Henri Jacobs Furniture

An attractive & very comfortable pair of giltwood fauteuils, both frames showing arched crest-rails with upholstered backs, sided by padded armrests ter...

An Art Nouveau female bronze figurative bust sculpture of a young woman "Ethne" by Giovanni Schoeman (1940-1980.) Piece is marked at base "ETHNE" as shown in close-up last image. Ver...

French pair of Louis XVI style marquise bergère armchairs, gilt wood, 19th century. In the clean and classic Louis XVI style, the name Marquise is attributed due to their exceptiona...

Art Nouveau bronze bust , circa 1900 Alfred Jean Foretay, 1861-1944, A renowned artist of the late 19th and early 20th century . A beautifully detailed cold-painted white bronz...

Beautiful Art Nouveau bronzed colored plaster bust. Bust with lots of patina, damages, as found condition, this adds lots of character to the item. A nice addition in every living ro...

An antique pair of French Louis XVI style fauteuil armchairs offer caved walnut frame with foliate crest surmounting medallion...

Art Nouveau sculpture Bust by Anton Nelson Circa 1949-1910 Origin France Material: zinc plated perfect condition natural wear Anton Nelson: pseudonym of Van Den Kerhoue Artist born in Belgium. Art nouveau, modernist art or modernism was an international artistic and decorative movement, developed between approximately 1890 and 1914. The 'new art', as its name in French, was an original, youthful and modern style. The art nouveau cultural movement emerged at the end of the 19th century and remained until the beginning of the 20th century, seeking to contrast with industrialization after the second industrial revolution. Art nouveau uses...

Art Nouveau Polychrome Terracotta Female Bust Signed Nelson.

Hand-carved during the early- to mid-1900’s, this pair of French Louis XVI style armchairs has beautiful blue silk upholstery on the seats and back rests. The upholstery has a moiré ...

Pair Antique French Louis XVI painted armchairs ~ Fauteuils represent the classical interpretation of the design! Oval, contoured seatbacks and generously proportioned seats provide ...

Beautiful alabaster sculpture of an Art Nouveau lady resting on a marble plinth. Signed R. Schoggi.

With artful and sensuous handling of material, Emile Jacob demonstrates his life-long love of learning with a technical mastery of porcelain and glazes as well as an awareness of current artistic trends such as Japonisme and l’Art Nouveau. From a bird’s-eye view perspective popularized by Japanese wood block prints circulating in Europe, Jacob immediately confronts the viewer with the sea. The variegated blues and greens take on every murky depth, every iridescence produced on a sun-filled water’s surface; while the suggestion of movement created by undulating patterns of water morphs into sand ridges caused by breaking waves as the viewer nears for a closer examination. The effect is remarkable. Upon closer scrutiny, the abstracted ridges create an affect of being even farther away from the sea, as if high in flight. The same captivating qualities are achieved by the opaque and crystalline glazes to suggest the interior of an oyster’s shell. The ultimate pearl, a female nude, is voluptuously modeled; fusing as one with her seascape, her hair spreads out in wavy tendrils and her graceful, long fingers wrap around the plaque’s edge. Literature: Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated...