Art Nouveau Box with Marquetry, Germany, dated 1906
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Art Nouveau box or jewelry box with beautiful marquetry.
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Wood
Art Nouveau Box with Marquetry, Germany, dated 1906
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Art Nouveau box or jewelry box with beautiful marquetry.
Wood
$1,195 / item
Pine Art Nouveau Box Bed
Located in Baltimore, MD
This majestic Art Nouveau box bed would be a stately presence in any child’s bedroom.
Pine
Art Nouveau Box, Hand Painted, France Circa 1920
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is in wood. It is Hand painted, in black and green, color. It has been made in France circa 1920.
Wood
Art Nouveau Box , fold-out glove box with marquetry inscription, France
Located in Valladolid, ES
The key for the lock is not included. About Art Nouveau Art Nouveau was an artistic movement that emerged in the late 19th century, seeking to integrate art into everyday life and br...
Wood
$1,495 / item
Pine Art Nouveau Box Bed
Located in Baltimore, MD
This fine Art Nouveau example is certainly one of the most decorative pine beds we have ever offered for sale. The headboard is built in two parts. The lower part consists of a fla...
Pine
Italian New Old Stock 1980s Decorative / Jewelry Silver Art Nouveau Box
By Ottaviani
Located in Weesp, NL
This magnificent box is an embodiment of opulence and sophistication, showcasing the exquisite Art Nouveau style that Ottavini is famous for.
Silver Plate, Enamel
Cathrine Horsbøl (1872-1947) Art Nouveau Box in Mahogany, Denmark C.1910.
Located in Valby, 84
Jewelry Box by Cathrine Horsbøll, Denmark, ca. 1910 Jewelry box of oval form in richly figured mahogany, the lid centred with a marquetry medallion of elm root and walnut framing a ...
Brass
Art Nouveau Guénardeau box in patinated spelter
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Art Nouveau box from the 1920s by the French artist Guénardeau.
Spelter
Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver and Enamel Box
By Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
The sides and underside of this Art Nouveau box are plain and unembellished.
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Albert Chezal Art Nouveau Pewter Box with Lilac Decor, France circa 1910
By Etaind'art
Located in Atlanta, GA
Albert Chezal designed this stunning Art Nouveau, distinctly illustrated, dinanderie-pewter-covered box, handcrafted in France's Etains d'Art workshop around 1910.
Metal, Pewter
$1,038Sale Price|20% Off
German Pforzheim 1910 Art Nouveau Guilloche Enamel Box 935 Sterling With Flowers
By German Pforzheim Guilloche Box
Located in Miami, FL
A guilloche enameled round box with flowers Beautiful enameled round box, created in Pforzheim Germany, during the art nouveau period back in the 1910 This beautiful box was careful...
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Nouveau Carved Wooden Box
Located in Queens, NY
Art Nouveau wood oblong shaped box with etched floral design.
Fine Carved Wood Box with Morning Glories
By Maison de l'Art Nouveau
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This box is a real treasure! Completely had carved from walnut the detail in the flowers and leaves is quite remarkable. This box required a real master craftsman to achieve the outs...
Walnut
Art Nouveau Carved Wooden Box
Located in Queens, NY
Art Nouveau wood oblong shaped box with etched floral design.
Wood
Art nouveau jewelry box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art nouveau jewelry box Art nouveau jewelry box Materials: bronze, double-celled glass, enamel and procelain palaca Origin France Circa 1920 Upholstered interior of the box (capitone...
Crystal, Bronze, Enamel
Art Nouveau Silver Metal Jewelry Box
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Art Nouveau Silver Metal Jewelry Box Beautifully ornate jewelry box featuring embossed designs including floral patterns and symmetrical leaf-shaped motifs at the corners.
Metal
Russian Art Nouveau Gold Enamel Pill Box
Located in New York City, NY
Rare and unusual Art Nouveau 14K two tone gold and enamel pill box.
18k Gold
Antique Wooden Box Painted In Art Nouveau Style
Located in Bilzen, BE
An oil-painted wooden box in the Art Nouveau style, early 20th century.
Wood
1900 Rosewood Box Art Nouveau by Erhard & Soehne
By Erhard & Söhne
Located in Marseille, FR
Box rosewood and brass inlay cover Art Nouveau by Erhard and Soehne, circa 1900.
Copper
$1,516Sale Price|20% Off
Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box Hallmarks of .800 silver crescent moon and crown, with the stamped signature of the Retailer /Jeweler's mark of Paul Tub...
Crystal, Silver
Art Nouveau Moser Glass Dresser Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
An elegant and rare Art Nouveau Glass Dresser Box by Moser, Austria.
Gold
Art Nouveau Sunflowers Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Steel, Copper, Enamel
Art Nouveau Canine Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Brass, Steel
Art Nouveau Basilisk Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Art Nouveau Cosmic Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Copper
Art Nouveau Pewter Box by Just Andersen, 1910s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Art Nouveau Pewter Box designed by Just Andersen in the late 1910s
Pewter
Art Nouveau Repousse Stork Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Stone, Enamel, Brass, Iron
French Art Nouveau Wood Box Openwork Panels, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
Little wood box with openwork panels, made circa 1900 in the Art Nouveau period.
Wood
Art Nouveau Pewter Box by Just Andersen, 1910s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Art Nouveau Pewter Box designed by Just Andersen in the late 1910s
Pewter
Art Nouveau Stork Pair Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Steel, Brass
Art Nouveau Trinket Box - marked "JB Signifies the Best"
By Oneida
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Superb Art Nouveau Trinket Box - marked "JB Signifies the Best" 16 x 8 x. 10.5cms Made of bronzed regule (spelter), this trinket box is in exceptional condition with almost all of ...
Spelter
Vintage Black Lacquer Box, Art Nouveau Style, Mid-20th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
It is designed with a hinged lid for storing small items like tea bags or trinkets.The overall style appears to be inspired by Art Nouveau or vintage botanical designs. Provenance: ...
Wood
Antique Art Nouveau Bronze Leather Chrysanthemum Flower Case Box
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This stunning Art Nouveau gift box is executed in bronze and gold embossed blue leather.
Bronze
Art Nouveau Regal Lion Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Brass, Iron
Art Nouveau Scorpion Fish Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Enamel, Steel
Art Nouveau Round Trinket Box, Metal & Paint, France, 1930s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming round jewelry or trinket metal vanity box reflecting the glamour and style of the Art Deco movement and the Roaring Twenties. Originally designed to hold loose face powder o...
Metal
Large Art Nouveau silver jewelry box France 1900-1910
Located in Salzburg, AT
Large Art Nouveau silver jewelry box France 1900-1910 This gem of a jewelry box from France is not only heavy but is also extremely decorative due to its elongated shape.
Silver
Art Nouveau Cold Creatures Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Brass, Steel
Vintage Crystal Candy Box, Art Nouveau Style, Germany, 1970s Design
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Crystal Candy Box realized in Germany in 1970s. Very good condition.
Crystal
Box in Wood Art Nouveau France 1920, Signed
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Typical of the Art nouveau style. It is in an excellent condition.
Wood
Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Crab by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Brass, Enamel
Lidded Art Nouveau Pewter Box by Arent Dragsted, Denmark, 1890s.
By Edvin Ollers, Just Andersen, Svenskt Tenn, Nils Fougstedt, A. Dragsted
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful Art Nouveau lidded pewter box with amazing patina.
Metal, Pewter
Art Nouveau Owl Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Zinc
$827Sale Price|20% Off
Art Nouveau Decorative Box, Walnut and Maple, Germany, Circa 1900
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful box / casket from the Art Nouveau period, made of walnut veneer on a softwood body.
