Italian Art Nouveau style desk and chair set
Located in Milano, IT
Italian Art Nouveau set from the early 1900s - Elegant carved wooden desk and chairs with floral
Fabric, Wood
Swedish Art Nouveau Style Oak Writing Desk
Located in Madrid, ES
Kidney-shaped oak writing desk with double chest of drawers with 8 drawers on each side. Wrought
Iron
$5,400
H 29 in W 42 in D 28 in
Art Nouveau Style Carved Faces Ball & Claw Feet Rounded Oak Desk Writing Table
By J. Horner
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Art Nouveau Style Carved Faces Ball & Claw Feet Rounded Oak Desk Writing Table.
Oak
$210,000 / set
H 40.95 in W 35.83 in D 18.9 in
Eugenio Quarti desk, Chair and Trah in Style Liberty or Art Nouveau, Jugendstil
By Eugenio Quarti
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Eugenio Quarti (Desk , chair and Trash ) Style: Liberty or Art Nouveau or Modernism or Jugendstil
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Style Bronze Letter Opener
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau-style bronze letter opener with a scroll design handle having a floral design
Bronze
Art Nouveau Style Brass Butterfly Letter Holder
Located in Queens, NY
Art Nouveau style brass butterfly letter holder.
Brass
Large Art Nouveau Style Brass Letter Holder, circa 1950
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely vintage Art Nouveau style brass letter holder rack with two compartments. This superb
Brass
$995
H 2.75 in W 5 in D 5 in
Art Nouveau Loetz Styled Green Iridescent Art Glass Inkwell with Brass Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The body of the inkwell is done in a
Brass
$529
H 11.23 in W 6.3 in D 4.73 in
English 1930s Little Bakelite Desk Lamp With Decorative Glass Shade
Located in London, GB
A delightful little Art Nouveau style desk lamp made in England in the 1930s. The sculpted
Glass, Bakelite
New Haven Clock Co. Art Nouveau Style Table Clock
By New Haven Clock Company
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Art Nouveau Style Table Clock. It depicts a small balloon shape clock mounted in copper
Bronze
Ormolu-Mounted Sevrés Style Travel Desk
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Travel desk made with Sevres style porcelain plates, with mercury gold plated bronze mount. The
Gold, Bronze
$26,000
H 48 in W 140 in D 80 in
Art Nouveau Walnut & Burl Reception Desk with Stone Top, U.S.A. 1920's.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning and substantial Art Nouveau style gallery counter or reception desk, made circa 1920's
Wood
$200
H 1.25 in W 6.88 in D 0.38 in
Vintage Austrian Art Nouveau Style Nude Girl Bronze or Brass Letter Opener 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
openers, Art Deco and Mid-Century decorative arts, or a stylish accent on any writing desk or office
Brass
Tiffany Studios Style Art Nouveau Bronze Counterbalance Desk Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Nouveau or Arts & Crafts desk lamp or table lamp In the manner of Tiffany Studios
Bronze
Hubbell Brass Angle Poise Desk Lamp
By Charles H. Hubbell
Located in New York, NY
Classic vintage industrial, arts and crafts, art nouveau style angle poise desk lamp by Hubbell
Brass
Unavailable
H 31.5 in W 70.87 in D 31.5 in
Large Antique Desk Art Nouveau Style Attributed to Adolf Loos for FO Schmidt
By Miksa Schmidt, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Adolf Loos
Located in Budapest, HU
This large writing desk was manufactured by Miksa Schmidt in the Budapest branch of the Viennese
Brass
Unavailable
H 3.94 in W 7.09 in D 5.52 in
WW Harrison & Co Ep Victorian Desktop Ink Stand Art Nouveau Style with Stag Head
By William Wheatcroft Harrison & Co. 1
Located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
WW Harrison & Co Ep Victorian desktop ink stand Art Nouveau style. The Stags' head is the centre
Silver Plate
Thonet Style Table, circa 1920s
By Thonet
Located in Lábatlan, HU
Thonet style table wonderful rustic patina Its legs and curved wooden brackets recall the
Beech
Art Nouveau Lalique Frosted Crystal Figure "Floreal" Desk Paperweight
By Lalique
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Art Nouveau style desk paperweight figure by Lalique offers frosted crystal portrait
Crystal
Wrought Iron Art Nouveau Desk Lamp
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Nice quality French wrought iron art nouveau style desk lamp in need of rewiring.
