Art Nouveau Furniture
ART NOUVEAU STYLE
In its sinuous lines and flamboyant curves inspired by the natural world, antique Art Nouveau furniture reflects a desire for freedom from the stuffy social and artistic strictures of the Victorian era. The Art Nouveau movement developed in the decorative arts in France and Britain in the early 1880s and quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States.
ORIGINS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the late 19th century
- Popularity of this modernizing style declined in the early 20th century
- Originated in France and Britain but variants materialized elsewhere
- Informed by Rococo, Pre-Raphaelite art, Japanese art (and Japonisme), Arts and Crafts; influenced modernism, Bauhaus
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
- Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
- Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
- Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals
- Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood
ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.
The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau.
The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.
In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers.
The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.
Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass.
Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).
Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.
There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.
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Style: Art Nouveau
19th Century French Faux Bamboo Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
19th century chest of drawers from France. The marble top is made from Carrara marble and has been replaced. This piece has four drawers all with faux bamboo applied moldings turne...
Category
19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Fruitwood Art Nouveau Kerfschnitt Stool or Side Table, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Nouveau Kerfschnitt stool or side table.
Striking Dutch design from the 1900s.
Solid fruitwood base and top with original hand-carved Kerfschnitt decorative ele...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
€1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
German Art Nouveau Oak Coat Rack with Mirror and Umbrella Stand
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This small German Art Nouveau coat rack in oak dates to around 1900 and shows the characteristic organic lines of the period. Its balanced design combines practical elements with ele...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Tin
€1,716 Sale Price
22% Off
Art Nouveau Lady with a Peacock Fan, Brass Vanity/Pin Tray
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Art Nouveau Lady with a Peacock Fan, Brass Vanity/Pin Tray, circa 1890-1900, the tray is in the form of a full open peacock fan with a semi-nude lady on the bottom holding the fan. T...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of 3 Thonet Style Bar Stools, Italy 60s
By Thonet
Located in Lucija, SI
Set of three mid century bar stools in Thonet style.
Handmade seats
Made in Italy in the 60s
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
€1,600 / set
Art Nouveau Bronze Lamp, circa 1900, Signed C.Berlier, Lyon.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Nouveau bronze lamp, circa 1900, signed C.Berlier, Lyon.
Art Nouveau period lamp in bronze and pink transparent opaline glass by C.Berlier...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Art Nouveau Ceramic Vase by Danico, Denmark, 1920s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Large Art Nouveau Ceramic Vase by Danico, Denmark, 1920s
Striking large Art Nouveau ceramic vase by Danico, Denmark, dating from the 1920s. This impressive piece is handmade and han...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large French Emile Galle Cameo Glass Blue Mountain and Lake Landscape Vase c1925
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Exceptional large Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo 'blue mountain' landscape vase. The tall vase is in browns and pale purple over peach -an very unusual colourway. It depicts finely de...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Large Gouda Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Bowl, Regina Enica, Holland, 1920s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Large Hand-Painted Art Nouveau Bowl by Regina Gouda, Holland, 1920s
Rare and striking hand-painted ceramic bowl from the Regina factory in Gouda, Netherlands, dating to the 1920s. T...
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1920s Dutch Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
French Art Nouveau Silver Plate Bowl with with Floral Details
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Silver plate Art Nouveau Decorative Bowl or Center piece. The curvaceous floral and vine details give the the classic art nouveau.
A wonderful Vessel for a unique floral a...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Jugendstil Ceiling Lamp / Pendant Opaline Glass, Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful Woka ceiling lamp, also available with a 50 cm diameter radius - total drop is custom-made.
Materials used are brass and opaline glass. Available in different finishes.
L...
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2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
Huge Bronze Sculpture Of Lady With Wheat Table Lamp By August Moreau
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Bronze Sculpture Lamp by A.Moreau. It depicts a young peasant girl sculpture wearing a long robe, barefoot standing on small slope with flowers and holding some Lilies flow...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Vase w. Spectacular Crystalline Glaze attr. to Sarrguemines
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This Art Nouveau vase features an extraordinary crystalline glaze that enhances its elegant, flowing form. The vase’s surface is adorned with unique, intricate patterns created by th...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Quezal Art Nouveau Lamp
By Quezal
Located in NANTES, FR
Art nouveau lamp circa 1910.
