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
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Art Glass
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
French Art Nouveau Lamp in Wrought Iron with Glass Shade, 1920s
Located in Verviers, BE
The 1920s, France A wonderful French Art Nouveau lamp. The stands are handmade in wrought iron with black finish patina and hammered with a floral pattern.
Wrought Iron
$52,000Sale Price|20% Off
French Art Nouveau Lamp by Emile Galle Cameo Cut Glass in Red Sunset Colors
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
Gallé was a prominent glassblower and one of the most influential figures in the French Art Nouveau movement. Specializing in floral glassware, this lamp is a quintessential example ...
Crystal, Bronze
$3,018Sale Price|20% Off
Unique dark brown Antique Wrought Iron French Art Nouveau lamp or chandelier
Located in Casteren, NL
The design combines elements of Art Nouveau and Neo-Gothic styles. The elegant, organic shapes and detailed wrought iron patterns are characteristic of Art Nouveau, while the sturdy,...
Wrought Iron
Pair of French Art Deco Lamps in Wrought Iron with Glass Shades
By Art de France
Located in Verviers, BE
A wonderful pair of French lamps. The stands are handmade in wrought iron with black finish patina and hammered with floral pattern. The metalwork is of excellent quality. They are c...
Wrought Iron
$1,411Sale Price|35% Off
French Pink Vintage Suberville table lamp, Art Nouveau style, etched glass
By French House & Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
Their work was used in Art Nouveau and early Art Deco lamps, and they often made pieces for other brands or designers, suggesting that Suberville may have been an associated manufact...
Glass, Beads
$503Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of French Art Deco Lamps in Wrought Iron with Colored Glass Shades Signed
By Art de France
Located in Verviers, BE
A wonderful pair of French lamps. The stands are handmade in wrought iron with black finish patina and hammered with floral pattern. The metalwork is of excellent quality. They are ...
Wrought Iron
French Art Nouveau Desk Lamp
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Art Nouveau Desk Lamp A beautiful and elegant swan-shaped desk lamp, featuring flowers and leaves, which are classic motifs from the Art Nouveau period.
Brass, Copper, Spelter
French Art Nouveau Style Floor Lamp
Located in Buchanan, NY
This elegant French Art Nouveau style floor lamp features an elaborate tripod base, adding a touch of sophistication to any room.
Brass, Bronze
$1,560Sale Price|37% Off
French Art Nouveau Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very unique lamp. The base is ceramic and has a g Murano glass shade.
Ceramic, Murano Glass
French Silver Plated Art Nouveau Lamp
Located in Kent, Dover
A French silver plated Art-Nouveau table lamp with neo-classical elements.
Bronze
Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
An exceptional antique French Art Nouveau bronze desk lamp. This is stamped beneath the base made in France, and is signed with the initials A.R.
Bronze
Wrought iron Art nouveau floor lamp, France 1910s
By Atelier Marolles, Muller Frères, Jean Touret
Located in ECHT, NL
Hand-Crafted Wrought Iron Floor Lamp – Art Nouveau Style This exceptional hand-crafted wrought iron floor lamp is a striking example of Art Nouveau design, showcasing elegant, flow...
Wrought Iron
$2,275Sale Price|30% Off
Art Nouveau French Table Lamp "Tiffany Style", 1930s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
A beautiful Tiffany style table lamp, French production from the 1930s, Art Nouveau period.
Brass
French Art Nouveau Brass Piano Lamp, Paris 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Art nouveau Brass piano lamp. Paris 1920s 2,5 meter black cotton flex, plug and switch in base B15 – bulb holder Available with UK / US plug B15 bulb holder. Priced per individua...
Brass
Majorelle Art Nouveau Lamp
By Atelier Majorelle
Located in NANTES, FR
Majorelle Art Nouveau lamp Large lamp around 1900 foot in gilded bronze and lampshade in alabaster.
Alabaster, Bronze
French Art Nouveau Wrought Iron Floor Lamp, circa 1920
Located in Antwerp, BE
French Art Nouveau Wrought Iron Floor Lamp, circa 1920 Elegant French wrought iron floor lamp, hand-forged with intricate floral and leaf motifs, circa 1920.
Wrought Iron
Gallé Style Table Lamp Art Nouveau Purple Glass, France
Located in Rijssen, NL
This exquisite Art Nouveau lamp the style of Gallé table lamp is a real eye catcher. Made in the 60es our 70es. The table lamp is made of purple colored glass with eagles on it. Nic...
Glass
Art Nouveau Lamp Stamped Les Etains de France
Located in NANTES, FR
Flower lamp circa 1900. Pewter base topped with an opalescent uraline tulip. Electrified and in perfect condition. Stamped Les Etains De France. Total height: 35 cm Pedestal diamete...
