Lot Essay
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.