Maple, Walnut, Softwood
Art Nouveau Celtic Hound Casket Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Enamel, Steel, Brass
Box, Germany, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1890, WMF
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Personalized Quotes: We would be delighted to advise you and provide a quote for any intervention according to your personal taste. Box Style: Art Nouveau year: 1890 Country: Germ...
Metal
Antique Barbotine Decorative Box by Saint Clément, Art Nouveau, France
By Saint-Clément, Barbotine
Located in London, England
The bonbonnière or jewelry box of Saint Clément, made of barbotine earthenware at the end of the 19th century in the Art Nouveau style, is a true work of art.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Norwegian Art Nouveau Lidded Box with Amber Cabochons, Norway, ca. 1900.
Located in Valby, 84
Norwegian Art Nouveau Pewter and Silver Lidded Box Set with Amber Cabochons, Norway, ca. 1900 Of rectangular form raised on four compressed bun feet, the hinged lid centred with a l...
Silver, Pewter
Art Nouveau Rectangular Silver Plate Jewelry Box, France
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This French rectangular silver box is heavily decorated in the typical styles of this Art Nouveau period.
Silver Plate
Pill Box Sterling Silver Art Nouveau with floral miniature Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Dimensions: 4 × 4.3 cm; Height 1.1 cm Weight: 42 g A beautiful example of Italian silversmith artistry, merging traditional enamel work, miniature painting, and timeless Art Nouveau...
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ballin / Hertz, Denmark, Art Nouveau Lidded Box in Pewter, circa 1920
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ballin / Hertz, Denmark. Art Nouveau lidded box in pewter decorated with a young girl, circa 1920.
Pewter
French Art Nouveau Porcelain Egg Box w. Gilt Bronze Ormolu Mounting
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite French Art Nouveau porcelain egg box, dating to around 1900, showcases the opulent elegance of the era.
Porcelain
French late 19th century Art Nouveau Period Ormolu box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French late 19th century Art Nouveau Period Ormolu box. This exceptional box is raised on four foliate feet below large scale scrolled acanthus leaf corne...
Ormolu
$183Sale Price|44% Off
Antique French Art Nouveau Paper Powder Box "Poudre Lt Piver Pompeia"
Located in Hamburg, DE
Antique French Art Nouveau paper powder box "Poudre Lt Piver Pompeia" This is an extremely rare and stunning antique French Lt Piver Pompeia Powder box from the late 1800s to very...
Paper
French Art Nouveau Silver Box with Cranberry Glass, Late 19th Century
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau silver round shaped box with cranberry glass liner and floral design.
Silver
Antique 1920s Round Red Leather Velvet Jewellery Box, UK, Art Nouveau
Located in Braintree, GB
A fine antique round jewellery presentation box dating to circa 1920. The box features a red leather exterior with gilt border detailing and a hinged lid secured by a push-button cla...
Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Scorpion Fish by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Enamel, Brass
Georg Jensen Art Nouveau Silver Dresser Box 79 Pill Jewelry Ring Box 1915-1932
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
THIS IS A WONDERFUL AND RARE EARLY ORIGINAL GEORG JENSEN ART NOUVEAU DRESSER PILL JEWELRY RING BOX IN STERLING SILVER WITH A FLOWER MOTIF ON THE TOP.
Silver, Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Sea Battle Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished wi...
Copper, Steel
Box, Germany, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1890, Sign, WMF
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Personalized Quotes: We would be delighted to advise you and provide a quote for any intervention according to your personal taste. Box Page: 299 in the Book – Art Nouveau Domestic...
Metal
Fascinating Art nouveau box , limited edition by Laura G Italy
Located in Sarezzo, Brescia
Fascinating Art Nouveau box , silver gold plated with handpainted miniature in tempera on Ivory , 19th century subject of Alfons Mucha,.
