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Cobalt Papillon

Loetz Cobalt Papillon Art Nouveau Vase
Loetz Cobalt Papillon Art Nouveau Vase

Loetz Cobalt Papillon Art Nouveau Vase

By Loetz Glass

Located in Dallas, TX

A Loetz Cobalt Papillon Art Glass and Pewter Art Nouveau Vase. Circa 1900 The shapely design

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Antique Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Vases

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Pewter

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase Cobalt Papillon with Applied Butterflies, Ca 1900
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase Cobalt Papillon with Applied Butterflies, Ca 1900

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase Cobalt Papillon with Applied Butterflies, Ca 1900

By Loetz Glass

Located in Vienna, AT

. Shape: Production number / pattern not preserved Decor: Cobalt Papillon Cobalt blue glass with

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Glass

20th Century Loetz Witwe Blue Glass Vase - Decor Cobalt Papillon, CZ, ca. 1903
20th Century Loetz Witwe Blue Glass Vase - Decor Cobalt Papillon, CZ, ca. 1903

20th Century Loetz Witwe Blue Glass Vase - Decor Cobalt Papillon, CZ, ca. 1903

By Johann Lötz Witwe

Located in Lichtenberg, AT

Highly decorative 20th century Loetz Witwe Art Nouveau glass vase - decoration "Cobalt Papillon

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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases

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Blown Glass

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Austria-Hungary, Circa 1899
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Austria-Hungary, Circa 1899

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Austria-Hungary, Circa 1899

By Loetz Glass

Located in Vienna, AT

1899 (new: 105, year 1900) Decor: Cobalt Papillon Cobalt blue underlaid, colorless glass with rolled

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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Glass

Large Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Austria-Hungary, Circa 1900
Large Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Austria-Hungary, Circa 1900

Large Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Austria-Hungary, Circa 1900

By Loetz Glass

Located in Vienna, AT

, year 1900 Decor: Cobalt Papillon Cobalt blue underlaid, colorless glass with rolled-in silver yellow

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Glass

Loetz Papillon Glass And Van Houten Pewter Vase
Loetz Papillon Glass And Van Houten Pewter Vase

Loetz Papillon Glass And Van Houten Pewter Vase

By Loetz Glass

Located in Dallas, TX

Loetz Mixed Cobalt, Green and Red Papillon Glass Vase. A rare mixed color Iridescent papillon Art

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Antique Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Vases

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Pewter

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H 7.09 in Dm 16.34 in

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By Loetz Glass

Located in East Sussex, GB

A cobalt iridescent Papillon vase designed by Loetz. Cobalt butterfly wing effect spots over a bulb

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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Glass

Art Nouveau Loetz Papillon Vase
Art Nouveau Loetz Papillon Vase

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H 10.63 in Dm 5.52 in

Art Nouveau Loetz Papillon Vase

By Loetz Glass

Located in Elswick, GB

Large Loetz iridescent glass vase in the Papillon décor – cobalt blue on blue. The bronze mount in

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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass

Vase by Johann Loetz Witwe Cobalt Papillon ca. 1900
Vase by Johann Loetz Witwe Cobalt Papillon ca. 1900

Vase by Johann Loetz Witwe Cobalt Papillon ca. 1900

By Loetz Glass

Located in Klosterneuburg, AT

Vase with galvanoplated silver overlay, Johann Loetz Witwe, Cobalt Papillon decoration, ca. 1900

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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Silver

Loetz Vase Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon with Silver Flowers Silber Iris
Loetz Vase Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon with Silver Flowers Silber Iris

Loetz Vase Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon with Silver Flowers Silber Iris

By Johann Lötz Witwe

Located in Vienna, AT

Made by Loetz, Klostermuehle (Bohemia) / circa 1900. Decor: Cobalt Papillon / so-said SILBER IRIS

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Glass

Vase Loetz Widow Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Silver Overlay, circa 1900
Vase Loetz Widow Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Silver Overlay, circa 1900

Vase Loetz Widow Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Silver Overlay, circa 1900

By Johann Lötz Witwe

Located in Vienna, AT

Decor: Cobalt Papillon & Gorgeous Silver Overlay This finest Loetz Art Nouveau Vase is of very

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Silver

Vase Loetz Widow Art Nouveau Vase Silver Mountings Cobalt Papillon, circa 1900
Vase Loetz Widow Art Nouveau Vase Silver Mountings Cobalt Papillon, circa 1900

