Monumental Pair of French Art Nouveau Figural Lamps, Circa 1900
By Charles Theodore Perron
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
An elegant and finely modeled pair of French Art Nouveau figural lamps signed Charles Theodore Perron, dating from around 1900.
Alabaster, Bronze
Art Nouveau Figural Lamp with Uranium Glass Shade by Anglade
By Gaston Vincent Anglade
Located in Dekalb, IL
The shade itself is molded with organic shell-like patterns typical of early Art Nouveau glasswork. Anglade was active in France during the early 20th century, known for producing h...
Cast Iron
Art Nouveau Figural Lamp, by Viennese Sculptor Theodor Ullmann (1903-1996)
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is an Art Nouveau figural table lamp dating from the late 19th century to early 20th century (circa 1890–1915), a period famous for blending functional everyday objects with...
Bronze
$700Sale Price|26% Off
French Art Nouveau Figural Lamp with Flower Basket Charles Perror, France
Located in Toledo, OH
Figural Art Nouveau lamp with child holding a basket of colorful flowers.
Metal
Antique French Art Nouveau Figural Lamp with Hand-Painted Shade, 1880s
Located in New Orleans, LA
Important 19th century French Art Nouveau oil torchiere lamp with hand painted floral green glass shade and glass chimney, rising on a circular faux bois wood base with brass placard...
Spelter, Brass
Art Nouveau Figural Alabaster Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A figure of a standing young lady finely carved in white alabaster. She is shown dressed in an almost ‘flapper’ style skirt as she leans with her elbows against an ochre mottled rect...
Alabaster
$384Sale Price|56% Off
Art Nouveau Figural Woman Silhouette Table Night Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Art Nouveau figural woman table lamp. This beautiful petite lamp is a classic piece of Art Nouveau design.
Metal
After Emil Thomasson Bronze Art Nouveau Figural Nude Lamp
By Emil Thomasson
Located in Bridgeport, CT
After Emil Thomasson bronze art nouveau lamp depicting a nude woman, the Greek goddess Daphne, depicted in repose or mid-transformation into a laurel tree. The lamp is signed in the ...
Bronze
Pair of Art Nouveau Figural Urns Mounted as Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Art Nouveau figural urns mounted as lamps. These wonderfully cast urns are mounted as table lamps.
A 19th century Art Nouveau Spelter Figural Woman Table Lamp
Located in England, GB
This late 19th century French Art Nouveau beautifully cast from coloured and patinated spelter lamp is modelled as the Roman goddess ‘Diana’ standing in counterpose, (Italian contrap...
Spelter
Vintage Maitland Smith Art Deco Art Nouveau Bronze Lady Figural Table Lamp
By Maitland Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Maitland Smith Art Deco/Art Nouveau Bronze Lady Figural Table Lamp.
Bronze
French Large Art Nouveau Figural Table Lamp Signed Auguste Moreau
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant and beautiful French tall table lamp with two seductive female musical women figures on the waves of the base. Each woman holds a musical instrument such as a harp, in her ha...
Composition
Art Nouveau Female Figure Table Lamp with Bluebells, Late 20th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Nouveau Figure Table Lamp, Late 20th Century This graceful late 20th century table lamp features a decorative Art Nouveau female figure made from a plastic or ceramic-like mater...
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Rare Pair of Pastoral Figural Ceramic Lamps Beautiful Sculptural
Located in Lomita, CA
Exceptional Pair of Art Nouveau Pastoral Figural Ceramic Lamps with Shepherdesses and Goats This pair of lamps tells a beautiful story.
Ceramic
Antique Art Nouveau Figural Young Female Table Lamp with an Art Glass Shade
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This table lamp is completely unmarked but is presumed to have been made in Europe in approximately 1910 in the Art Nouveau period and style.
Spelter
Art Nouveau Figural Alabaster Lamp on a Light Brown Oynx column
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A figure of a standing young lady finely carved in white alabaster. dressed in an almost ‘flapper’ style skirt as she leans with her elbows against an ochre mottled rectangular alaba...
Alabaster, Marble
Antique Art Nouveau Olive Kooken Figural Nude Female Bronze Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Art Nouveau Olive Kooken Figural Nude Female Bronze Clad Ceramic Table Lamp.
