Original of the Time Josef Hoffmann Jacob&Josef Kohn Coffee Table
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Jacob & Josef Kohn
Located in Vienna, AT
A petite coffee table by Josef Hoffmann from 1905 made by J&J Kohn in beechwood.
Beech
Original Otto Prutscher by Gebrüder Thonet Chair, 1908
By Otto Prutscher, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
An extremely rare Thonet chair, designed by Otto Prutscher for a Villa in Jägerndorf - Literatur: Innendekoration 1917 - Measure: Seat height 50cm.
Bentwood
Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Silk & Brass Moldauer Pende, Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
For the residence of the Banker Dr Dietrich Moldauer material: Patinated brass, silk, all other colors are possible. Literature: Sekler, Josef Hoffmann – Das architektonische Werk, S...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Pende, Re Edition
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant and delicate pendant designed by Josef Hoffmann Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and label our fixtures.
Brass
Original of the Time Josef Hoffmann Jacob&Josef Kohn Coffee Table
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Jacob & Josef Kohn
Located in Vienna, AT
A petite coffee table by Josef Hoffmann from 1905 made by J&J Kohn in beechwood.
Beech
Original Otto Wagner for Thonet 1905 Writing Desk Postal Saving Bank Vienna 1905
By Otto Wagner, Woka Lamps, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Vienna, AT
Otto Wagner writing desk from the Postal Saving Bank in Vienna. Made by Thonet, Vienna. Otto Wagner Writing Desk, Postal Saving Bank, Vienna - Lit.: Asenbaum/Haiko, Otto Wagner, Möbe...
Wood
Giant Otto Wagner&Koloman Moser Chandelier "Kirche Am Steinhof" 48 Flames editio
By Woka Lamps, Otto Wagner, Koloman Moser
Located in Vienna, AT
Magnificent chandelier for the "Steinhof Church" by Otto Wagner, different measures and settings are possible. Glass-balls etched and faceted. The color of the glasses on the canopy ...
Brass
Dagobert Peche Art Deco Chandelier for Wiener Werkstaette, Re Edition
By Woka Lamps, Dagobert Peche, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Unusual chandelier made in solid brass, hand-hammered ornaments, can be made in any surface, on the image in a dark patina. The total drop with the length of the stem can be adjusted...
Brass
Coffee Table Attributed to Otto Prutscher and Thonet Original of the Time
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Woka Lamps, Otto Prutscher
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant coffee table with volute carved legs Material Beechwood, black stained, signs of age and use.
Beech
Josef Hoffmann Silk and Brass Pendant Wiener Werstaette 5th Avenue, Re Edition
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
This marvellous pendant was designed for the New York branch of the historical Wiener Werkstaette. All components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will ...
Brass
Original and Published Otto Prutscher Pedestal, Flower-Stand Made by Thonet
By Otto Prutscher, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Otto Prutscher has designed several flower-stands for Thonet, this special design is extremely rare. Literature: J. Ulihr, Semper Sursum, Olmütz 2003, ill p124.
Beech
Wiener Werkstaette Josef Hoffmann "Graben Cafe" 45 Pendant Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Originally a Josef Hoffmann design for the Staekelborg, Knips and for the Berta Zuckerkandl Mansion. This one was designed for the famous Graben Cafè in Vienna - Comes in all sizes. ...
Brass
Wiener Werkstaette Josef Hoffmann "Graben Cafe" 55 Pendant Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Originally a Josef Hoffmann design for the Staekelborg, Knips and for the Berta Zuckerkandl Mansion. This one was designed for the famous Graben Cafè in Vienna - Comes in all sizes. ...
Brass
Original Adolf Loos Thebes Stool
By Woka Lamps, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
Wohnung Dr. Otto und Auguste Stoessl, Wien XIII, Auhofstr. 235, um 1900-02 Wohnung Haberfeld Manufacturer Friedricht Otto Schmidt Lit.: Rukschcio, Schachel, Adolf Loos, S. 32 und 7...