Pewter
Art Nouveau Pagoda table lamp, Champagne-colored alabaster, France
Located in Valladolid, ES
Art Nouveau Table Lamp, Alabaster, Early 20th Century – France Material: Alabaster Style: Art Nouveau / Art Deco Period: Early 20th Century Country of Origin: Spain Good conditi...
Alabaster
$3,250
Quezal Art Nouveau Lamp
By Quezal
Located in NANTES, FR
Art nouveau lamp circa 1910. Brass and copper base.
Brass, Copper
$1,393
Art Nouveau Desk Lamp
Located in NANTES, FR
Desk lamp in gilded spelter circa 1910. Tulip tilt adjustment possible. Tulip in opalescent glass. Electrified, B22 socket. in perfect condition. Height: 34 cm Width: 25 cm Depth: 1...
Spelter
Emile Gallé, Art Nouveau, Glass, Table Lamp, France, 1920s
By Émile Gallé
Located in Stamford, CT
Emile Gallé, French Art Nouveau, Decorated Glass, Brass, Table Lamp, France, 1920s A French Art Nouveau table lamp designed by Emile Gallé (1846-1904) in early 20th century France.
Brass
Gallé Style Table Lamp Art Nouveau Purple Glass, France
Located in Rijssen, NL
This exquisite Art Nouveau lamp the style of Gallé table lamp is a real eye catcher. Made in the 60es our 70es. The table lamp is made of purple colored glass with eagles on it. Nic...
Glass
$622Sale Price|39% Off
French 1930s Art Nouveau Blue Glass Lady Table Lamp
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Light blue translucent frosted art glass shaped as a slender, long-haired woman wearing a long skirt and carrying a large jug in each hand. Mounted on decorative golden metal base on...
Metal
ART NOUVEAU PETROL LAMP converted - French
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Large Traditional French Art Nouveau petrol lamp converted to electricity with original lamp shade, circa 1900.
Metal, Spelter
Art Nouveau Style Vianne Table Lamp Blue Glass, France
By Baccarat
Located in Rijssen, NL
This is a Vianne table lamp, made around the 1970s in France. The lamp features a brass base and 3 arms with blue and clear glass shades with a floral pattern on it. Illuminates be...
Opaline Glass
Signed Marcel Debut French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculptural Lamp
By Marcel Debut
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptional Art Nouveau period French bronze figural sculpture, converted to a table lamp.
Bronze
Art Nouveau lamp circa 1910
Located in NANTES, FR
Beautiful Art Nouveau lamp, circa 1910. Brown-veined alabaster shell. The base is bronze with floral decoration. Electric and in perfect condition. Total Height: 52 cm Shell Diamete...
Alabaster, Bronze
$673Sale Price / set|47% Off
Pair of Art Nouveau Lamps by Denbac, France, C1910
By Denbac
Located in Trensacq, FR
Art Nouveau lamps by Denbac France C1910 A pair of beautiful Art Nouveau lamps from Denbac, France c1910.
Sandstone, Brass
WAS Benson Art Nouveau Lamp
By Was Benson
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Nouveau lamp, circa 1905, in cast iron and copper. In perfect condition, wired with a B22 socket. The lampshade shown in the photos is not included. Total height: 67 cm Width: ...
Copper, Iron
French Art Nouveau Brass & Copper Table Lamp, 1910-20s
Located in Paris, FR
This Art Nouveau lamp, standing tall and crafted with distinct French elegance, features a copper-finished shade and a base of painted metal adorned with brass casted ornemental deta...
Metal, Brass, Copper
Art Nouveau Style, Bronze, Ebony, Linen, Table Lamps, France, 1920s
Located in Stamford, CT
Art Nouveau Style, Bronze, Ebony, Linen, Table Lamps, France, 1920s Pair of exquisite French Art Nouveau table lamps, each has silver overlay gilt bronze urn supported by a marble b...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Style Table Lamp, French, Glass, Iron, Vintage 1930s
Located in Austin, TX
Table lamp from France made of iron and glass. We love the Art Nouveau curves and décor of this single lamp.
Iron
French Art Nouveau Floral Foliage Table Lamp in Bronze
Located in Barcelona, ES
Beautiful cast bronze floral design Art Nouveau table lamp, France, 1930s. This exquisite table lamp features two flowers standing on a plant, one of them holds the light bulb.
Bronze
Majorelle Spectacular Art Nouveau Lamp
By Atelier Majorelle
Located in NANTES, FR
Ateliers Majorelle art nouveau lamp circa 1905. Wrought iron base with bronze applications.
Alabaster, Bronze, Wrought Iron
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Lamp
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau table lamp, circa 1910. High-quality wrought iron base, stamped (illegible).
Wrought Iron
Solid Bronze Art Nouveau Table Lamp France, circa 1900
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant and heavy desk lamp made out of bronze and fitted with a dusky pink and metallic thread shade.
