A French gilt-bronze-mounted ivory and bone inlaid mahogany display cabinet in the 'Japonisme style' attributed to Gabriel Viardot third quarter 19th century

with a pagoda-shaped top mounted with an emerging dragon above a glazed door with a velvet-lined interior enclosing two shelves flanked by an open shelf supported by a crane and minogame turtle, the lower section with two frieze drawers and a lacquered cupboard door decorated with a vase issuing flowering branches in bone and ivory enclosing a shelf flanked by open shelving on moulded bracket feet with pierced gilt-bronze mounts throughout, the lockplate signed Hilbrunner/Paris; crane restored 

In overall good condition. The legs of the crane have restored breaks which have been well executed and are hardly noticeable. There are some hairline cracks commensurate with age and some minor dents and pitting to the top of the lower section. The gilding is dirty and worn on the mounts. The ivory and bone is also slightly dirty and would benefit from a light clean. In the bottom of the cupboard two holes have been drilled recently. The lockplate is missing.
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Gabriel Viardot opened his own studio in Paris in 1860. His distinctive style was a free and personal interpretation of Chinese and Japanese furniture. In the course of the following four decades the firm won numerous awards including gold medals at The Paris Exposition of 1889 and The Universal Exhibition of 1900.