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20th Century Chinese Export Solid Silver Trophy Cup, Woshing, Shanghai c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
fine quality, decorated with iris and perched exotic birds against a hand chased matted ground, cup
Category

Early 1900s Chinese Antique Iris

Materials

Silver

Quezal Art Nouveau Lamp
By Quezal
Located in NANTES, FR
. Alvin’s silver designs are wonderfully organic. One sumptuous design is of a group of sinuous iris
Category

1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Brass, Copper

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug
Located in New York, NY
border displays smoothly oval palmettes and oblique irises. The condition is fair, with high and low
Category

Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

Large Art Nouveau Mirror with Lotus Flower Decor, France, Early 1900s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rare and beautiful large, gilt plaster mirror, with a decor of lotus flowers, irises and scrolling
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Beech

Fine Daum Nancy Glass Perfume Bottle France, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
diamond shaped bottle, decorated with a full blown iris highlighted with gold on a deep emerald green
Category

1910s Antique Iris

Materials

Art Glass

Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Ando Jubei
By Ando Jubei
Located in Newark, England
large cherry blossom above two roosters stood upon a bamboo screens with Hanashobu (Iris flowers
Category

Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Iris

Materials

Enamel, Wire

André Rambour French Art Nouveau Enamel Gold Pendant
Located in New York, NY
a maiden within an enamel iris which is suspended by fancy link chain and enameled foliate top
Category

Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel

19th Century Majolica Rose Vase Delphin Massier
By Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
flowers like iris, roses, daisies, wild roses, orchids, pansies. They participated with success at
Category

1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Majolica, Ceramic, Faience

Arctic Diver Lithograph: The Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata), 1927
Located in Langweer, NL
in catching fish, is set against the backdrop of a pale sky, and its eyes are marked with a red iris
Category

1920s Antique Iris

Materials

Paper

Antique Kirsehir Traditional in Red and Beige Geometric Pattern by Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
, and beige yellow symbols including leaves, irises, and goz eye patterns. The lower emphasis of the
Category

1890s Turkish Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

Antique Kayseri Traditional Rug in Red and Gold Geometric Pattern by Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
lie the other colorways in the flawlessly repeated borders, hosting lancet leaf, iris, lotus, and vine
Category

1910s Turkish Art Deco Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

Japanese Style Tray Attributed to L.-C. Sevin F. Barbedienne, France, c. 1860
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Louis-Constant Sevin
Located in PARIS, FR
, chrysanthemums, peonies, iris and reeds, led by birds and fishes. A frieze with floral pattern frames the set
Category

1860s French Japonisme Antique Iris

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

Wings of Elegance: A Victorian Exploration of British Butterfly Splendour, 1890
Located in Langweer, NL
. **Purple Emperor (Apatura iris)**: The Purple Emperor is one of Britain's most spectacular butterflies
Category

1890s Antique Iris

Materials

Paper

Japanese Art Nouveau Awaji Ware Art Studio Pottery Flower Vase, ca. 1900s
Located in New York, NY
monochromes, two-tone glazes, three-color glazes (sancai), incised decoration (most commonly featuring irises
Category

Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Edo Period Igarashi School Long Lacquer Box, Tanzaku-Bako
Located in Austin, TX
water iris inlaid with mother-of-pearl in the ohirame technique, the leaves in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e
Category

Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Iris

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Seven Floral Embroidered Silk Curtains Parham House Sussex 104"high 379"long
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
spiralling tendrils and interlacing roses, peonies and iris's. Using silk threads in a palette of gold and
Category

1920s English Louis XV Antique Iris

Materials

Silk

Paul Berthon - Sarah Bernhardt La Princesse Lointaine " The Faraway Princess "
By Paul Berthon
Located in PARIS, FR
, Berthon transformed the tiara of her costume and her garland of flowery jewelry into real irises framing
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Oil painting on canvas depicting Still life Roman school of the 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
scioltezza del tratto con cui l’artista li dipinge: piccoli tocchi di pennello lumeggiano i petali di iris
Category

17th Century Antique Iris

Materials

Canvas

Pair of Signed Val Saint Lambert Amethyst Art Nouveau Vases with Bronze Patina
By Val Saint Lambert
Located in Great Barrington, MA
bronze-patina; the body is decorated with a high relief depicting Irises decorated in a pure Art Nouveau
Category