Brass and copper base.
Iridescent glass tulip signed Quezal.
In perfect condition and electrified.
Total height: 38.5 cm
Base diameter: 15.5 cm
Width: 30 cm
Quezal Art Glass
Quezal Art Glass – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2003
By Malcolm Mac Neil
Some of the most beautiful and alluring art glass made in America during the early part of the 20th Century was made by the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company. Often in the shape of blossoming lilies with brilliant gold interiors and colorfully decorated with floral and other motifs inspired by nature, Quezal art glass ranks right alongside the iridescent glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frederick Carder. Quezal artisans created an extensive range of decorative and useful items, including vases, compotes, finger bowls, open salts, candle holders, and shades for lighting fixtures, which are equivalent in terms of beauty and quality of craftsmanship to Tiffany’s Favrile and Carder’s Aurene glass. In recent years, glass collectors have discovered anew the special charms and appeal of Quezal art glass, and collector desirability for this lovely glassware has increased dramatically.
The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company was incorporated a century ago, on March 27, 1902. It was founded by Martin Bach, Sr., Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Bach, Lena Scholtz, and Adolph Demuth. The factory was located on the corner of Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Maspeth, Queens, New York. In October 1902, the trademark “Quezal” was successfully registered. By 1904, roughly fifty glassworkers were employed at the works.
Martin Bach, Sr. was the president, proprietor, and guiding force behind this successful company. Born in 1862 in Alsace-Lorraine to German parents, he emigrated to the United States in 1891. Before his emigration, Bach worked in Saint-Louis, France, at the Saint-Louis Glass Factory. After Bach arrived in this country, he was hired by Louis C. Tiffany as the latter’s first batch-mixer or chemist at the newly established Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, in Corona, Queens. After a period of about eight years, Bach left Tiffany and established his own glassworks. By this time, Bach had already started his small family. He and his German-born wife, Anne-Marie Geisser, whom he married in the fall of 1889, in Paris, France, had three children. Two daughters, Jennie and Louise, were born in France and a son, Martin, Jr., was born in Corona.
Bach was assisted by Thomas Johnson, an English immigrant, and Maurice Kelly, a native of Corona, both of whom were gaffers or master glassblowers. Johnson and Kelly helped pave the way for Quezal’s early accomplishments and later recognition. Thomas Johnson, like Bach, was a founding member and also previously employed by Louis C. Tiffany. Johnson’s association with Quezal, however, was relatively short lived. Around 1907, Johnson left for Somerville, Massachusetts, where he became involved in making Kew Blas glass, under William S. Blake at the Union Glass Company. Maurice Kelly’s tenure with Quezal was also brief. Kelly worked at Quezal from January 1902 until July 1904, but by November 1904, he was making Favrile glass at Tiffany Furnaces, where he would happily remain until 1918.
To this day, the belief still exists that there once existed a man named Quezal, who worked for Louis C. Tiffany, and it is after him that Quezal glass is named. In truth, however, the founders of the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company named the company and its products after one of the world’s most beautiful birds, the elusive and rare quetzal, which dwells in the treetops of the remote tropical forests of Central America. A rare company promotional brochure provides a vivid description of the quetzal: Of all the birds of the America’s, it is the most gorgeous. No more splendid sight is to be seen in all the world than a quezal, flying like a darting flame through the depths of a Central American forest. Its back is of a brilliant metallic green, so vivid it shines even in the twilight of the woods like a great emerald and its breast is a crimson so deep and bright that every motion of the wonderful creature is a flashing of rubies among the trees and giant creepers. It bears a true golden crown upon its head – a helmet of bright yellow and green, shaped just as the helmet of old Aztec kings were shaped. Its tail is composed of lacelike plumes, extending more than two and one-half feet beyond its body.
The quezal was certainly an appropriate designation for the company’s resplendent glassware. One of the most prized characteristics of Quezal art glass is the shimmering and dazzling brilliance reflected in the iridescent surfaces on the interior as well as exterior of the glass. The radiant rainbow colors in metallic hues, including gold, purple, blue, green, and pink, to name only a few, were certainly inspired by the quetzal and its feathers. Not surprisingly, lustrous feathers, in shades of opal, gold, emerald, and blue, are among the most common decorative motifs encountered on Quezal glass.