Hukin and Heath Art Nouveau Box
By Hukin & Heath
Located in London, GB
A rectangular box with hinged lid standing on four feet. The four sides decorated with hammered panels riveted to plain polished shaped panels. The lid attached to the box with two s...
European Art Nouveau Art Deco Metal and Enamel Curiosity Box
Located in Oakland, CA
Unusual enamel Art Nouveau box, most likely Austrian or German, circa 1915.
Metal, Enamel
1900th Art Nouveau Jewelry Box with Application
Located in Krakow, małopolskie
A beautiful Art Nouveau box with openwork application in the Art Nouveau style.
Metal
Figural Art Nouveau Sculptural Jewelry Box
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Amazing signed RS figural Art Nouveau jewelry box.
Metal
Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze and Crystal Box
Located in Fairfax, VA
Art Nouveau circle 1900 Dore Bronze flora design and clear crystal oblong round sides box.
Crystal, Bronze
Swiss Art Nouveau Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
This patinated brass Swiss box has a hinged top with a wonderful butterfly in repousse. The hammered box is studded at the corners and has a wood-lined interior and stands on four bu...
Brass
Rare Art Nouveau Silver Gilt and Gem Set Box
Located in Brightlingsea, Essex
In a fitted box marked "LHOTE PARIS." The piece is unmarked and of the highest quality, the epitome of the Art Nouveau era, possible Spanish.
Silver
Art Nouveau Lions Head Box, Late 19th Century
Located in Cookeville, TN
Dusky blue compliments the swirls on this Art Nouveau wooden box which is crowned on top with a roaring lion head.
Gold Leaf
Art Nouveau Enameled Copper Box Decorated with Papyrus Leaves
By Marguerite de Bodinat
Located in Monte Carlo, MC
Anonymous An Art Nouveau enameled copper box decorated with papyrus leaves, polychrome berries, encircled with fine gold
Copper, Enamel, Gold
Art Nouveau mother of pearl trinket box
Located in Budapest, HU
A rare, very beautiful mother-of-pearl box with an iridescent effect, suitable for storing jewelry, business cards, or even cigarettes, in the style of Austrian designer Josef Hoffmann.
Mother-of-Pearl
Unavailable
H 2.96 in W 7.88 in D 4.34 in
Henri-Edmond Becker, Susse Freres, Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Box, circa 1905
By Susse Freres, Edmond-Henri Becker
Located in Monte Carlo, MC
Susse Freres (Foundry). An Art Nouveau gilt bronze box, circa 1905. Signed Becker and Susse Fres Edt Paris.
Bronze
Edwardian Art Nouveau inlaid mahogany ladies stationery box
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This very pretty Edwardian inlaid mahogany ladies stationery box would grace any ladies desk. The sloping lid is inlaid with a cushion shaped cartouche which contains an Art Nouveau ...
Mahogany
Collection of Three French Art Nouveau Dinanderie Pewter Boxes
By Alice & Eugene Louis Chanal
Located in New York, NY
Measures: 3 1/2'' wide; 2 1/8'' high hand-wrought dinanderie pewter martele covered box with three-lobe design with circles in the center. Impressed A.E. CHANAL underneath. $500-Inv....
Pewter
Unavailable
H 0.75 in W 2.88 in D 2.13 in
Tiffany & Co. / Art Nouveau Sterling "Frog on a lily pad" covered box 1880
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
TIFFANY & CO. New York, NY “Frog on a lily pad” covered box 1880 Hand wrought sterling silver with repoussé and chased gold design of a frog sitting on a lily pad with a dragon...
Sterling Silver
WMF Jugendstil Art Nouveau "Four Seasons" Jewelry box c. 1900
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in New York, NY
WMF [Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik] Germany "Four Seasons" Art Nouveau Jewelry box c. 1900 Silver plate with Jugendstil design buttress handles and open work handle wit...
