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Pair of chairs
in natural wood with openwork orientalist decoration adorned with dragons. Two
feet are terminated by dragon paws. Very nice garnish
silk in perfect condition.
Very good state of conservation.
France.
XIXth century.
Gabriel-Frédéric Viardot (1830-1906) and his brother Louis-Gustave,
cabinetmakers and wood carvers, opened in 1835 rue Rambuteau in Paris
an art and fantasy furniture store under the Viardot brand
Brothers and Co. They exhibited in particular at the Universal Exhibition of
1855. The year 1860 marks a caesura: Gabriel-Frédéric creates his own
workshop at 5, rue du Grand-Chantier under the name G. Viardot, while
taking the direction of the family home located rue Rambuteau until
1872. He then worked successively at 15, rue de Chaume, 3, rue
des Archives (1878) and at 36, rue Amelot at the end of the XIXe.
References:
D. Ledoux-Lebard, The French Furniture of XIXth century, Paris, Amateur edition, 2000, p. 614
P. Thiébaut, Contribution to a history of Japanese furniture: the creations of the Escalier de Cristal in art review, 1989, n°85, pp. 76-83
C.Payne, Paris, the quintessence of furniture in XIXth century, Monelle Hayot editions, 2018, p. 538 – 543