The enduring hallmark of Quezal art glass is its unique expression of the Art Nouveau style, based on organic shapes and naturalistic motifs coupled with technical perfection in the execution. Vases, compotes, drinking vessels, and shades for lighting fixtures were often fashioned to resemble flowers such as crocuses, tulips, calla lilies, casablanca lilies, and jack-in-the-pulpits. Variously colored inlaid threads of glass, pulled and twisted by hooks, simulate naturalistic floral and leaf patterns, lily pads, clover leafs, and vines. Opal, gold, and green colors prevail and the glass is generally opaque. Red is the rarest color of all. Compared with Tiffany’s Favrile glass, the crisp, vivid, and colorful decoration of Quezal art glass is distinctively precise, symmetrical, and restrained.
Other Quezal wares recall shapes and styles favored in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome, as well as the Italian Renaissance and the Georgian period in England. This is especially true of classic-shaped vases and bowls of translucent amber glass, which have a single surface color such as iridescent gold or blue. Still, others were inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese forms.
The Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Alvin Silver Manufacturing Company in Sag Harbor, Long Island, purchased Quezal art glass, which they in turn embellished in their shops with silver overlay decoration in the fashionable Art Nouveau style and later resold. Gorham’s silver overlay designs mostly include stylized floral motifs. Alvin’s silver designs are wonderfully organic. One sumptuous design is of a group of sinuous iris blossoms with carefully articulated petals surrounded by attenuated meandering vines. Collectors should note that not all silver-deposit pieces are marked with a maker’s mark since the silversmith had to be quite careful not to damage the glass underneath.
A rare 1907 retail catalog survives from Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Company, a luxury goods retailer in Philadelphia, which reveals original retail prices of Quezal art glass. A surprising revelation provided by this catalog is that Quezal art glass was nearly twice as expensive as comparable French imported glass made by such renowned firms as Gallé and Daum. Hock glasses, a stemmed glass used primarily for drinking German white wine, were sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $75. Fingerbowls were also sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $100. These high retail prices were nearly the same as those charged for Tiffany’s Favrile glass, and suggest Quezal art glass was also marketed towards the high-end or luxury market.
Electricity was a brand new invention in the late 1800s and American glass manufacturers developed novel approaches for concealing the electric light bulb, which was rather harsh to the eye and perhaps unflattering to the domestic interior. Tiffany, Steuben, and Quezal responded to this need with the most extraordinary and beautiful art-glass shades, all of which were hand-made and exquisitely fashioned. Many other companies also made art glass shades for table and floor lamps, electroliers, hallway fixtures, and wall sconces, but it was Quezal that excelled in this area and was the most prolific.
Quezal art glass shades were available in an infinite variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and decorations. Some shades are formed and decorated as lilies while others are bell-shaped and have ribbed or textured decoration. Rims are usually plain but sometimes are notched or ruffled. Common motifs include feather or hooked feather, leaf and vine, applied flowers, drape, fishnet, King Tut, and spider webbing. The workmanship shown on most Quezal shades...
Category
1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
€2,800
Monumental Antique Art Nouveau Andre Delatte Cameo Glass Vase
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Monumental Antique Art Nouveau Andre Delatte Cameo Glass Vase
Category
1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
French Vintage Gobelin Set of Clutch Handbag and Coin Purse, circa 1920
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Vintage Gobelin set of clutch handbag and coin purse, black base with floral embroidery on both sides, enameled brass frame and chain strap. The interior is lined in black silk with ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Tapestry
Vintage bronze mounted porcelain box hand painted butterflies and floral decor
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Porcelain bronze mounted box, Art Nouveau style
Made of hand-painted crackled, glazed high quality bronze mounted porcelain. Signed on the bottom.
An all over polychrome floral deco...