Beech
Original Josef Hoffmann Dressing Table from 1905 by Jacob & Josef Kohn
By Woka Lamps, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
An extraordinary modern furniture from the best period of his works. He made trendsetting Industrial designs for the bentwood-industrie. This dressing-table is from the "Fledermaus" ...
Bentwood
Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstätte "Fabric Department" Chandelier, Re Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A simple but sensational fixture, designed by Josef Hoffmann, for the fabric department of the Wiener Werkstaette on Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna. Style and color of the fabric custom ...
Silk
Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
A simple but sensational fixture, designed by Josef Hoffmann, for the fabric department of the Wiener Werkstaette on Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna. Style and color of the fabric custom-...
Silk
Viennese Hanging Lamp circa 1905 with Loetz Lamp Shade Koloman Moser
By Bakalowits & Söhne
Located in Wien, Au
Viennese hanging lamp, circa 1905 with Loetz lampshade Glass Shade Koloman Moser polished and stove enameled The length of the chandelier is easy adjustable for rooms of differing...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann Koloman Moser Wiener Werkstaette Pende, re Edition
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Frequently used by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser in their early works for the Wiener Werkstätte Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann /Wiener Werkstaette Palais Stoclet Music Salon Plafonier, Re Edit
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Josef Hoffmann &Wiener Werkstaette Palais Stoclet Music Salon Flush Mount - Art Deco, Jugendstil, Wiener Werkstaette Style 1905 / Re-Edition 5 x Edison screw sockets E26/E27 for inc...
Crystal, Brass
Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstaette Hand Chased Plafonier with Ornaments Reedition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful ceiling lamp with very elaborate hand chased ornaments, originally designed in 1905, now handcrafted at the Woka workshop in Vienna All components according to the UL regu...
Brass
Original, Hallmark. Massive Silver Candleholder, Koloman Moser Wiener Werkstätte
By Koloman Moser, Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Signature: Austrian silver-mark, WW-mark. What is unusual for a Wiener Werkstatte silver-object. The signatures are on the bottom side instead of clearly visible on the object Mat...
Lapis Lazuli, Silver
Art Deco Style Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstätte Chandelier, Re Edition
By Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
A really beautiful, modern and exclusive brass chandelier, chased, hammered and casted parts. Model# 3669-M and WWF 119-4-2 at the Wiener Werkstätte pattern-book at the MAK, Museum o...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte Flush Mount Light, Re Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Flush - lamp from the showrooms of the Wiener Werkstaette used by Hoffmann in several variations. Hammered originally. Works-number M115, pattern-book of the Wiener Werkstaette: WWMB...
Brass
Koloman Moser/Otto Wagner "Steinhof Church" Chandelier, Re-Edition
By Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Variation of the magnificent chandelier for the "Steinhof Church" by Otto Wagner, different measures and settings are possible Most components according to the UL regulations, with ...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte Wall or Ceiling Light, Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Puristic design from the early stages of the Wiener Werkstaette, Measures: Diameter 25 cm. This lamp is also available in diameter 35cm and 50cm. most components according to the UL...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann for the Wiener Werkstätte Wall Light, Lantern, Re Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
This is a great lamp from Josef Hoffmann most important building - the Purkersdorf Sanatorium. The reading room at the first floor - on the original image one can see the lamp in the...
Crystal, Brass
Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette, Fashion House Pende Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
First Floor Wiener Werkstaette Fashion House, Vienna 1. Kärntnerstrasse 41. USA and CAN: All electrical components according to the UL regulations. With an additional charge the fixt...
Brass
Delicate and Elegant Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Chandelier, Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Five-arm chandelier for the Welz Family in Vienna. Lit.: WW Archive at the MAK in Vienna. A three-arm version will cost about 2/3 of the five-arm version. Available in different fini...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte Art Nouveau Wall Light Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
From the billard-room at the Purkersdorf Sanatorium in Vienna Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and label our fixtures.
Crystal, Brass
Otto Wagner & Koloman Moser Wall Light for "Steinhofchurch", Re-Edition
By Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Wall-lamp for the famous Steinhof-Church in Vienna, built in 1904. Available in different finishes. Originally manufactured at the Wiener Werkstaette Atelier, now custom-made produc...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann/Wiener Werkstaette Moldauer Brass and Silk Chandelier, Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
This chandelier is an excellent example for Hoffmanns way from the geometrical reduction - started 1901 by him, to the neoclassical direction, which he started, circa 1909, on the wo...
