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A BAMBOO, RATTAN, WALNUT AND PART EBONISED 'CHINOISERIE' BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINET
A BAMBOO, RATTAN, WALNUT AND PART EBONISED 'CHINOISERIE' BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINETBY LA MAISON DES BAMBOUS, FRENCH, CIRCA 1880 with elaborately decorated panels, three drawers and three doors enclosing shelves, labelled 'PERRET & VIBERT PARIS'108.5cm high, 137cm wide, 54cm deep Founded in 1872 by Ernest Vibert and Robert Perret, La Maison des Bambous initially designed furniture in the fashionable chinoiserie or orientaliste taste, before also trading in Chinese antiques and furniture. Recorded in the Didot-Bottin as a shop of 'meubles et articles de Chine et Japon', they were awarded two medals at the 1889 Exposition Universelle
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A BAMBOO, RATTAN, WALNUT AND PART EBONISED 'CHINOISERIE' BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINET