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20th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany Studios New York "Zodiac" Desk Blotter Ends
Located in New York, NY
A pair of gilt bronze “Zodiac” desk blotter ends by Tiffany Studios New York. The blotter ends each feature intricate pseudo-Celtic patterning interspersed with circular elements in ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Fratelli TOSO Rare Table Lamp / Night-Light, 1900
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Table Lamp / Night-Light by Fratelli Toso, Venice, Italy, c. 1900. Rare in this size, this exquisite table lamp, or night-light, is a stunning example of Venetian craftsmanship by th...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Josef Hoffmann-Wiener Werkstätte Pendant, Re Edition
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass lamp lacquered or nickel-plated. Silk-shade comes in any color, white inside. All handmade. Optionally the bottom can be covered with a hardened opaline-glass in a brass-frame....
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2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
€8,100 / item
French Art Nouveau Signed Botanical Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase circa, 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé small cameo vase depicting blossoming flowers in purple and blue over orange/yellow, with fine internal polishing to highlight the blue in the flowers ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Josef Hoffmann/Wiener Werkstaette Moldauer Brass and Silk Chandelier, Re-Edition
Located in Vienna, AT
This chandelier is an excellent example for Hoffmanns way from the geometrical reduction - started 1901 by him, to the neoclassical direction, which he started, circa 1909, on the wo...
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2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
Josef Hoffman, Showroom of Wiener Werkstaette Chandelier Jugendstil, Re-Edition
Located in Vienna, AT
Chandelier for the entrance of the WW-showrooms in Neustiftgasse 32/34 in Vienna, design 1903.
Four single pendants, mounted on a ceiling-plate.
Hammered or plain.
The original star...
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2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal
BLANCHE POCCARD DE SAINTILAU Large French Art Nouveau Orchid Table Lamp, 1902
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Nouveau Table Lamp by Blanche Poccard de Saintilau, France, 1902.
A stunning French Art Nouveau table lamp base by Blanche Poccard de Saintilau, dated 1902. This elegant ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Spelter
French “Clichy” White Glass Pendant Lamps
Located in Amsterdam, NL
French “Clichy” white coloured glass pendant lamp
2 meter black cotton flex
E14 bulb holder
Weight : 0.40 kg / 0.9 lb
E14 bulb holder. Priced per individual item. All lamps have b...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
€210 / item
Pair of Art Nouveau Silver Plate Serving Tongs for Cake or Pastry, Sweden, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of two beautiful Art Nouveau serving tongs for pastry, cake, fish or meat. These serving piece is in a beautiful design. Made of silver plated metal, it will make a nice additi...
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20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Antique MaruMan T2 Heavy Crystal Table Lighter Electric And Gas
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage antique crystal tabletop gas and electric lighter. In great condition. This exquisite Lighter is a testament to the opulence and craftsmanship of the mid 20th century.
The b...
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1950s German Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal
French Style Enameled Holly Motif Frosted Iridescent Box, Style of Daum Nancy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Style Enameled Holly Motif Frosted Iridescent Box, Style of Daum Nancy, France, circa early 20th century
A stunning French style Enameled Holly Motif Frosted Iridescent Box, ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Majolica Dragonfly Wall Pocket Fives Lille, circa 1900
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica dragonfly wall pocket by Fives Lille, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
French Art Nouveau Turquoise and Purple Ceramic Pot by Alphonse Cytere of Ramber
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
A very attractive French Art Nouveau ceramic pot, with dimpled globular form vase, marked by Rambervillers, with a partly iridescent medallic glaze in turquoise and purple tones, typical of Alphonse Cytere...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Josef Hoffmann
Wiener Werkstaette Hanging Lamp Chandelier, Pendant, Re-Edition
Located in Vienna, AT
A hanging lamp with chased rosebuds on the rim, glass-hangings and fabric in the requested Color. Comp WW Archive, Museum of Applied Arts Vienna MAK, wall Vase, No. S 2243, Expertise...
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2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique French Art Nouveau Wrought Iron Scroll Wood Top 42" Potting Work Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Art Nouveau Wrought Iron Scrolling 42" Work Potters Table with Wooden Top. Item features a scrolling wrought iron base circa early 1900s with the wooden plank top appe...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Glazed Blue Egypt Ceramic "Bamboo" Vase by Raoul Lachenal
Located in Montreal, QC
Glazed blue Egypt ceramic "Bamboo" vase by Raoul Lachenal Signed: "Lachenal R". France: circa 1915-1920 Private Collection, Amsterdam Christie's, Amsterdam, 15 November 2000, lot 125...