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
19th Century French Gilt Bronze Art Nouveau Table Lamp Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beauriful 19th Century French gilt bronze Art Nouveau table lamp base. This bronze sculpture lamp base has not been wired yet and is ready for your creativity.
Metal
Table Lamp, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Year: 1900, French
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
And you can see more objects to the style for sale. Art. Nouveau The name "Art Nouveau" in French means "new art".
Iron
Art Nouveau Vintage Brass Dome Table Lamp Bedside Lamp circa 1910 France
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau vintage dome table lamp or bedside lamp from brass and glass decor stone circa 1910 France.
Brass
Table Lamp, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Year: 1900, French
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
And you can see more objects to the style for sale. Art. Nouveau The name "Art Nouveau" in French means "new art".
Iron
$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
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
French Six Lamp Ceiling Lamp Art Nouveau in Bronze from the 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Six lamp ceiling lamp Art Nouveau French in bronze from the 19th century, relief decoration "Vegetable motifs", glass tulips.
Bronze
Brass table lamp with its original Art Nouveau shade, France, 1920
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
An elegant brass table lamp dating from the 1920s, complete with its original pleated Art Nouveau shade.
Brass
Antique French Art Nouveau Period Glass Lamp by Daum Studio
By Daum
Located in London, GB
In its style, the lamp is clearly French Art Nouveau.
Glass
Art Nouveau Floor Lamp with Glass Tubes, Majorelle Bronze Base, France
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Nouveau floor lamp with glass tubes and Majorelle bronze foot.
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Table Lamp, Marble Amphora Base, Circa 1900
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
This extraordinary table lamp with a marble base in the shape of a narrow amphora, standing on a square base and a marble bowl, comes in very good condition. The light marble of the ...
Marble
French Art Nouveau Bronze Floor Lamp, Heron Design, Early 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau bronze floor lamp with heron eating berries from tree on a shaped base.
Bronze
Pair of Art Nouveau Style Flower Lamps, France, circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant pair of Art Nouveau style lamps, the light in a large flowerhead. They rest on coiled bases and are decorated with large palm-like leaves. Blackened metal.
Metal
Table Lamp 1900 "Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty", France, Signed Figudo
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
And you can see more objects to the style for sale. Art. Nouveau The name "Art Nouveau" in French means "new art".
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th / Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A considerable amount of skilled workmanship went into the iron work with an Art Nouveau design of acorns and oak leaves. The flame glass shade is a new reproduction.
Wrought Iron
Muller Frères Luneville Art Nouveau Lamp
By Muller Fres Lunneville
Located in NANTES, FR
Sublime Art Nouveau lamp circa 1905. Bronze base, acid-etched glass paste tulip decorated with anemone flowers.
Bronze
Art Nouveau Table Lamp La Rochere Handblown Orange Brown Glass, France
By Baccarat
Located in Rijssen, NL
The shade displays fine detailing and delicate color transitions characteristic of French cameo glass. ; It is raised on an elegantly waisted stem, creating a harmonious and refin...
Opaline Glass
Antique French Art Nouveau Brass Maple Leaf Converted Oil Lamp Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Art Nouveau Brass Maple Leaf Converted Oil Lamp Table Lamp by Rayo.
Brass
French Art Nouveau Lamp
Located in Newport Beach, CA
An unusual brass floriform lamp base with three original shell shades. A great accent lamp with sinuous profile. The base cast, with the shade attachments hand hammered. The only m...
Brass
Unavailable
H 69.69 in W 18.51 in D 18.51 in
French Art Nouveau Lamp in Wrought Iron with Coloured Glass Shades Signed
Located in London, GB
A wonderful French Art Nouveau standard lamp, 20th century. The stands are handmade in wrought iron with black finish patina and hammered with floral pattern.
Glass
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.
Pair of 1930s Art Noveau Lady Lamps
By Maison de l'Art Nouveau
Located in Hollywood, FL
Very Rare, Superb Pair Antique Art Nouveau Heavy Spelter Cast Metal Lamps w Dancing Ladies and cherubs. Each standing figure represents a beautiful young lady with arms half raised, ...
Spelter
Art Nouveau lamp
By Loetz Glass
Located in Bronx, NY
This antique Art Nouveau bronze table lamp features two flowing arms, each carrying a Loetz pulled feather shade.
Bronze
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Table Lamp, France
Located in Brussels, BE
Very decorative early 20th century French Art Nouveau table lamp. Metal base and art glass shade.
Metal
French Art Nouveau Bronze Art Glass Table Lamp by Daum
By Daum
Located in Fairfax, VA
Beautiful blown art glass bronze flora design base table lamp by Daum.
Bronze
Art Nouveau Lamp
Located in Midlothian, VA
Fine French Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Table Lamp.
