Art Nouveau Style Pair of Scottish Sterling Silver Presentation Dishes
By Hamilton & Inches Ltd.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
bowls are plain and embellished with an impressive applied Art Nouveau style fluted stylized shell
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sold|$410
Vintage Shell Cameo Bracelet
Located in Chesterland, OH
The lovely cameo bracelet has a surprising rectangular shell cameo and special carved links. This
Gold Plate
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Period Iron and Oval Marble Bistro Table
Located in Fayetteville, AR
oval marble top. The base of the table is detailed with classic Art Nouveau scrolling leaves and shells
Marble, Iron
Antique Venetian Murano Pink Gold Leaf Italian Art Glass Twist Stem Shell Holder
By Fratelli Toso, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
accent, or in your curio cabinet. Late Victorian, Art Nouveau era. Measures 6 1/8" tall x 3 3/8" long x 2
Gold Leaf
Antique Venetian Murano Opal Shell Gold Flecks Fish Stem Italian Art Glass Vase
By Fratelli Toso, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
a great piece on any curio cabinet, vanity or table. Late Victorian, Art Nouveau era. Collectors
Gold Leaf
Sold|$2,800
Rare Early Conneaut Glass Shell Chandelier
Located in Peekskill, NY
1907 Makes this one of the earliest slip shade designs. Its a design crossover between Art Nouveau
Brass
Miriam Haskell Glass Sea Shell Earrings. 1960's.
By Miriam Haskell
Located in University City, MO
Incredibly romantic Miriam Haskell sea shell earrings of fluted frosted glass scallops decorated
Crystal, Base Metal
1940s Swedish Grace Shell Back Club Chair Upholstered With Velvet
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
upholstery. This armchair feature a distinctive shell-shaped backrest that gracefully curves outward
Velvet
Tinned Copper Clam Shell Footed Bowl, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Scalloped edge copper tinned footed bowl in the shape of a clamshell. This gorgeous piece features a lovely scalloped edge at the top, and a brass or copper look patina. At the botto...
Metal, Copper, Tin
Trianon Diamond Pearl Large 14 Karat Shell Brooch Pin
By Trianon
Located in Miami, FL
This magnificent Trianon brooch was inspired in a shell motif and crafted in 14K yellow gold
Diamond, Pearl, 14k Gold
14k Yellow Gold Sea Shell Bracelet - 7 inches - Stamped
Located in Eagan, MN
This bracelet is so cute. Perfect for summer. It is stamped "14K" and also has a Maker's Mark stamp but I don't know who it is. "OCI" or something like that. It is such a quality...
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Set of 12 D&C Limoges Plates Painted with Shells
Located in Montreal, QC
). They all depict shells and aquatic plants and grasses on the ocean floor. As one would expect, they are
Porcelain
Christian Dior 1980 Vintage Shell Fan Crystal Omega Wide Ribbed Chunky Necklace
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Unisex Large Shell Fan Crystals Wide Ribbed Omega Chunky Pendant
Gold Plate
Shell Cameo & Black Spinel Earring with Diamonds Made in 18k Gold & Silver
By Artisan NYC
Located in New York, NY
"18K:1.74g, Diamond:2.5ct, Silver:11.59g, SHELL CAMEOS:62.30ct, BLACK SPINAL:1.70
Spinel, Black Spinel, Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Miriam Salat Gold & Gray Shell Ring Set In Sterling Silver & White Topaz
By Miriam Salat
Located in New York, NY
Miriam Salat Gold & Gray Shell Ring Set In Sterling Silver & White Topaz Miriam Salat (MIRIM
Topaz, Silver, Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Tortoiseshell & Silver Clock Douglas Clock Co
Located in Northampton, GB
decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are
Silver
Vintage Wrought Iron Dining Chairs Arm Chairs with Wicker
Located in Cumberland, RI
ship for your enjoyment. Art Nouveau Nautilus shell back wrought iron arm chairs with wicker seating
Iron, Wrought Iron
Pair of Antique Madagascar Giant Seashell Mounted Objects, 1900, France