Wrought Iron
Mid-Century French Faux Bamboo Style Desk or Side Chair
Located in Plainview, NY
An elegant Mid-Century French Art Nouveau style desk of side chair made in faux Bamboo design . The
Wicker, Wood
Sold
H 33.27 in W 57.09 in D 35.04 in
Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau Oak Desk in the Style of Gustave Serrurier Bovy
By Gustave Serrurier-Bovy
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A magnificent and rare oak Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau pedestal partners desk or bureau, in the
Brass
Sold
H 54.5 in W 35 in D 21 in
French Art Nouveau Style Tiger Oak Dressing Desk, Sculpted Cabriole Legs & Heart
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimensions: Dimensions: 54.50”H x 35”W x 21”D Table Height: 30.25" This French Art Nouveau–style dressing
Brass
Antique Edwardian, Sterling Silver Photograph Frame, Art Nouveau Style
By William Neale & Son Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
silver photograph frame has a shaped rectangular waisted form in the Art Nouveau style. The photograph
Silver, Sterling Silver
Hand Carved Walnut Art Nouveau Writing Desk with Side Shelfs
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Custom made hand carved walnut Art Nouveau style writing desk with 2 tier shelves on each opposing
Walnut
Art Nouveau Style Cast Aluminum Chair by Crucible Products Corp. 1960
By Crucible Products Corp.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Nouveau style cast aluminum chair by Crucible Products Corp. 1960, amazing design, extremely
Aluminum
Sold
H 17.33 in W 10.63 in D 7.49 in
Art Nouveau Clock with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration in the Oriental Style
By Georges Emile Henri Servant
Located in Paris, FR
Cage clock of the Art Nouveau period in bronze and polychrome cloisonné enamels, of oriental style
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Bentwood Writing Desk Table in the Style of Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Detroit, MI
This lovely antique wooden writing desk table in the style of Thonet is circa 1920 and likely
Wood, Bentwood
Bronze Inkwell with a Goddess in the Antique Style
Located in Paris, FR
the shell will know an exceptional development. Art Nouveau Period, Circa: 1900. Dim: W: 13,4 in
Bronze
Midcentury Art Nouveau or Jugendstil Style Table or Desk Lamp
Located in Lisse, NL
Elegant Art Nouveau style sculptural lamp with antique glass shade. This elegantly moving and
Bronze
Sold
H 16 in W 5.5 in D 10.5 in
Tiffany Studios Style Antique Art Nouveau Desk Lamp With Quezal Art Glass Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Art Deco or Art Nouveau period desk lamp or table lamp In the manner of Tiffany
Brass
Art Nouveau Marquetry Secretary Desk Signed Bize, France
By Bize
Located in Paris, FR
French Art Nouveau style secretary desk made in a lovely light ton wood and decorated with floral
Wood
Sold
H 21.2 in W 12.6 in D 9 in
Large Bronzed Metal Tiffany & Art Nouveau Style Poppy Flower Table or Desk Lamp
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful shape, colors and condition table lamp. This elegantly shaped Art Nouveau style table
Metal
Signed Chapman Brass Shell Table Desk Lamp in Style of Antonio Gaudi
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in West Hartford, CT
Rare Antonio Gaudi style lamp by Chapman features faux brass shell shade and bronze base with
Brass, Bronze
Sold
H 6 in W 15 in D 6.5 in
French Art Nouveau Brass Footed Double Ink Well Filigree Bronze Moorish Style
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
French Art Nouveau brass footed double ink well Filigree bronze Moorish Style. Vintage Art Nouveau
Brass
Sold
H 4.75 in W 6.25 in D 2.75 in
Art Nouveau Bronze Letter Rack w/ Fauna & Celtic Motifs Signed Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
ideal for storing correspondences, but an objet d'art in its own right. It promises to beautify any
Bronze
Sold
H 13 in W 10.24 in D 4.73 in
Art Nouveau Desk lamp in the style of Emile GALLE with multilayer glass
By Émile Gallé
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Art Nouveau Desk lamp in the style of Emile GALLE, multilayer glass lampshade with acid-etched
Glass
Sold
H 0.25 in W 5.75 in D 5.75 in
Set of Bronze Blotter Corners in the Pine Needle Pattern by Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
beautiful and highly functional desk accessory. Rectilinear borders contain the inner detailing to achieve
Brass
Tiffany Studios Bronze Pen Holder in the Graduate Pattern
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
that will style well in a wide array of spaces and settings, from Classical to Art Deco and Mid-Century
Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronze and Glass Lamps, Pair
Located in Antwerp, BE
French Art Nouveau style / Deco table / desk lamp in glass and solid bronze.
Bronze
French Antique Louis XV style Art Nouveau Carved Oak Desk
Located in Coral Gables, FL
French Antique Carved Oak Desk in Louis XV style with Art Nouveau Period influences. Spacious
Quality Walnut and Rosewood Tree Style Desk
By Antiques MC
Located in Palermo, Italia
The writing desk and compound. The top with angled corners, long central drawer side with two
Palisander
Art Nouveau to Arts and Crafts Jugendstil Style Desk or Table Lamp
Located in Oakland, CA
This original and stylized lamp, circa 1910-1920 has all of the details of greatness. Nouveau is
Metal
Mid-Century French Art Nouveau Style Brass Telephone
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
reposse Art Nouveau style pattern with a figural bell at the top. Rotary dial has a photo image of a
Brass
Pair of French Wrought Iron Martini Tables
Located in London, GB
Wrought iron martini tables, hand made in England inspired by an original 1940s French design. Finished with a natural bronze patina as standard. Can also be supplied in black or gi...