Category
1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Desvres Fourmaintraux Delassus, France. Art Nouveau ceramic vase with handles.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Desvres Fourmaintraux Delassus, France.
Art Nouveau ceramic vase with handles. Crystal glaze.
Ochre-yellow glaze.
Circa 1930s.
Marked.
In excellen...
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1930s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental French Galle Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase – Grapevine Motif
By Gallé
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An exceptional and impressively tall French Art Nouveau cameo glass vase by the renowned Galle company, celebrated for its innovative glasswork and poetic natural motifs. Standing at...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Paul Wynard Reinhold Merkelbach Jugendstihl Pewter Stoneware Stein
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish jugendstil German Reinhold Merkelbach pewter mounted ceramic jug by Paul Wynard (1879-1956) and dating from around 1905. The large stoneware jug stands on a narrow flat rou...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Royal Vienna Art Nouveau Floral Painted Unusual Vase by Ernst Wahliss
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and very unusual Austrian Royal Vienna Art Nouveau vase raised on three legs hand painted with autumnal fruiting stems made at the Alexandra Porcelain Works in Turn by Ernst ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Fruit Basket – Hand-Carved Wooden Bowl, France, 1930s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a rare Art Deco fruit basket, hand-carved in solid brown wood, likely made in France during the 1930s. The design is particularly distinctive, featuring sculpted representations of actual fruits, integrated into the body of the bowl itself — a remarkable example of functional sculpture.
Main Features:
Period: Art Deco – circa 1930s
Origin: France
Material: Carved wood, brown tone
Patina: Beautiful aged patina, slightly dark with warm reflective highlights
Handle: The basket’s handle is elegantly curved, featuring smooth lines typical of the Art Deco movement
Usage & Style:
This piece blends decoration and function: it can be used as a fruit bowl or simply as a centerpiece in a living or dining room. Its original shape, fine carving, and historical charm make it perfect for a vintage or Art Deco–inspired interior.
Keywords: Art Deco wooden basket, fruit bowl sculpture, French Art Deco decor, carved wood centerpiece...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Wood
Jewel walking stick, signed Evald Nielsen, Copenhagen, Denmark 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: Art Nouveau jewel walking stick, smooth 925/1000 silver knob, pleasant to the touch, L-shaped with gold relief decorations, which delimit curved lines with semi-precio...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Stone, Metal, Silver
Midcentury Brass Opaline Glass Suspension Lantern with Tall Clear Glass Chimney
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Burnished brass and opaline glass suspension lantern in Art Nouveau style, circa 1950. Three brass hanging chains connected to a decorative canopy....
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Mid-20th Century Portuguese Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
Cast Brass Art Nouveau Round Wall Mirror with Ivy Lady Portrait
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique cast brass, gold-tone metal Art Nouveau round wall mirror with a female portrait surrounded by an ivy floral pattern that circles the mirror. The mirror comes with a whimsica...
Category
1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
€298 Sale Price
40% Off
Pair of 19th Century Pine Bedside Cabinets from France
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of 19th century faux bamboo pine bedside cabinets from France. The tops are made from marble, and are removable for shipping. The cabinets are made from wonderfully warm pitch...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Marble
Rama: Poeme Dramatique en Trois Actes (Illustrated by Alphonse Mucha)
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this three-act dramatic poem by French poet, novelist, journalist, and editor Paul Vérola (1853-1934). Decorated with five full-page color lithographs by Alphonse M...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Paper
Enzo Ciampalini “Alfea” Floor Lamp In Cast Copper With Murano Glass Shade
By Enzo Ciampalini, Lamp International
Located in Chicago, IL
Sinuous floor lamp in cast copper with Murano scavo glass bowl shaped shade designed by Enzo Ciampalini and manufactured by Lamp International,...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Copper
€1,975 Sale Price
20% Off
Chicago Mosaic Lamp Co. Antique Art Nouveau Style Faux Bois Leaded Glass Lamp
By Chicago Mosaic Lamp Co.