Ceramic
$1,051Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Decorative Lamp, French, Bronzed, Figural Light, Art Nouveau Revival
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage decorative lamp. A French, bronzed composite female figural table light in Art Nouveau revival taste, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Metal
Raphaël Charles Peyre French Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze Figural Lamp 1890
Located in Nottingham, GB
A highly decorative French Art Nouveau figural table lamp attributed to sculptor Raphaël Charles Peyre, dating to the late 19th century.
Bronze
$3,116Sale Price|20% Off
Early Three Bulb Art Nouveau Figural Bronze and Marble Table Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Early three bulb Art Nouveau figural table lamp featuring a beautiful figural casted bronze female fixed to a two-piece, two-tone marble base topped with an organic freeform floral f...
Bronze
$1,092Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Campfire Lamp Georges Van Der Straeten
By Georges Van der Straeten
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1920s art nouveau Georges Van Der Straeten bronze budoir lamp sculpture in the shape of a young woman warming herself at a camp fire, with inkwell or keepsake compartment. ...
Bronze
Antique French Art Nouveau Lamp, Kuan Xen Figure with Stained Glass, circa 1930
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Art Nouveau lamp, Kuan Xen figure with stained glass, circa 1930
Art Glass
$2,214Sale Price|26% Off
Large Antique Art Nouveau Amor Bronze Table Lamp
By Rudolf Marschall
Located in Purkersdorf, AT
Large figural Art Nouveau lamp: Amor. Excellent sculpture - not signed. 2 light bulbs E14.
Bronze
$7,560Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Art Nouveau Large Bronze Sculptural Floor/ Table Lamp by Gustave Gurshner
By Gustave Gurschner
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Monumental 19thc Austrian Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Floor/ Table Lamp. Featuring original Tiffany style tiled Art Glass Shade.
Bronze
$1,596Sale Price|20% Off
Bronze Art Noveau Style Figural Mermaid Table Lamp with a Conch Shell Lamp Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Excellent rendition of a Tiffany style lamp, bronze with a conch shell shade. Beautifully cast with a deep bronze patina. In cord switch with a dimmer. Truly a special lamp.
Bronze
Early 20th Century Swedish Alabaster Figural Lamp
Located in Martlesham, GB
A highly decorative early 20th century Art Nouveau Swedish alabaster figural lamp, a gowned female figure with a mythical sea creature at her feet and a large domed light above her, ...
Alabaster
Vintage Table Lamp Female Figure Brass and Onyx Marble
Located in Poperinge, BE
The piece is executed in Art Nouveau style, featuring an elegant female figure in the center.
Brass
A Pair of Patinated Bronze Figural Table Lamps of Cherubs
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Patinated Bronze Figural Lamps After the model of Auguste Moreau Each figure finely cast from bonze and with its original patination, one representing Moreau's 'Psyche and...
Bronze
Antique White Polar Bear & Lamp Post Figural Glass Decanter Bottle Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique White "Polar Bear and Lamp Post" Figural Blown Molded Glass French Decanter Bottle Converted into Table Lamp with Carved Wood Base. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 24...
Glass
Pair Antique Figural Gilt Bronze and Rouge Marble Candelabra Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
pair of figural gilt bronze candelabra lamps depicting joyful young man and woman with rose flowers housing candelabra size sockets, and mounted on circular rouge marble pedestals. ...
Marble, Bronze
Gilt Metal Spelter Figural Sculpture of Two Children Table Lamp, Circa 1880s
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Germantown, MD
A Gilt Metal Spelter Sculpture depicting two children, in the Art Nouveau style, mounted as lamp. Attributed to the French sculptor Auguste Moreau. Dimensions: 7.5" in width, 7.5" i...
Metal, Spelter
19th Century Table Lamp Bronze Figure Women with Jar on Marble Base
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
19th century table lamp bronze figure women with jar on marble base.
Marble, Bronze
A Vintage Figural Lamp Depicting A Country Girl With Birds Frosted Flower Shade
Located in New Orleans, LA
A vintage figural table lamp depicting a young country girl feeding her birds by a fence. Rising above her are intertwining vines with leaves ending in a lovely Czechoslovakian frost...