Iron
$2,449 / item
H 11.8 in W 11.8 in D 7.5 in
Tulip Organic Modern Contemporary Wall Sconce, Wall Light in White Plaster
By Hannah Woodhouse
Located in London, GB
Handmade Tulip organic modern wall light/ wall sconce, in silky smooth white plaster, created by artist Hannah Woodhouse in her London studio. Contemporary organic modern design insp...
Plaster
$1,696Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 4.15 in W 5.35 in D 7.75 in
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Örsjö Industri AB, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in rich v...
Metal
$9,933 / item
H 19.69 in W 70.87 in D 27.56 in
Custom Oak & Cream Bouclé Daybed by Fosfeen Handcrafted, Made to Order
Located in Plymouth, GB
A handcrafted oak and cream bouclé daybed from Fosfeen’s Sunday Collection. Made to order with full customisation available, including COM, finishes, and dimensions. The Sunday Dayb...
Bouclé, Oak, Fabric, Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Hardwood
Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...
Brass
The Albert, Custom Made Belgian Linen Armchair
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Introducing the home collection. A small selection of timeless Flemish designs made by hand for us in a small third generation workshop in Belgium. Has been used by many influent...
Linen
Ondamarmo Vulcano Onyx Matte Polished Side Table
Located in AVENZA CARRARA, IT
The Ondamarmo series by Federica Elmo includes 6 objects: The extra large dining table, two smaller size tables, three shelves, and a tray designed as an evolution of the shapes of t...
Onyx
$3,900 / item
H 7.75 in W 14 in D 14 in
Series03 Large Flush Mount, Polished Unlacquered Brass, Goatskin Parchment Shade
By Adam Otlewski
Located in Ozone Park, NY
Solid machined brass, hand-stitched accordian folded goatskin parchment shade with diffuser. Shades are made from genuine goatskin parchment, hand-selected for each lamp for its na...
Brass
Elegant Tight Back Loose Down Seat Sofa
Located in Bronx, NY
Elegant tight back loose down seat sofa - 24 D seat depth. - 21 seat high. - 25.5 arm high.
Upholstery
Swedish Painted Writing Desk
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty early 19th century Swedish painted pine writing desk. 1820. Kneehole: 20.5-inches x 26-inches Code: 8907 Dimensions: W: 41.5" (105.4 cm) H: 30.5" (77.5 cm) D: 22" (55.9 cm)
Pine
$2,450
H 31.25 in W 40.5 in D 36.25 in
Art Deco Oak Corner Desk, Amsterdam School Design, 1920s Vintage
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A remarkable example of Dutch design, this unique Art Deco 'Amsterdam School' corner desk is a piece of quiet authority, dating to the 1920s. The desk embodies the period's expressio...
Oak
$2,765
H 7.09 in Dm 5.12 in
Brown and Silver "Argenta" Vase by Wilhelm Kåge made in 1938 from Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare and early example from Wilhelm Kåge’s iconic Argenta series, produced at the Gustavsberg porcelain factory in 1938. Crafted in stoneware with an unusual mottled brown glaze — ...
Stoneware
$24,492
H 34 in W 41.5 in
18th Century Lanscape Oil Painting of Matlock High-Torr
By Thomas Smith (b.1720)
Located in London, GB
Thomas Smith of Derby Matlock High-Torr Landscape Oil on canvas 27 x 34.5 inches unframed 34 x 41.5 inches including frame Thomas Smith of Derby (died 12 September 1767) was an Engl...
Oil
'Daffodil' Table Lamp by Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in London, GB
‘Daffodil’ table lamp by Tiffany Studios American, c. 1910 Height 56cm, diameter 40cm Designed and hand-made by the artisans from the renowned Tiffany Studios (1902-1932), this ‘Daf...
Bronze, Lead
$88,446
H 66.93 in W 65.75 in D 23.23 in
Louis XV Style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke, France Circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bombé vitrine by François Linke. Signed to the corner clasp 'F. Linke'. This elegant bombé shaped vitrine has a shaped brèche...
Ormolu
$4,449Sale Price|30% Off
H 7.68 in W 5.12 in D 1.97 in
The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
De Doorluchtige Weereld – S. de Vries, François Halma, Amsterdam, 1700 Magnificent and complete three-volume set of De Doorluchtige Weereld (The Illustrious World), written by S. de...
Paper
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.