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Austrian Table Lamp, Jugendstil, Hoffmannesque
Austrian Table Lamp, Jugendstil, Hoffmannesque

Austrian Table Lamp, Jugendstil, Hoffmannesque

Located in Vienna, Austria

we have come to expect from Austrian design. From the lamp shade to the base of the lamp everything

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Vintage 1920s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Hotel Astoria Vienna Jugendstil Table Lamp, Re-Edition
Hotel Astoria Vienna Jugendstil Table Lamp, Re-Edition

Hotel Astoria Vienna Jugendstil Table Lamp, Re-Edition

By Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

1970s. All the lamps have been recreated by WOKA and Stefan Passini according to old photographs. Most

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Original Jugendstil Table Lamps Early 20th Century
Pair of Original Jugendstil Table Lamps Early 20th Century

Pair of Original Jugendstil Table Lamps Early 20th Century

By Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

Opulent decorated pair of table lamps in the form of a lyra Suitable for US

Category

Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Josef Hoffmann Jugendstil Floor Lamp, Re-Edition
Josef Hoffmann Jugendstil Floor Lamp, Re-Edition

Josef Hoffmann Jugendstil Floor Lamp, Re-Edition

By Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

Designed for the head office of the then very famous tile manufacturer "Gebruder Schwadron", who also did the "Dianabad" in Vienna with sculptures of Michael Powolny and Otto Prutsch...

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil Table Lamp, Matches the Josef Hoffmann Chandelier, Re-Edition
Jugendstil Table Lamp, Matches the Josef Hoffmann Chandelier, Re-Edition

Jugendstil Table Lamp, Matches the Josef Hoffmann Chandelier, Re-Edition

By Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

According to the famous pendant-lamp for the dining room and the entrance hall at the Purkersdorf

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Jugendstil Table Lamp, Matches the Josef Hoffmann Chandelier, Re-Edition
Jugendstil Table Lamp, Matches the Josef Hoffmann Chandelier, Re-Edition

Jugendstil Table Lamp, Matches the Josef Hoffmann Chandelier, Re-Edition

By Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

According to the famous pendant-lamp for the dining room and the entrance hall at the Purkersdorf

Category

2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Woka Jugendstil Vienna Secessionist Table Lamp, Re Edition with Opaline Shade
Woka Jugendstil Vienna Secessionist Table Lamp, Re Edition with Opaline Shade

Woka Jugendstil Vienna Secessionist Table Lamp, Re Edition with Opaline Shade

By Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

Table light with opaline glass shade, handformed and sandcasted brass parts. Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and label our...

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Koloman Moser & Wiener Werkstaette Jugendstil Table Lamp Re-Edition
Koloman Moser & Wiener Werkstaette Jugendstil Table Lamp Re-Edition

Koloman Moser & Wiener Werkstaette Jugendstil Table Lamp Re-Edition

By Woka Lamps, Koloman Moser

Located in Vienna, AT

Very important, early design, presumably one of the first lamps produced at the Wiener Werkstaette

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Koloman Moser Wiener Werkstätte Jugendstil Table Lamp Re-Edition
Koloman Moser Wiener Werkstätte Jugendstil Table Lamp Re-Edition

Koloman Moser Wiener Werkstätte Jugendstil Table Lamp Re-Edition

By Koloman Moser, Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

A beautiful and well balaced lamp, which can be used as a wall lamp as well as a table lamp. Please

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Adolf Loos Jugendstil Floor Lamp Brass Opaline Glass, Re-Edition
Adolf Loos Jugendstil Floor Lamp Brass Opaline Glass, Re-Edition

Adolf Loos Jugendstil Floor Lamp Brass Opaline Glass, Re-Edition

By Adolf Loos, Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

Floor-lamp with opaline glass shade, designed for Villa Steiner, a famous house by Adolf Loos Most

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Adolf Loos Jugendstil Silk and Brass Table Lamp, Re-Edition
Adolf Loos Jugendstil Silk and Brass Table Lamp, Re-Edition

Adolf Loos Jugendstil Silk and Brass Table Lamp, Re-Edition

By Woka Lamps, Adolf Loos

Located in Vienna, AT

Brass lamp with the requested finish - the fabric can be delivered with a plugged - or with a

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Josef Hoffmann Jugendstil Brass and Opaline Glass Floor Lamp, Re-Edition
Josef Hoffmann Jugendstil Brass and Opaline Glass Floor Lamp, Re-Edition

Josef Hoffmann Jugendstil Brass and Opaline Glass Floor Lamp, Re-Edition

By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann

Located in Vienna, AT

Floor light with opaline glass shade, mouth blown, pictured in brass Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and label our fixture...