Spelter
ca. 1859 Louis Valentin Elias Robert Bronze Water Carrier Figural Table Lamp
Located in Nottingham, GB
Artist / Maker: Louis Valentin Elias Robert Origin: France Date: Circa 1859 Style: 19th-Century French / Early Art Nouveau Influence Type: Figural Sculpture Table Lamp Materials: Bro...
Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Auguste Moreau Spelter Lamps “Nuit De Printemps”
By August Moreau
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Art Nouveau Auguste Moreau Figural Spelter Lamp "Nuit De Printemps" Or "Spring Night"- Set of 2 Featuring a set of 2 Antique French Art Nouveau Auguste Moreau Figura...
Metal
ART NOUVEAU FIGURAL LAMP
Located in Middleburg, VA
ART NOUVEAU GILT METAL FIGURAL LAMP, POSSIBLY FRENCH, ON BLACK LACQUER BASE.
Metal
Pair of French Art Nouveau Figural Lamps by Marcel Debut
By Marcel Debut
Located in New York, NY
pair of French Art Nouveau Lamps Over Statue by Marcel Debut in 1900, he made it to a jeweler in Paris. Marcel Debut 1865-1933. He was the son of the famous sculptor Didier Debut. In...
Rare Bronze Figural Art Nouveau Lamp, circa 1900
Located in Liverpool, GB
Rare bronze figural Art Nouveau lamp, circa 1900 A unique figural Art Nouveau lamp made of bronze.
Bronze
Unavailable
H 42.13 in Dm 27.56 in
Art Nouveau, Lalique Style Monumental Lamp, Figural Lamp, Brass, Wood, Glass
Located in Krakow, małopolskie
A beautiful, original Art Nouveau lamp with a very ornate form, whose integral part is a carved wooden female act. High quality collector's item. Signature on lampshades - Vienne. ...
Brass
Unavailable
H 39.4 in W 15 in D 12 in
Huge Impressive Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Lady Lamp Signed Henri Honore Ple
Located in London, GB
A superb stunning and very large Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Dore figural lamp of a lady with flora and foliage decoration and with three branch light fittings.
Bronze
Unavailable
H 24 in W 14 in D 6.5 in
Art Nouveau French Figural Table Lamp in the Manner of L & F Moreau
By Louis & François Moreau
Located in San Francisco, CA
An uncommon signed Art Nouveau-period French figural spelter table lamp with art glass shade and marble stage, done in the manner of L & F Moreau, Julien Caussée, or Ernest Rancoulet...
Marble, Metal, Spelter
Figural Kerosene Table Lamp R. Ditmar Wien
Located in Brno, CZ
This beautiful processing of a figural kerosene lamp was created in the workshops of the Vienna company R.DITMAR WIEN, which in its time specialized in the production of kerosene lam...
Metal
Large Art Nouveau Draped Figural Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a beautifully rendered porcelain figural lamp.
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 25 in W 13 in D 8 in
An Art Nouveau Hand Carved Marble Alabaster Figural Lamp, Italy, Circa 1910
Located in Pasadena, CA
An Art Nouveau Hand Carved Marble Alabaster Figural Lamp.
Alabaster, Marble
Art Nouveau Figural Lamp Signed Auguste Moreau A Charming lamp
By August Moreau
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Art Nouveau Figural Lamp Signed Auguste Moreau A Charming lamp in the form if a water nymph or Naide, the lamp is set on a marble base the finish is cold painted in moss green and ...
Spelter
Moreau Bronze Art Nouveau Figural Lamp
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Fulton, CA
Art Nouveau style draped female figure with a mandolin over her shoulder encompassed with illuminated lilies.
Bronze
French Bronze Art Nouveau Figural Lamp
By A. Croisy
Located in Petaluma, CA
This is a magnificent example of art nouveau sculpture with the added benefit of it lighting up. The simplistic beauty of art nouveau's return to nature theme is the reason that peo...
Bronze
Sold
H 18.5 in W 5 in D 13 in
Auguste Moreau Signed Bronze-Plated Spelter Female Art Nouveau Figural Lamp
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Bronze-plated figural female lamp in the style Art Nouveau signed Auguste Moreau.