Vase Loetz Widow Art Nouveau Vase Silver Mountings Cobalt Papillon, circa 1900

By Johann Lötz Witwe

Located in Vienna, AT

Made by Loetz, Klostermuehle (Bohemia), circa 1900. Decor: Cobalt papillon (= colorless casing

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Glass

Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon c.1900
Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon c.1900

Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon c.1900

By Loetz Glass

Located in Vienna, AT

-1905 Decor: Cobalt Papillon Period: Art Nouveau This stunning Loetz Vase is of bellied

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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, With Applied Handles, ca 1908
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, With Applied Handles, ca 1908

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, With Applied Handles, ca 1908

By Loetz Glass

Located in Vienna, AT

a slimmer design with longer, twisted handles. Decor: Cobalt Papillon, year 1898/1899 Cobalt

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Glass

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Disc-Shaped, Austria, Circa 1908
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Disc-Shaped, Austria, Circa 1908

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Disc-Shaped, Austria, Circa 1908

By Loetz Glass

Located in Vienna, AT

Papillon Cobalt blue underlaid, colourless glass with rolled-in silver yellow crumbs, model blown, reduced

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Glass

“Cobalt Papillon Vase” Art Nouveau Glass Vase by the Loetz Glassworks
“Cobalt Papillon Vase” Art Nouveau Glass Vase by the Loetz Glassworks

“Cobalt Papillon Vase” Art Nouveau Glass Vase by the Loetz Glassworks

By Loetz Glass

Located in London, GB

Very fine early 20th century Austrian papillon glass vase of bulbous decanter shape by Johann Loetz

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Antique Early 1900s Art Nouveau Vases

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Silver

Austrian Jugendstil Pair of Glass Vases Blue with Tin Mounting circa 1902 Loetz
Austrian Jugendstil Pair of Glass Vases Blue with Tin Mounting circa 1902 Loetz

Austrian Jugendstil Pair of Glass Vases Blue with Tin Mounting circa 1902 Loetz

By Loetz Glass

Located in Klosterneuburg, AT

1902 Loetz Cobalt Papillon Decoration This pair of vases with the Cobalt Papillon decoration is an

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Vases

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Tin

Vase Loetz Widow Cobalt Creta Papillon Silver Overlay, Art Nouveau, 1900
Vase Loetz Widow Cobalt Creta Papillon Silver Overlay, Art Nouveau, 1900

Vase Loetz Widow Cobalt Creta Papillon Silver Overlay, Art Nouveau, 1900

By Loetz Glass

Located in Dallas, TX

Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia vase. Cobalt Creta Papillon design with applied hand chased

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Antique Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Vases

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Silver

Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Loetz Cobalt Blue Papillon Art Glass Vase 1900
Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Loetz Cobalt Blue Papillon Art Glass Vase 1900

Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Loetz Cobalt Blue Papillon Art Glass Vase 1900

By Loetz Glass

Located in Portland, OR

Antique Art Nouveau Austrian Loetz cobalt blue "Papillon" art glass vase, circa 1900. This

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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Art Glass

Loetz, Cobalt Papillon Vase, circa 1900
Loetz, Cobalt Papillon Vase, circa 1900

Loetz, Cobalt Papillon Vase, circa 1900

By Loetz Glass

Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR

Art glass vase by Loetz (Bohemia), Austria-Hungary, circa 1900. Cobalt Papillon decor created in

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Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Vases

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Art Glass

Loetz Cobalt Papillon Art Nouveau Vase
Loetz Cobalt Papillon Art Nouveau Vase

Loetz Cobalt Papillon Art Nouveau Vase

By Loetz Glass

Located in Dallas, TX

This Loetz vase in the Cobalt Papillon pattern has blue iridescent Papillon design covering the

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Art Glass

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Twisted, Austria, Circa 1900
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Twisted, Austria, Circa 1900

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Cobalt Papillon, Twisted, Austria, Circa 1900

By Loetz Glass

Located in Vienna, AT

: Series II - PN 814 (old: 7302/9"), Year 1900 Decor: Decor Cobalt Papillon Cobalt blue underlaid

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Glass

Bohemian Loetz Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Glass Vase c1898
Bohemian Loetz Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Glass Vase c1898

Bohemian Loetz Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Glass Vase c1898

By Loetz Glass

Located in Worcester Park, GB

A fabulous Art Nouveau Cobalt (blue/gold on vibrant dark blue) Papillon (Butterfly wing) vase. This