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil brass table lamp
Jugendstil brass table lamp

Jugendstil brass table lamp

Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK

Jugendstil brass table lamp in very nice oirignal condition.

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Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Adolf Loos Vienna Secessionist, Jugendstil Brass Table Lamp, Re edition
Adolf Loos Vienna Secessionist, Jugendstil Brass Table Lamp, Re edition

Adolf Loos Vienna Secessionist, Jugendstil Brass Table Lamp, Re edition

By Adolf Loos, Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

Table light with opaline glass shade, designed for Villa Steiner Several finishes are available Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-...

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Adolf Loos Brass Opaline Glass, Table Lamp Jugendstil, Re-Edition
Adolf Loos Brass Opaline Glass, Table Lamp Jugendstil, Re-Edition

Adolf Loos Brass Opaline Glass, Table Lamp Jugendstil, Re-Edition

By Woka Lamps, Adolf Loos

Located in Vienna, AT

Table light with opaline glass shade, designed for Villa Steiner Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and label our fixtures. ...

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Jugendstil Table Lamp Re Edition
Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Jugendstil Table Lamp Re Edition

Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Jugendstil Table Lamp Re Edition

By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann

Located in Vienna, AT

Grooved casted column, copy of a signed and marked lamp, offered on an auction - see detail

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Austro-Hungarian Floral Jugendstil Brass & Opal Glass Table Lamp, Re-Edition
Austro-Hungarian Floral Jugendstil Brass & Opal Glass Table Lamp, Re-Edition

Austro-Hungarian Floral Jugendstil Brass & Opal Glass Table Lamp, Re-Edition

By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

An excellent example of floral Jugendstil. Hand formed sand casted brass-parts, hand blown opaline

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil mushroom desk lamp
Jugendstil mushroom desk lamp

Jugendstil mushroom desk lamp

Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK

Jugendstil mushroom desk lamp in excellent original condition.

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Copper jugendstil table lamp
Copper jugendstil table lamp

Copper jugendstil table lamp

Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK

Copper jugendstil table lamp with glass crystals. Professionally stained and repolished.

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Copper

Jugendstil Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Table Lamp, Re-Edition
Jugendstil Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Table Lamp, Re-Edition

Jugendstil Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Table Lamp, Re-Edition

By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

Table-lamp, hammered brass-sheet, nickel-plated, other finishes are offered. The additional images

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstaette brass and Silk Floorlamp floor lamp Jugendstil
Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstaette brass and Silk Floorlamp floor lamp Jugendstil

Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstaette brass and Silk Floorlamp floor lamp Jugendstil

By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte

Located in Vienna, AT

The Villa Ast, is one of the most important private houses from the 20th century in Carinthia USA and CAN: All electrical components according to the UL regulations. With an addition...

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Avantgardistic Josef Hoffmann Secessionist Jugendstil Table Lamp Re-Edition
Avantgardistic Josef Hoffmann Secessionist Jugendstil Table Lamp Re-Edition

Avantgardistic Josef Hoffmann Secessionist Jugendstil Table Lamp Re-Edition

By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann

Located in Vienna, AT

Avant Gardistic design against the spirit of age, very early and important design. Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and lab...

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2010s Austrian Vienna Secession Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte Jugendstil Silk & Brass Table Lamp, Re-Edition
Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte Jugendstil Silk & Brass Table Lamp, Re-Edition

Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte Jugendstil Silk & Brass Table Lamp, Re-Edition

By Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte

Located in Vienna, AT

Desk lamp, originally manufactured at the historical Wiener Werkstätte and archived at the WW

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte Jugendstil/ Art Nouveau Table Lamp Re-Edition
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte Jugendstil/ Art Nouveau Table Lamp Re-Edition

Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte Jugendstil/ Art Nouveau Table Lamp Re-Edition

By Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

the Hermann Wittgenstein Apartment in 1906, were he used this lamp as well. Literature: Wiener