Bronze
Whimsical French Art Nouveau Figural Lamp with Children, Louchet Foundry
By Louchet Foundry
Located in Petaluma, CA
How can you not smile when taking a gander at this wonderful little lamp? The two children are under a fountain with water pouring out of this mythological head. Fine quality as to b...
Bronze
Sold
H 18.31 in W 10.24 in D 5.91 in
Art Nouveau Double Light Table Lamp with Lady by Lucien Alliot, 1900
By Lucien Charles Edouard Alliot
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Nouveau figural lamp lady in long dress holding two candles by Lucien Alliot.
Metal
Art Nouveau Figural Patinated Spelter Table Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Art Nouveau Figural Gilt and Patinated Spelter Lamp, the metal shade decorated with with faceted multicolored glass cabochons and surmounted by owl form finial, with beaded fringe. 2...
Metal, Spelter
Goldscheider Figure Art Nouveau Maiden Lamp
Located in Cheshire, GB
Friedrich Goldscheider, large Art Nouveau figural floor lamp. Modelled as a maiden holding an oversized flower stem over her shoulder, stamped to the base.
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Style Mixed Metal Figural Table Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Art Nouveau style figural table lamp, in the manner of Lucien Charles Edouard Alliot (French, 1877-1967), modeled under a shell form tree and standing on a mound, inscribed to base "...
Marble, Metal
French Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Table Lamp, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite pair of Art Nouveau figural table lamps of two women sculptures.
Bronze
French 19 Century Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze Figural Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French 19 century Art Nouveau patinated bronze figural three-light table lamp on a rouge marble base .
Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Figural Bronze and Cameo Glass Kerosene Lamp
Located in Petaluma, CA
Admittedly, we rarely buy kerosene lamps, but this one really spoke to us. We love bronze and the vast majority of kerosene lamps are not bronze. As we say in our description, we che...
Bronze
Sold
H 14.97 in W 10.63 in D 5.91 in
Art Nouveau figural bronze lamp by Victorin Sabatier, France 1900.
By Victorin Sabatier
Located in Antwerp, BE
An Art Nouveau bronze lamp depicting a woman with outstretched arms removing her scarf to reveal her face and bare breasts. Signed by Victorin Sabatier. Louchet foundry mark. ...
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Figural Spelter Newel Post Lamp, Paris Foundry Mark
Located in Buffalo, NY
French Art Nouveau figural spelter newel post lamp, "VOLE LACLEC"...Paris Foundry Mark and artist signature.
Spelter
Sold
H 16 in W 10 in D 7.25 in
Antique Art Nouveau Bronze & Jeweled Figural Table Lamp with Dancing Woman C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Art Nouveau Bronze & Jeweled Figural Table Lamp with Dancing Woman C1900 Measures - 16"H x 10"W x 7.25"D
Bronze
Sold
H 23.63 in W 6.3 in D 5.12 in
French Art Nouveau Style Bronze, White Glass and Onyx Figural Table Lamp
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Art Nouveau Style bronze, white glass, and onyx figural table lamp from circa the 1930s.
Onyx, Bronze
Sold
H 12.5 in W 6 in D 5 in
Antique French Art Nouveau Small Gold Gilt Metal Figural Dolphin Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Art Nouveau Small Gold Gilt Metal Figural Dolphin Boudoir Bedside Table Lamp with Frosted Glass Tulip Shade.
Metal
Pair of Art Nouveau Two-Toned Bronze Figural Lamps on Marble Base
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic Pair Art Nouveau Two Toned Bronze Figural Lamps on Marble Base Signed: Angles Stock Number: L386
Sold
H 34 in W 20 in D 12.5 in
Auguste Moreau Art Nouveau Figural & Floral Bronze Dual Post Lamp “Le Lys” c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Auguste Moreau Art Nouveau Figural & Floral Bronze Dual Post Lamp “Le Lys” C1890 Measures - 34" x 20" x 11" An Art Nouveau bronze lamp attributed to Auguste Moreau, featuri...
Bronze
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.
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.