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
: These vintage items have no defects, but it may show traces of use. Style: Art Nouveau Materials
Brass
Sold|$2,400
Art Nouveau Shell Lamp
Located in Bronx, NY
A vintage period lamp designed with a South Seas conch shell mounted atop a stylish art nouveau
Bronze
Roberto Michetti Art Nouveau Shell Shaped Embossed Silver Italian Lamp, 1910s
By Roberto Michetti
Located in Florence, IT
Silver shell shaped Lamp realized from the Italian silversmith Roberto Michetti of Bologna, circa
Silver
Sold|$1,500
Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell Fairy on Shell
Located in LAS VEGAS, NV
Offering this antique art nouveau bronze inkwell. Featuring a fairy on a large shell and two lids
Bronze
Loetz Shell Vase Candia Papillion, circa 1899, Art Nouveau
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
The conch shell shape ranges among the most popular motifs in the series of naturalistic glasses
Art Glass
French Antique Art Nouveau 18K double sided enamel flower shell bracelet
Located in Versailles, FR
For sale a beautiful Art Nouveau era 18K gold bracelet, showcasing a harmonious blend of earthy
Enamel
Large Loetz Shell Vase Candia Papillion, circa 1899 Art Nouveau
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
The conch shell shape ranges among the most popular motifs in the series of naturalistic glasses
Art Glass
Small Loetz Shell Vase Candia Papillion, circa 1899, Art Nouveau
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
The conch shell shape ranges among the most popular motifs in the series of naturalistic glasses
Art Glass
French Art Nouveau Oyster Shell Form Tray (Vide Poche)
Located in New York, NY
This finely cast French Art Nouveau bronze tray, or vide poche, is in the form of an oyster shell.
Bronze
Sold|$5,000
Rare Pair of Art Nouveau Table Lamps
By Rudolf Marschall
Located in Vienna, AT
These original lamps from Vienna show the influence of the art nouveau stye at the turn of the
Bronze
1920s Bronze and Green Onyx Candlestick Lamp with Capiz Shell Shade
Located in Richmond, VA
shell lampshade. Crystal ball finial included. Clawfoot design on all four feet. Rewired since the 1920s
Onyx, Brass, Bronze
1920s Bronze and Green Onyx Candlestick Lamp with Capiz Shell Shade
Located in Richmond, VA
shell lampshade. Crystal ball finial included. Clawfoot design on all four feet. Rewired since the 1920s
Onyx, Brass, Bronze
Sold|$1,250
Loetz-Style Shell Form Low Bowl
Located in Redding, CA
This is a lovely example of the work in the style of the Loetz art glass firm in Austria circa 1900
Wall Fountain of Lady and Grapes with Shell Basin
Located in Cookeville, TN
surrounded by grapes and waves of hair. The water flows from a tube in her mouth to the shell style basin
Composition
9 Carat Yellow Gold Pink Conch Shell Oval Cameo Brooch
Located in Hamilton, AU
conch shell with pinkish orange background and a raised white cameo. This darling shell cameo is an
Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
Sold|$750 / item
Two Light Leafy Brass Sconce with Shell Shades
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Beautiful cast brass sconce with leafy details and large orange or peach colored shell shades
Brass
Cardeilhac Fabulous French Sterling Silver Serving or Vegetable Dish Shells
By Cardeilhac
Located in TRIAIZE, PAYS DE LOIRE
Cardeilhac fabulous French sterling silver serving or vegetable dish shells. Head of Minerve 1
Sterling Silver
Shell Vase Johann Loetz Witwe Unknown Decor, circa 1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
are still not catalogued without a doubt and thus bear the name "unknown decor". The shell shape
Glass
Shell Vase Johann Loetz Witwe Decor Candia Papillon, circa 1897-1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
the Johann Loetz-Witwe glassworks. It was always produced in a very high quality. Shell-shaped vessels
Glass
Sold|$1,950
Art Nouveau Shell Lamp
Located in Bronx, NY
This bronze art nouveau lamp is designed with a stylized base that celebrates the movement. The
Bronze
Art Nouveau Inlaid Tortoise Shell and Silver Jewelry Box
By William Comyns & Sons 1
Located in Singapore, SG
inlaid with silver in the style of the Art Nouveau period. In fine condition the interior of the box
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Mermaid Lamp with Nautilus Shell Shade
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fashioned as a mermaid in the Classic nouveau stylized manner, and cast in bronze with a rich
Bronze
Pair of Wall Sconces Shell, Art Nouveau, Art Deco
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Pair of wall sconces lamp, early 20th century Art Nouveau, Art Deco. Antique brass gooseneck
Brass
Brass Desk Table Lamp Shell , Art Nouveau, Art Deco
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Desk shell Flexo lamp, early 20th century Art Nouveau, Art Deco. Table lamp Antique brass
Brass
Pair of Art Nouveau Nautilus Shell Wall Lights, Early 20th Century
Located in Noorderwijk, BE
quintessentially Art Nouveau. The design of the base is a joining together of long sinuous lines that weave
Loetz Green Art Glass Nautilus Shell Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
An Art Nouveau nautilus shell form flower bud vase by Loetz, Austria, circa 1900. This hand blown
Art Glass, Blown Glass
French First World War Trench Art Two Brass Mortar Shell Vases of a Young Couple
Located in Petaluma, CA
This gorgeous pair of carved brass mortar shells are of a young couple wearing traditional Lorraine
Brass
Brass Shell Table Desk Lamp France 1970s
Located in Ettlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg
An elegant Art Nouveau revival brass desk lamp with a flexible column and a turnable shell-shaped
Brass, Copper
Tortoise Shell Burnt Bamboo & Grass Cloth Dressing Chest
Located in Southampton, NY
decorated shelf. Below is a lacquer floral decorated top above 3 drawers with brass art nouveau pulls. On
Marble, Brass, Iron
Gianmaria Buccellati 20th Century Engraved Sterling Silver Shell, 1980s
By Clementi Buccellati, Gianmaria Buccellati
Located in Florence, IT
Sterling silver centrepiece shell embossed and engraved by hand with a magnificent work. Can be
Sterling Silver
Sterling Box of 6 Apostle & Shell Teaspoons + Tongs Hallmarked:- London 1895
Located in York, GB
Sterling silver box of 6 APOSTLE & SHELL TEASPOONS + TONGS Made in England and with the maker`s
Silver
Sold|$22,500
Tiffany Studios Bronze Nautilus Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Signed on base and numbered D797. Dimensions: 13" x 8".
Bronze
Grandvigne French All Sterling Silver Fish Servers Two Pieces Reed Motifs
Located in TRIAIZE, PAYS DE LOIRE
both sides and pierced with foliage decoration. The handles have sophisticated and unusual Art Nouveau
Sterling Silver
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.
Art Nouveau furniture was a style of furniture that emerged at the end of the 19th century and was characterized by its complex curved lines. The curved details in the furniture were typically carved by hand and finished with lacquer. The unmistakable gloss that is associated with Art Nouveau comes from the thick coat of varnish applied to the furniture as the final step of the production process.
The main difference between Art Nouveau and Art Deco is that the former is detailed and ornate, and the latter is sharp and geometrical. When the movement started at the end of the 19th century, Art Nouveau was heavily influenced by nature and the curved lines of flowers. Art Deco, which became popular in the beginning of the 20th century, was inspired by the geometric abstraction of cubism.
The Art Nouveau design movement used such materials as cast iron and steel, ceramic and glass. This style of architecture, design, art and jewelry was characterized by its use of long, sinuous lines that are reflected in nature.
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.