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Josef Hoffmann for the Wiener Werkstaette Jugendstil Table Lamp, Re-Edition
Josef Hoffmann for the Wiener Werkstaette Jugendstil Table Lamp, Re-Edition

Josef Hoffmann for the Wiener Werkstaette Jugendstil Table Lamp, Re-Edition

By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

One of the first lamp-design by Josef Hoffmann, executed by the Wiener Werkstaette, works-number M

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Josef Hoffmann Crystal Table Lamp Jugendstil Vienna Secession, Re Edtion
Josef Hoffmann Crystal Table Lamp Jugendstil Vienna Secession, Re Edtion

Josef Hoffmann Crystal Table Lamp Jugendstil Vienna Secession, Re Edtion

By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

A variation of the lamp for the apartment Jerome und Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein, Berlin

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2010s Austrian Vienna Secession Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Large jugendstil desk lamp with crystals
Large jugendstil desk lamp with crystals

Large jugendstil desk lamp with crystals

Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK

Large jugendstil desk lamp with crystals in excellent original condition, rewired.

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Extendable Jugendstil Floor Lamp Vienna, circa 1908
Extendable Jugendstil Floor Lamp Vienna, circa 1908

Extendable Jugendstil Floor Lamp Vienna, circa 1908

Located in Wien, AT

Extendable jugendstil floor lamp vienna circa 1908 Extendable from 150cm up to 183cm Brass

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

2 jugendstil table lamps vienna around 1908
2 jugendstil table lamps vienna around 1908

2 jugendstil table lamps vienna around 1908

Located in Wien, AT

2 jugendstil table lamps vienna around 1908 Brass polished and stove enameled

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil table lamp or wall lamp vienna around 1908
Jugendstil table lamp or wall lamp vienna around 1908

Jugendstil table lamp or wall lamp vienna around 1908

Located in Wien, AT

Jugendstil table lamp or wall lamp vienna around 1908 Brass polished and stove enameled The second

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Table Lamp in the Style of Jugendstil
Table Lamp in the Style of Jugendstil

Table Lamp in the Style of Jugendstil

Located in Wien, AT

Table lamp in the style of Jugendstil This is a reproduction. Opal glass. Depending on the order

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Opal, Brass

Jugendstil Table Lamp with Loetz Glass Shade
Jugendstil Table Lamp with Loetz Glass Shade

Jugendstil Table Lamp with Loetz Glass Shade

Located in Wien, AT

Jugendstil table lamp with Loetz glass shade Polished and stove enamelled.

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil Table Lamp with Fabric Shade, 1907
Jugendstil Table Lamp with Fabric Shade, 1907

Jugendstil Table Lamp with Fabric Shade, 1907

Located in Wien, AT

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade, 1907 Polished and stove enameled Fabric shade replaced

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstäette Jugendstil Art Nouveau Table Lamp Re-Edition
Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstäette Jugendstil Art Nouveau Table Lamp Re-Edition

Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstäette Jugendstil Art Nouveau Table Lamp Re-Edition

By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte

Located in Vienna, AT

Mushroom-shaped, segmented stem with ball, on a chased vaulted base. The signed original was on auction at Quittenbaum in 2003 Most components according to the UL regulations, with...

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2010s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Austrian Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, Glass, Austria, 1920s
Austrian Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, Glass, Austria, 1920s

Austrian Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, Glass, Austria, 1920s

Located in High Point, NC

A brass and glass table lamp designed and produced in Vienna, Austria, c. 1920s. Dimensions of

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Vintage 1920s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Table Lamp in the Style of Jugendstil 'nickel'
Table Lamp in the Style of Jugendstil 'nickel'

Table Lamp in the Style of Jugendstil 'nickel'

Located in Wien, AT

Table lamp in the style of Jugendstil This is a reproduction. We have also the same in brass

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Opal, Nickel

Jugendstil table lamp Loetz Medici decoration ca. 1902
Jugendstil table lamp Loetz Medici decoration ca. 1902

Jugendstil table lamp Loetz Medici decoration ca. 1902

By Loetz Glass

Located in Klosterneuburg, AT

The body of the lamp is manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe for E. Bakalowits Söhne, ca. 1902. The

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

Jugendstil Table Lamp with Opaline Glass, circa 1910s
Jugendstil Table Lamp with Opaline Glass, circa 1910s

Jugendstil Table Lamp with Opaline Glass, circa 1910s

Located in Wien, AT

Jugendstil table lamp with opaline glass, circa 1910s Polished and stove enameled.