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Antique 1890s Czech Art Nouveau Glass

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Art Glass

Bohemian Loetz Art Deco Cobalt Papillon Footed Glass Vase c1920
Bohemian Loetz Art Deco Cobalt Papillon Footed Glass Vase c1920

Bohemian Loetz Art Deco Cobalt Papillon Footed Glass Vase c1920

By Loetz Glass

Located in Worcester Park, GB

A fabulous Art Deco Cobalt (blue/gold on blue) Papillon (Butterfly wing) footed vase. This iridised

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Vintage 1920s Czech Art Deco Glass

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau Loetz Widow Cobalt Creta Papillon Vase, 1900
Art Nouveau Loetz Widow Cobalt Creta Papillon Vase, 1900

Art Nouveau Loetz Widow Cobalt Creta Papillon Vase, 1900

By Loetz Glass

Located in Dallas, TX

Loetz widow blue cobalt Creta papillon oil spot double gourd vase, circa 1900. Pedestaled with a

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Art Glass

Loetz Cobalt Papillon Vase
Loetz Cobalt Papillon Vase

Loetz Cobalt Papillon Vase

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H 8 in Dm 6.25 in

Loetz Cobalt Papillon Vase

Located in Charleston, SC

Magnificent Bristol Blue Body with Overall Papillon Finish Introduced by Spaun for Loetz in the

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Early 20th Century Austrian Vases

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Glass

Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Dimple Vase
Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Dimple Vase

Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Dimple Vase

By Loetz Glass

Located in London, GB

Super small Art Nouveau cobalt (blue glass) Loetz Papillon (Butterfly Wing) dimpled Vase - Loetz

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Art Glass

Loetz Inkwells Cobalt Papillon with Silver Mount, circa 1901
Loetz Inkwells Cobalt Papillon with Silver Mount, circa 1901

Loetz Inkwells Cobalt Papillon with Silver Mount, circa 1901

By Loetz Glass

Located in Vienna, AT

These two inkwells were produced by Loetz on behalf of E. Bakalowits Söhne and were fitted with hand-beaten silver lids by the famous Viennese silversmith Georg Adam Scheid. This typ...

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Vases

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Art Glass

Cobalt Blue Crete Papillon Miniature Vase by Johann Loetz Witwe
Cobalt Blue Crete Papillon Miniature Vase by Johann Loetz Witwe

Cobalt Blue Crete Papillon Miniature Vase by Johann Loetz Witwe

By Johann Lötz Witwe

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Nice and rare miniature vase by Loetz (Lœtz) from around 1900 with polished rim. Crete Papillon

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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass

Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Vase
Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Vase

Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Vase

By Loetz Glass

Located in London, GB

Super Art Nouveau Cobalt (blue glass) Loetz Papillon (Butterfly Wing) footed Vase - Loetz did their

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau Loetz Cobalt Papillon Dish
Art Nouveau Loetz Cobalt Papillon Dish

Art Nouveau Loetz Cobalt Papillon Dish

By Loetz Glass

Located in London, GB

Cute Art Nouveau cobalt (blue glass) Loetz Papillon (butterfly wing) small round dish with finished

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Glass

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Art Glass

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By Eduard Stellmacher

Located in Palm Beach, FL

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By Sarreguemines

Located in Bad Säckingen, DE

This Art Nouveau vase features an extraordinary crystalline glaze that enhances its elegant, flowing form. The vase’s surface is adorned with unique, intricate patterns created by th...

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By Émile Gallé

Located in Bochum, NRW

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By Boch Freres Keramis, Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy

Located in Glasgow, GB

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Loetz Silberiris Candia Iridescent Twin Handled Glass Vase

Loetz Silberiris Candia Iridescent Twin Handled Glass Vase

By Loetz Glass

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Stylish Bohemian Silberiris Candia iridescent glass vase with brown handles by Johann Loetz Witwe and dating from around 1900. The simply shaped vase ref PN 85/5151 in the Loetz cata...

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Located in Bochum, NRW

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By Émile Gallé

Located in Delft, NL

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Cobalt Papillon For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the cobalt papillon you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each cobalt papillon for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, art glass and metal. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect cobalt papillon — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A cobalt papillon is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Art Nouveau styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made cobalt papillon over the years, but those crafted by Loetz Glass and Johann Lötz Witwe are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Cobalt Papillon?

Prices for a cobalt papillon can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $410 and can go as high as $3,200, while the average can fetch as much as $2,127.

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.