 Universal Exhibition in Paris, his finely sculpted objects were well received. However, with the increasing importation of similarly produced Swiss and German articles, he found less opportunity for these and decided to innovate. G. Viardot succeeded to his father's business in 1861 installed rue Rambuteau in Paris. Around 1870 he turned to the idea of producing « Meubles genre Chinois et Japonais ». The taste in Europe for exotic furniture, incorporating sometimes authentic Chinese or Japanese objects...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
Swivel Bookcase Table with Marble Top by Gabriel Viardot, Japonism, circa 1880
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Rare pedestal table / bookcase in Japanese / Chinese / Asian style, richly carved.
With red marble top, swivel shelves and tripod base carved with dragon / demon heads and clawed le...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Marble
Swivel Bookcase Table with Carved Top by Gabriel Viardot, Japonism, circa 1880
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Rare pedestal table / bookcase in Japanese / Chinese / Asian style.
Richly carved : top decorated with a dragon, openwork swivel shelves and tripod base carved with clawed legs.
Ar...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
Table Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen Japanese Mingei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Table designed by Ryosuke Harashima.
This work is made of antique Japanese basket, coper and glass.
Artist create new style table by combinin...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Tables
Materials
Copper
Bailly Théroux Late 19th Century Japanese Inspired Lacquered Side Table
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice late 19th century Japanese inspired lacquered side table. The top is finely lacquered and in relief, it is made of Japanese inspired landscape, with birds, flowers and foliage, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
Elephant Head Center Table with a Japonisme Top
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Square center table with a japanned or ebonized finish featuring a lacquered panel on top with an embossed stylized landscape. The legs have carved elephant heads with bone tusks...
Category
20th Century English Japonisme Tables
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
Janetti Father & Sons Support for Engraved and Painted Bamboo Vase, Japan
By Janetti
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing late 19th-century pedestal in finely engraved bamboo. This fantastic piece was produced in Japan and imported into Italy by a famous merchant Emporio Janetti Padre e Figli. They were the first in trading Japanese Art Market in Florence in the Second Half of the 19th century.
This piece of rare beauty is a support made of a painted wood structure with crossed engraved bamboo. A piece of rare beauty from the late 1800s.
This element will be perfect for a living room, for a neoclassical studio or a library.
In the 1870s collecting Japanese art products started to be popular among a wider range of collectors, not only among circles of intellectuals, artists, and designers. This cultural phenomenon also reached Italy, and when a group of Japanese diplomats (Iwakura Mission) arrived in Florence in May 1873, it reported a very positive impression of a shop that sold Japanese goods. This article aims to clarify the context and background for this enthusiastic comment, using the archive of Frederick Stibbert (1838-1906), a British citizen born in Florence who created an impressive Japanese collection consisting mainly of armour and weapons, but also ceramics, textiles, and folding screens. Despite his immense wealth and extensive travels around Europe, Stibbert purchased most of the Japanese artworks...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Ebonized Custom Solid Wood Low Coffee Table 1970s
Located in Bellport, NY
A beauty in this 1970s large ebony custom crafted coffee table. Removable casters (optional) the top having the appearance of four cut out triangles, slightly oriental in style, made...
Category
1990s Belgian Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Set of 3 Japanned Nesting Tables
By Peter Engel Inc. 1
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage set 3 Japanned nesting tables
Set of three nesting tables with inlaid glass.
Hand painted "Japanese" scene motif, with gold pin stripes on the legs.
Measures: 14.5"...
Category
1910s European Vintage Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
Carved and Patinated Wood Table, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carved and patinated wood table, France, late 19th century.
Attributed to Gabriel Viardot.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
Inui Saburo Coffee Table for Tendo Mokko, Circa 1960s
By Saburo Inui
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Stunning coffee table in bent zelkova wood, designed by Saburo Inui, manufactured by Tendo Mokko in Japan in the 1960s. This beautiful table is a very representative piece for Japane...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Tables
Materials
Bentwood
Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Side Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Side Table
This is a very auspicious piece, the top of the table has a scene showing 2 Cranes (birds of life) and th...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Pair of Black Lacquer Ebonized and Inlaid Wood Organic End Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of black lacquer ebonized and inlaid wood organic end tables. Also great as nightstands.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tables
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Elegant and Striking Japanned Tray or Cocktail Table French, Mid-20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Elegant and striking Japanned tray or cocktail table, French, mid-20th century, of Louis XV style in brilliant vermilion with gold. The top is hand paint decorated in Japanese manner...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Japonisme Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Rosewood Hand Carved Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese rosewood hand carved pedestal.
Japan, circa 1920
Measures: Height 24", width 19".
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XV Style Duvinage Brass-Inlaid Kingwood Games Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Attributed to Ferdinand Duvinage, the shaped square hinged handkerchief top rotating open to reveal a felt top, the frieze with two drawers, the who...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Tables
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Mirror Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen Japanese Mingei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Two fo you
Mirror designed by Ryosuke Harashima.
This work is made of Ranma, antique Japanese transom, coper and mirror.
Artist create new s...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Tables
Materials
Copper
Japonisme tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Japonisme tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, asian art and furniture, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Japonisme tables made in a specific country, there are Asia, Europe, and East Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Gökhan Eryaman, İsmail Dağlı, Gabriel Viardot, and Ryosuke Harashima. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $501 and tops out at $25,000 while the average work can sell for $1,982.
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