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Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1908
Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1908

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1908

Located in Wien, AT

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1908 Brass polished and stove enameled Very

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1910s
Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1910s

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1910s

Located in Wien, AT

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1910s Brass polished and stove enameled The

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Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Austrian Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, Wood, Fabric, Austria, 1930s
Austrian Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, Wood, Fabric, Austria, 1930s

Austrian Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, Wood, Fabric, Austria, 1930s

Located in High Point, NC

A brass, wood and fabric table lamp designed and produced in Vienna, Austria, c. 1930s. Dimensions

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Vintage 1930s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1910
Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1910

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1910

Located in Wien, AT

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1910 Brass polished and stove enameled The

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Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil Floral Lamp Vienna 1905s with Opaline Glass Shade
Jugendstil Floral Lamp Vienna 1905s with Opaline Glass Shade

Jugendstil Floral Lamp Vienna 1905s with Opaline Glass Shade

Located in Wien, AT

Jugendstil floral lamp Vienna 1905s with opaline glass shade Polished and stove enameled Original

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Floral Jugendstil table lamp with loetz glass shade around 1908
Floral Jugendstil table lamp with loetz glass shade around 1908

Floral Jugendstil table lamp with loetz glass shade around 1908

Located in Wien, AT

Floral Jugendstil table lamp with loetz glass shade around 1908 Brass polished and stove enameled

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Floral Jugendstil Table Lamp with Glass Shade Vienna Around 1908
Floral Jugendstil Table Lamp with Glass Shade Vienna Around 1908

Floral Jugendstil Table Lamp with Glass Shade Vienna Around 1908

Located in Wien, AT

Floral jugendstil table lamp with glass shade vienna around 1908 Brass parts polished and stove

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil Table Lamp with New Glass Shade, Vienna, circa 1908
Jugendstil Table Lamp with New Glass Shade, Vienna, circa 1908

Jugendstil Table Lamp with New Glass Shade, Vienna, circa 1908

Located in Wien, AT

Jugendstil table lamp with new glass shade, Vienna, circa 1908. Brass polished and stove enameled.

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Original Early 20th Century Crystal Candelabra Table Lamp
Original Early 20th Century Crystal Candelabra Table Lamp

Original Early 20th Century Crystal Candelabra Table Lamp

By Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

Hand cut Crystal Bulbs with energy efficiency class A++ to E can be used for this lamp. suitabler

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Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Original Viennese Jugendstil  Coffee Table 1905, Austrian Mastercraft
Original Viennese Jugendstil  Coffee Table 1905, Austrian Mastercraft

Original Viennese Jugendstil Coffee Table 1905, Austrian Mastercraft

By Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

A typical Viennese furniture from the begin of the 20th century. Beechwood, black stained. Turned legs.  

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Beech

Original Austrian Medical Chamber Jugendstil Brass Chandelier
Original Austrian Medical Chamber Jugendstil Brass Chandelier

Original Austrian Medical Chamber Jugendstil Brass Chandelier

By Woka Lamps

Located in Vienna, AT

Chandelier with punched secessionist pattern. Handmade with ancient tools, where a plain brass-sheet is slided inch by inch through the punch press. Afterwards the sheet is to align ...

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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

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Austrian Lamp Jugendstil For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the Austrian lamp jugendstil you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and glass, every Austrian lamp jugendstil was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for an Austrian lamp jugendstil, we have 207 options in-stock, while there are 236 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect Austrian lamp jugendstil — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right Austrian lamp jugendstil, those designed in Art Nouveau, Art Deco and mid-century modern styles are of considerable interest. Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann and Wiener Werkstätte each produced at least one beautiful Austrian lamp jugendstil that is worth considering.

How Much is an Austrian Lamp Jugendstil?

Prices for an Austrian lamp jugendstil can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $413 and can go as high as $134,048, while the average can fetch as much as $3,793.

A Close Look at Art Nouveau Furniture

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

  • Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
  • Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
  • Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals 
  • Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood

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.

Finding the Right Lighting for You

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.