Brass
Flush Mount Josef Hoffmann&Wiener Werksaette Apptm Wittgenstein, Re Edition
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elaborate hammered and chased flush fixture for the Dr Hermann Wittgenstein appartment in Vienna All components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we wi...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstätte, Palais Stoclet Dining Room Chandelier, Re Ed
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Josef Hoffmann designed the Dining room at the famous Stoclet Palais in Brussels with this flush-mount fixture. Handchased Ornaments on a brass-rim, and fire-polished glass-balls. WW...
Crystal, Brass
XL-Graben Cafe Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstätte Chandelier, Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Josef Hoffmann designed this pendant for the famous Graben Cafè in Vienna. he earlier has used this design for the Staekelberg, Knips and Zuckerkandl Mansion. We have also a version ...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann for the Wiener Werkstaette Paiais Stoclet, Re Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
DeDesign for the Hall at the first floor at the Stoclet Palais in Brussels. See the enclosed drawing made by Hoffmann with the archive# M997sign for the Hall at the first floor at th...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstaette Sezessionist Pendant Sanatorium Purkersdorf
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Dining room and entrance hall of the Purkersdorf Sanatorium, hammered originally, can be manufactured hammered as well. Re edition, initially designed in 1903 All components accordi...
Brass
Koloman Moser for Otto Wagner "Steinhof Church" Chandelier 36 Flames Re Edition
By Otto Wagner, Woka Lamps, Koloman Moser
Located in Vienna, AT
Magnificent chandelier for the "Steinhof Church" by Otto Wagner, different measures and settings are possible; As Kolo Moser did several of such designs and was involved in the plann...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werksaette Silk/Brass Chandelier
By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
A Josef Hoffmann design for the Staekelborg, Knips and for the Berta Zuckerkandl Mansion. Comes in all sizes Total drop custom made - 55 cm DM Most components according to the UL re...
Crystal, Brass
Delicate and Elegant Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Chandelier, Re-Edition
By Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Five-arm chandelier for the Welz Family in Vienna. Lit.: WW Archive at the MAK in Vienna. A three-arm version will cost about 2/3 of the five-arm version Length custom Most componen...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte Stoclet Palais the Bath Saloon, Variation
By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Chandelier, also used by Hoffman at the Hohe Warte buildings Brauner and Hochstaetter 1905-07; Salon Be11600er-Hofmann 1905/06 Mak Inv Nr 103/WWV
Crystal, Brass
$1,004Sale Price|20% Off
Counterweight Pendant Lamp, 1900, Made from Porcelain and Handmade Glass
Located in Vienna, Austria
A beautiful counterweight pendant lamp from circa 1900. Originating in Austria, in the K and K Monarchy, it has a patent dating from the industrial revolution. The lamp is made up of...
Porcelain, Glass
Beautiful florale double light wall lamp vienna around 1908
Located in Wien, Au
Beautiful florale double light wall lamp vienna around 1908. Brass polished and stove enameled. Very quality excecution. Original antique glass shades.
Brass
$1,461Sale Price / set|64% Off
Two Hammered Ceiling Lamp with Cut Glass
Located in Wien, Au
Two hammered ceiling lamp with cut glass. Original condition. Very nice original patina, solid brass. Wood painted white.
Brass
$1,369Sale Price / set|33% Off
Two Hanging Lamps circa 1910s with Original Opaline Glass Shades
Located in Wien, Au
Two hanging lamps circa 1910s with original opaline glass shades Polished and stove enameled.
Brass
Leopold Bauer Hanging Lamp with Loetz Witwe “Blitzglas” Shade, circa 1905
By Leopold Bauer
Located in Wien, Au
Leopold Bauer hanging lamp with Loetz Witwe “Blitzglas” shade, circa 1905 The brass parts are polished and stove enameled. The glass shade was executed by Johann Loetz-Witwe Kloste...
Brass
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.