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique art nouveau style faux bois form lamp base in a bronze patina. Marked along the edge with the word CHICAGO discernible. The base covered with a leaded glass floral shade with...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Metal
French Art Nouveau Enamelled (Cloisonné) Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Valencia, VC
French Art Nouveau Enamelled (Cloisonné) Bowl, c. 1900
A striking French Art Nouveau period cloisonné bowl dating from the turn of the 20th century. This finely crafted piece featur...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Set of 2 Baccarat and Saint Louis Items, Violet Crystal, France, 1930
By Baccarat
Located in Rijssen, NL
Glorifying the effects of refracted light for 170 years, the iconic Baccarat and Saint Louis vases are well-know over the world.
A crystal masterpiece set of exceptional proportions...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Wrought Iron French Art Nouveau Children
s Armchair, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Nouveau children's armchair.
Striking French design from the 1900s.
Blue lacquered wrought iron.
This wonderful Art Nouveau children's armchair is in good co...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
€420 Sale Price
20% Off
Beautiful Silver Sacred Heart Ex Voto with Cherub Angel, Antique European, 1880s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Handmade Religious Ex-Voto
A striking and delicately crafted religious Ex-Voto, sourced from an estate sale in Parma, Italy. The piece appears to be made from thin, lightw...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate, Sheet Metal
Antique Iron Garden Table, Arras, France, circa 1900
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Antique Iron Garden Table, Arras, France, circa 1900. Iron base with original weathered paint and cast paw feet. Opaque white glass top.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Iron
Art Nouveau Ormolu and Satin Glass Trinket Jewelry Box, France, circa 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous glass trinket box with ormolu mounts. No restoration has been carried out on this charming little trinket box, which remains in very stabile and functioning condition, wea...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Art Nouveau French Brass
Glass Table Desk Light
Located in Amsterdam, NL
French glass, brass desk light / table lamp
2,5 meter black cotton wire, plug and switch
Available with UK / US plug
Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable b...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
Zsolnay Hungarian Floral Reticulated Porcelain Vase with Cobalt Blue Panels
By Zsolnay
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and elegant Hungarian porcelain twin handled vase with floral reticulated designs and contrasting blue glazed panelling by renowned maker Zsolnay and dating from around 1...
Category
1890s Hungarian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional hemisphere Art Nouveau Sideboard by Maurice Dufrene, France 1911
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1911 / sideboard / Maurice Dufrène / walnut, marble, mirror, bronze / Art Nouveau / Art Deco
Stunning hemisphere Art Nouveau sideboard by French designer Maurice Dufrène. ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Majolica Morning Glory Vase Jerome Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Majolica morning glory vases Jerome Massier, circa 1900.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They produced an incredible whole...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Art Nouveau Black Lacquer Table Lamp With Cameo Tulips, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An Art Nouveau black lacquer refinish table lamp titled "Départ des Hirondelles" (Departure of the Swallows), depicting a graceful forest nymph in flowing drapery, signed “L. Raphael...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass
€5,070 Sale Price
35% Off
19th Century Copper and Brass Planter from France
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century copper planter from France. The planter is oval in shape, and is fluted at the top, and is hand embossed with trees, leaves and fruit. The handles and feet are ha...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
French Art Nouveau Meerschaum
Amber Pipe Depicting Don Quixote
s Head, C. 1900
By Josef Niedermoser
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS
Length: 4.25 inches
Width: 1-1/8 inches
Height: 1.75 inches
ABOUT
A tobacco smoking pipe made of genuine carved meerschaum with amber mouthpiece. The stem depicts a head ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Stone
Glazed Art Nouveau Centerpiece Planter Jardinière, 1930s
Located in Verviers, BE
Brilliant handmade hand glazed Art Nouveau planter jardinière, 1930s
Wonderful Art Nouveau period/ monumental ceramic planter jardinière, handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant blue ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Hoffmann and Schlevogt Art Nouveau Malachite Glass Trinket Box
Located in Lucenec, SK
Fantastic example of a I. Heinrich Hoffmann Czech Art Deco malachite glass high relief reclining nude trinket box. It's done in beautiful green Czechoslovakian malachite glass with n...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Furniture
Materials
Malachite
€176 Sale Price
20% Off
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