Silver Plate
Viennese Art Nouveau Letter Box in Style of Wiener Werkstätte
By Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Wien, AT
Nice letter box in secession style of Wiener Werkstätte. Lacquered sheet metal and brass. Good condition. Measures: 30 x 25 x 9 cm.
Brass, Sheet Metal
Russian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Lidded, Footed Locking Box
Located in Pleasant Hill, CA
The sterling silver box features beautiful hand engraved natural flower and foliate motifs on all four sides, and lid, with hinged handle and fold down locking latch, 5 ¼ X 3 ¾ X 4 ½...
Sterling Silver
Anonymous, an Art Nouveau Ring Holder
Located in Monte Carlo, MC
Anonymous An Art Nouveau ring holder Sculpted wood and velvet.
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Mesh Coin Purse Handbag
Located in San Diego, CA
Art Nouveau sterling silver mesh coin purse or evening handbag in really nice condition. Beautiful repousse floral detailing and mesh flows with no kinks. Stamped "Sterling" on th...
Silver
Unavailable
H 9.85 in W 11.82 in D 1.58 in
Chocolat Confectionery Senez-Sturbelle letter holder, Art Nouveau, Belgium
Located in Retie, BE
Antique advertising letter holder made for the Chocolatier - Confectionery brand Senez-Sturbelle, Belgium, Brussels. This Art Nouveau tin letter holder dates from the period 1892-191...
Metal
Unavailable
H 11.5 in W 11.5 in D 11.5 in
Antique Wood Brass & Bronze Rotating Art Nouveau Centerpiece Germany Jugendstil
Located in Torreon, Coahuila
Very unique and antique jugendstill rotatory centerpiece Made in Germany, circa 1900 Construction made of wood, bronze and brass. The piece is in quite good conditions, rotates ea...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 5.12 in W 13.59 in D 8.67 in
Dutch Art Nouveau 'Nieuwe Kunst' Brass Engraved Chest by J.C. Stoffels
By Onder den Sint Maarten, J.C. Stoffels
Located in Amstelveen, NL
The engraving fits within the style characteristics of the Dutch Art Nouveau, the ‘Nieuwe Kunst’. The box has an engraved signature reading 'Onder den Sint Maarten'.
Brass
Edwardian Oak Art Nouveau Jewelry Cabinet
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
Edwardian oak Art Nouveau jewelry cabinet. Oak cabinet which would have started life as a smokers cabinet but it has now been relined handcrafted marble paper and transformed into a...
Oak
Unavailable
H 12 in W 12 in D 18 in
Exceptional Art Nouveau Demitasse Coffee Set, English Sterling Robert & Belk Ltd
By Royal Doulton, Roberts & Belk Ltd. 1
Located in Seattle, WA
Art Nouveau boxed set of 12 demitasse cups and saucers with matching spoons.
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Hand Hammered Iron Miniature Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a great looking, heavy, and skillfully crafted iron chest, having a hinged clasp, pivoting and turned iron handles.
Iron
Patriz Huber for Martin Mayer Art Nouveau Green Agate Silver Vesta Case Pendant
Located in Dusseldorf, NRW
Patriz Huber for Martin Mayer Art Nouveau Green Agate Silver Vesta Case Pendant Silver 800, green agate H 4.35 cm, W 5.0 cm, D 1.2 cm (approx. 1 3/4” by 2” by ½”) Marks: stamped disc...
Agate, Silver
Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Powder Box
By Daum
Located in Kent, GB
A beautiful piece of luxury of Art Nouveau cameo glass for the dressing table: a Cameo Glass Powder Box with lid by Daum Nancy, circa 1900.
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
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.
Aside from his iconic commercial prints, the Czech artist endeavored to make works that spoke to the soul.
From vibrant to subtle, elegant to cheeky, enamel jewelry encompasses a wide range of colors and styles, and there are almost as many techniques for creating these distinctive pieces.
The first art and design movement of the 20th century was all about celebrating beauty of women and nature.