1880s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Crystal

Japanese Inro by Koma Koryu Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
pair of Chinese mandarin duck resting under a bundle of blooming irises on the pond. Hiramaki-e and
Category

19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Iris

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

1880s Antique Persian Ziegler Mahal Sultanabad Rug, Hotel Lobby Size Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
, pomegranates, stylized flowers, sprigs of Hyacinth, peonies, lilies, and iris connected by a lozenge trellis
Category

Late 19th Century Persian Arts and Crafts Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

Antique Hand-Colored Flower Print of Campanula Plants, 1794
By J.B. Elwe
Located in Langweer, NL
most spectacular tulips, hyacinths, narcissus, peonies, roses, auriculas, iris, crocus and all the
Category

18th Century Antique Iris

Materials

Paper

Antique Khotan Traditional Red Wool Rug Medallion Style Floral by Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
images handwoven in high-quality wool. The medallion field design features floral irises similar to
Category

1920s East Turkestani Khotan Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

Exquisite Rose Drawing (unique) done in graphite, hand signed with provenance
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in New York, NY
also famous for his enormous paintings and prints of roses, lilies, irises, and other flowers. In 1980
Category

1880s Realist Antique Iris

Materials

Graphite, Mixed Media

19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Duck Wall Platter Stamped J. Massier
By Jerome Massier Fils
Located in Dallas, TX
orchids, intensely colored irises and sunflowers are among the most common Massier styles. A variety of
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Iris

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Pair of Vases with Bouquets, Gien Manufacture, France, C1880
By Gien, Theodore Deck
Located in PARIS, FR
of iris and cyclamen on an orange-brown ground, separated by a frieze of interlaced stylized foliage
Category

1880s French Other Antique Iris

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pair of 19th Century French Painted Enameled Vases Signed Delphin Massier
By Delphin Massier
Located in Dallas, TX
pockets styled as orchids, intensely colored irises and sunflowers are among the most common Massier
Category

Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Enamel

Still Life with Flowers
By Arthur Woelfle
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist still life with tulips and irises in a stoneware vase on a table by American
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Iris

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jade Plaque Inscribed with Poem, 1900
Located in Northampton, MA
by a border. The reverse side is inscribed with what I believe to be irises, which would make sense
Category

Early 1900s Chinese Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Jade, Silver, Copper

Signed Vladimir Pavlosky Oil on Canvas of Peackcock and Flowers Dated 1927
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
flowers. A grand urn overflowing with blooming tulips, roses, chrysanthemums, and irises anchors the
Category

1920s North American Expressionist Antique Iris

Materials

Canvas, Fruitwood

19th Century Biedermeier Ebonized Walnut Sofa in Beata Heuman Florentine Flowers
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
floral motif has been a symbol of the city for centuries, inspired by the Iris Fiorentina that grow wild
Category

19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Iris

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Four French Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Carved Chinoiserie Bergeres, Jansen Attr.
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Berger is illustrated in Eric Boman, Rare Bird of Fashion: 'The Irreverent Iris Apfel', New York, 2007, p
Category

Early 1900s French Chinoiserie Antique Iris

Materials

Velvet, Giltwood, Lacquer

Distressed Antique Persian Sultanabad Rug with Rustic Spanish Colonial Style
Located in Dallas, TX
, Rhodian lilies, and lotus, and iris flowers on an abrashed tan colored field. It is enclosed with a
Category

Early 20th Century Persian Spanish Colonial Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

William B. Durgin Co. 1900 Edwardian Neo Classic Center Bowl 925 Sterling Silver
By William B. Durgin, Durgin Silver Company
Located in Miami, FL
, Chatham, Chrysanthemum, Cromwell, Dauphin, English Rose, Essex, Fairfax, Hunt Club, Iris, Lenox, Louis XV
Category

Late 19th Century North American Edwardian Antique Iris

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Late 19th Century Romantic French Aubusson Tapestry Inspired by Paul Cézanne
By François Boucher, Paul Cézanne
Located in Dallas, TX
. Every botanical flourish in the foreground—from stylized lilies to the soft unfolding of iris leaves—has
Category

Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Iris

Materials

Wool, Silk

Art Nouveau Daum Claret with Gorham Sterling Mounts
By Daum, Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Riverdale, NY
D flowering irises which are subsequently decorated in gold leaf. The motif is repeated on the
Category

Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Glass

Rare Egyptian Revival Ebony and Inlaid Settee, Late 19th Century
Located in Southampton, NY
depicting Horus and Iris, the arm supports in the form of Canopic jars surmounted by the head of Anubis
Category

Late 19th Century British Egyptian Revival Antique Iris

Materials

Wire

Japanese Lacquer Ryoshibako Document Box Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
plum blossom, hibiscus, and Japanese irises. The interior of the lid was given an equal if not more
Category

19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Iris

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Study From the Nude of a Girl Lying Down
By Theodore Casimir Roussel
Located in New York, NY
Pettigrew had a personal relationship including a child named Iris, the subject of a Roussel portrait study
Category

1890s Impressionist Antique Iris

Materials

Drypoint

Antique Bird Print of the Corn Crake by Sepp Nozeman, 1797
Located in Langweer, NL
bill is flesh-toned, the iris is pale brown, and the legs and feet are pale grey. Juveniles are similar
Category

18th Century Antique Iris

Materials

Paper

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
sibilla. A genus of flowering plants was named Meriania, and an iris-like plant was given the name
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Iris

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
sibilla. A genus of flowering plants was named Meriania, and an iris-like plant was given the name
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Iris

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
sibilla. A genus of flowering plants was named Meriania, and an iris-like plant was given the name
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Iris

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
sibilla. A genus of flowering plants was named Meriania, and an iris-like plant was given the name
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Iris

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

3 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
sibilla. A genus of flowering plants was named Meriania, and an iris-like plant was given the name
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Iris

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
sibilla. A genus of flowering plants was named Meriania, and an iris-like plant was given the name
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Iris

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

19th Century Art Nouveau Pewter Vase
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
, and inward-flared lip with low relief irises and peonies enveloping the base and neck; applied molded
Category

Late 19th Century German Antique Iris

Materials

Pewter

Tree with moth, caterpillar..., Plate 39, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
, and an iris-like plant was given the name Watsonia meriana. [Sarah B. Pomeroy; Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Iris

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Distressed Antique Persian Mood Carpet with Rustic Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
palmettes emerge in graceful repetition, alongside lotus blossoms, tulips, irises, lilies, and peonies—all
Category

Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

Cocoa plant, caterpillar, ..., Plate 26, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
sibilla. A genus of flowering plants was named Meriania, and an iris-like plant was given the name
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Iris

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Thistle and Moths, plate no. 6, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
sibilla. A genus of flowering plants was named Meriania, and an iris-like plant was given the name
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Iris

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

17th century portrait of lady in an ivory silk gown and lace collar
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in Bath, Somerset
of his sitters' eyes, with often enlarged, rounded irises and deep curved upper lids is particularly
Category

Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Iris

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1880 s Antique Persian Serapi Carpet, 11 04 x 15 05
Located in Dallas, TX
blue curled sickle leaves, palmettes, serrated leaves, and stylized tulip, lily, and Iris flowers all
Category

Late 19th Century Persian Serapi Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

Meissen Painted Dual Lidded Rococo Box Relief Decoration Brass Mountings, 1750
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
painted with flowers (for example roses, iris flower, dahlias etc.) °outer side of second lid is painted
Category

1750s German Rococo Antique Iris

Materials

Brass

Distressed Antique Turkish Rug with British Colonial Style
Located in Dallas, TX
tendrils and a large-scale navy blue Iris trefoil with extended opulent frondescence vinery sprouting from
Category

Early 20th Century Turkish British Colonial Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

Distressed Antique Persian Textured Tabriz Rug with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
prosperity, hyacinths for regeneration, lilies for purity, and iris for spiritual liberty—has been selected
Category

Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Iris

Materials

Wool

Japanese Art Nouveau, Awaji Ware Art Studio Pottery Flower Vase, Ca. 1900
By Awaji Pottery
Located in New York, NY
commonly featuring irises), and applied relief decoration. ABOUT AWAJI ISLAND Awaji is an island in
Category

Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Iris

Materials

Ceramic

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Antique Iris For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique iris you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An antique iris — often made from ceramic, metal and silver — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique iris — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique iris is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Art Nouveau, Victorian and Arts and Crafts styles are sought with frequency. A well-made antique iris has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Emile Puiforcat, Delphin Massier and Emile Gallé are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Iris?

Prices for an antique iris start at $75 and top out at $65,000 with the average selling for $1,663.