$3,251Sale Price / set|20% Off
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 inserts and original upholstery Rare and elegant Italian desk set dating from the ea...
Fabric, Wood
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
Eugenio Quarti desk, Chair and Trah in Style Liberty or Art Nouveau, Jugendstil
By Eugenio Quarti
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. Eugenio Quarti (Desk , chair and Trash ) Style: ...
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
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.
Brass
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.
Glass, Bakelite
Art Nouveau Loetz Styled Green Iridescent Art Glass Inkwell with Brass Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique art glass inkwell is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Austria and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The body of the inkw...
Brass
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 color metal. A standing young nymph is adorning the front of the case while holding...
Bronze
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
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 piece is in a late 19th century Napoleon III style. The upper part is inclined and ha...
Gold, Bronze
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
Vintage Austrian Art Nouveau Style Nude Girl Bronze or Brass Letter Opener 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage Solid Brass Nude Lady Letter Opener, Austria, Mid-20th Century A striking vintage letter opener cast in solid brass and modeled as a reclining nude female figure. This decor...
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 USA, Circa Mid-20th Century Bronze base, with gorgeous Louis Comfort Tiffany style...
Bronze
Continental Art Nouveau Style Brass Desk Lamp w/ Pivoting Glass Shade, Mid-20thC
Located in Atlanta, GA
The arched standard accented by a scrolling support and raised on a circular brass base. The shade pivots to direct light as desired. Nicely patinated throughout.
Brass
Cocoon resin. Art Nouveau style gold chrome metal table lamp, Italy, 1970s
By Estiluz Lighting, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Friedel Wauer, Tobia Scarpa, Goldkant Leuchten
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Compatible with US/EU standards. Art Nouveau and Classic style table or desk lamp, Italy, 1970s.
Metal, Brass, Chrome
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 Adolf Loos, Miksa Schmidt, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Budapest, HU
This large writing desk was manufactured by Miksa Schmidt in the Budapest branch of the Viennese company Friedrich Otto Schmidt. Miksa Schmidt produced furniture using French and Eng...
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 piece, flanked by two cut glass ink pots, finished off on a silver EP stand on bun f...
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 construction of Baumann and Thonet Furniture Thonet table, 1920. Beech with stained top. O...
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 sculpture of nude woman titled "Floreal", 20th century Measures: 3.38" H x 2" W x 2" D.
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 .
Wicker, Wood
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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 style of Gustave SERRURIER BOVY (1858-1910).
Brass
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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
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Tiger Oak, Original Mirror, Brass Pulls Dimensions: Dimensions: 54.50”H x 35”W x 21”D Table Height: 30.25" This French Art Nouveau...
Brass
Antique Edwardian, Sterling Silver Photograph Frame, Art Nouveau Style
By William Neale & Son Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver photograph frame in the Art Nouveau style; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This fine antique E...
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 side, circa 1960.
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 comfortable, retains original dark gray Naugahyde seat as well as original paper labe...
Aluminum
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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. The bronze structure is gilded, coppered, and decorated in places with acanthus le...
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 Austrian. This desk table has a beautiful proportion and simple elegance with clean line...
Wood, Bentwood
Bronze Inkwell with a Goddess in the Antique Style
Located in Paris, FR
Rocaille inkwell representing a goddess in the Antique style in bronze with brown patina, resting on a gilt bronze base decorated with rocaille and foliage scrolls, with two cups. Th...
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 slightly sensually dressed Art Nouveau bronze lady is in excellent condition and she da...
Bronze
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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 Studios USA, Circa 1930s Cast iron base, with brass stem, and beautiful Favrile ...
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 branches and leaves in marquetry.
Wood
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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 or desk lamp is in excellent condition and it radiates a very organic and calm ener...
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 bendable neck. All Chapman hallmarks are present.
Brass, Bronze
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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.
Brass
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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
This beautiful letter rack was realized by the esteemed Tiffany Studios- arguably America's most illustrious sterling silver and luxury goods company since 1837. Created in the Unite...
Bronze
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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 decoration of vine branches in muted yellow, orange and green tones.
Glass
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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
This beautifully made Set of Bronze Blotter Corners in the Pine Needle Pattern by Tiffany Studios originates from the United States, Circa 1915. They feature a beautiful cutout patte...
Brass
Tiffany Studios Bronze Pen Holder in the Graduate Pattern
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully designed and crafted Tiffany Studios Bronze Pen Holder in the Graduate Pattern originates from the United States, Circa 1910. Features a rounded rectangular profile...
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
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
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.