Ormolu, Bronze
Georges Leleu- Daum Nancy French Art Nouveau Bronze Table Lamp
By Georges Leleu
Located in Fairfax, VA
Beautiful bronze Goerges Leleu art nouveau table lamp with blown glass art glass shade by Daum Nancy.
Bronze
Electrified Art Nouveau Oil Lamp
Located in Bronx, NY
Exceptional tall Art Nouveau electrified oil table lamp, this turn of the century lantern is one of a kind.
Brass, Copper
French Art Nouveau Bronze Table Lamp by E. Urbain
Located in Fairfax, VA
Bronze bird and wetland plants and beautiful flora blown glass shade table lamp.
Marble, Bronze
ART NOUVEAU FIGURAL LAMP
Located in Middleburg, VA
ART NOUVEAU GILT METAL FIGURAL LAMP, POSSIBLY FRENCH, ON BLACK LACQUER BASE.
Metal
Unavailable
H 12.6 in W 5.12 in D 5.12 in
Muller Frères, Table Lamp, Art Nouveau, France, 1920-1933, Glass/Wrought
By Muller Frères
Located in Tilburg, NL
Excellent condition – barely used with minimal signs of aging & wear Muller Frères were French glassmakers located in Lunéville, France. They were renowned for producing art nouve...
Wrought Iron
Gilt Brass Art Nouveau Column Lamp
Located in Babworth, Retford
The organic 'leaf' column on a circular base draped with leaves. France, circa 1900.
Brass
Art Nouveau Style, Art Glass Vase Mounted as Lamp
Located in L'Etang, FR
Red lampshade. Art Nouveau style, France, circa 1970. Good condition, rewired, new lampshade.
Glass, Art Glass
Art Nouveau Sculpture Three Light Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Amazing sculptural Art Nouveau table lamp with handmade blown glass lamp shades. Professionally rewired.
Marble, Bronze, Spelter
Edgar Wiliam Brandt, Art Nouveau Lamp Base
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Monte Carlo, MC
Edgar Wiliam Brandt An Art Nouveau Lamp Base In wrought iron and steel represented a ball of mistletoe
Steel, Wrought Iron
Art Nouveau Ceramic Vase Mounted in Lamp
Located in Charleston, SC
Gorgeous ceramic vase with high gloss and slightly mottled glaze which creates some irisation more or less visible with the light source direction .The Vase is set in a gold patinate...
Bronze
Pair of Art Nouveau Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A gorgeous pair of Art Nouveau Chrome Lamps featuring a Gingko leaf design. These lamps have a hammered finish and have been re-chromed. Shades are purple glass. Price is for the pair.
Chrome
François Madurell Dore Bronze Art Nouveau Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Beautiful early 20th century gilt bronze art nouveau table lamp fitted with hand-made silk lampshade.
Bronze
Dore' Bronze and Alabaster Art Nouveau Period Lamps
Located in Bronx, NY
An exceptional decorative pair of Art Nouveau lamps designed in France. Lamps are dore' bronze & uniquely sculptured.
Alabaster, Bronze
Unavailable
H 20.08 in W 10.24 in D 9.06 in
Art Nouveau Desk or Piano Lamp, Bronze & Green Opaline Glass France, circa 1905
Located in L'Etang, FR
Table or desk or piano lamp. Bronze and green opaline glass. Art Nouveau, France, circa 1905.
Brass, 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
Art Nouveau lamp André Delatte Nancy
Located in STRAČOV, CZ
An antique Art Nouveau glass lamp by the famous glassmaker André Delatte of the Les Verreries I´Est SA glassworks, which was located near Nancy. His workshops mastered the techniques...
Glass
Maurice Dufrène, an Art Nouveau Silvered Bronze Table Lamp
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in Monte Carlo, MC
Maurice Dufrène. Edited by La Maison Moderne. An Art Nouveau silvered bronze table lamp. Literature: "L'Art Décoratif aux Salons de 1901", Armand Guérinet éditeur. &qu...
Bronze
Gallè Overlay Art Nouveau Glass Lorreine Landscape Table Lamp
By Gallé
Located in Fiumicino, Rome
Double-overlay glass table lamp, the conical shade of translucent salmon coloured glass overlaid in a pale brown is etched with swallows with cameo signature, The trumpet shake base...
Art Nouveau Cigaret Companion
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
This Art Nouveau Cigarette Companion is an exquisite artifact of its time, combining both form and function in a manner characteristic of the era's design principles. Crafted primari...
Brass
French Art Nouveau Bonze and Blown Glass Lamp by Paul Follot
By Paul Follot
Located in Georges Mills, NH
Solid bronze flower table lamp - bronze stem and base, with an adjustable neck, holds a blown frosted glass shade which is sculpted in the form of an open flower, containing a single...
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.
The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.