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 drawers. Raised on legs. Condition: A bit of scratch and a chip at the top end.
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 not a specialty of mine, but I see the artistry and perfection in this piece for sure...
Metal
Mid-Century French Art Nouveau Style Brass Telephone
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Illinois Bell Telephone French style cameo rotary reposse telephone. Features a gilt reposse Art Nouveau style pattern with a figural bell at the top. Rotary dial has a photo...
Brass
$5,015Sale Price|20% 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
1921 Rene Lalique Box Tokio Tokyo Opalescent Glass Chrysanthemum Flower
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Tokio' "Tokyo" made in opalescent glass by Rene Lalique in 1921. Molded signature on lid. Perfect condition. Beautiful opalescent. height : 5 cm diameter : 17 cm Félix Mar...
Blown Glass
Edwardian Black Chinoiserie Bergère Cane Settee
Located in Hastings, GB
English Edwardian chinoiserie Beech Wood bergère cane settee, circa 1900 Decorated with painted oriental scenes and figures, in superb condition for it’s age All cane work is in good...
Cane, Wood
$2,728
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
Vintage Italian Figural Snail Pill Box in White Metal
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual miniature pill box in the shape of a very detailed snail. These were made in Italy circa 1970-90s usually of 800/1000 silver or alpaca/argentan/German silver (an alloy of zin...
Metal
French 19th Century Silver Plated Casket
Located in London, GB
The whole casket is richly decorated. Standing on lions paw feet adorned with baroque motifs the scene on top depicts cupid stood beside two lovers (possibly) Daphne and Apollo. The ...
Silver Plate
$12,000
H 35 in W 20.5 in D 21 in
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Saridis Klismos Chairs in Walnut with Leather Thongs
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Saridis
Located in St. Louis, MO
Single T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Klismos chair for Saridis of Athens, Greece in Greek walnut and leather woven seats. This chair was part of the collection he designed for Saridis o...
Leather, Walnut
Large Antique Japanese Carved Studio Porcelain Yellow Covered Urn Vase
By Japanese Studio
Located in Wilton, CT
Large Japanese studio porcelain covered vase with finely carved decoration of birds amidst foliage set against a cheerful yellow ground, circa 1910. Measures: 18 1/2" high, 11 1/2" d...
Porcelain
Rare No.49 Art Nouveau Desk from Finland
Located in Munich, DE
wonderful light and elegant desk from finland by suomen tuoli-, kalusto- ja sorvaustehdas. from the area of jyväskylä & muurame. this small and rare desk will be an wonderful additio...
Brass
$1,682
H 9 in W 10 in D 6 in
1847 The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France
By William James (Author)
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful edition of naval historian William James's detailed and richly illustrated history of the Royal Navy. A 'New Edition' of naval historian William James's impressive work,...
Paper
$5,900
H 11.38 in W 15.38 in D 1 in
SCHULZ - Peanuts Jubilee - FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING OF SNOOPY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SCHULZ, Charles. TITLE: Peanuts Jubilee. My Life and Art With Charlie Brown and Others. PUBLISHER: NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION INSCR...
Paper
$3,398Sale Price|25% Off
H 8.67 in Dm 1.97 in
Porcelain Figure, Russian Dancer designed by Dimitri Iwanow for Lomonosov
By Dimitri Ivanov, Lomonosov
Located in Bochum, NRW
Tamara Karsavina, a Ballets Russes Dancer, impersonating the "Firebird" in the Ballet by Igor Strawinsky. Porcelain Figure by Dimitri Iwanow for Lomonosov, St. Petersburg Manufactory...
Porcelain
Antique Arabesque Steel Plate with Gold and Silver Inlay
Located in London, GB
Antique Arabesque steel plate with gold and silver inlay. Continental, 19th century Dimensions: Height 2cm, diameter 32.5cm Beautifully crafted from steel with gold and silver d...
Gold, Silver, Steel
$98,692
H 88.19 in W 59.06 in D 17.33 in
Italy Ligurian Carved Oak and Chestnut Credenza Bambocci Sideboard
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Valuable noble Italy Ligurian carved oak and chestnut credenza Bambocci, sideboard with display cabinet. All original with exception of the cabinet glasses. In excellent condition an...
Chestnut, Oak
Gilded Louis XIV Style Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elaborately hand carved and gilded Louis XIV style frame with original slightly mottled mercury mirror.
Wood
It’s Never Too Late to Mend
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right Commissioned from the artist by Coats & Clark thread company circa 1939 Exhibited at the Mint Museum, January 2022
Oil
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.