Art Nouveau Side Table by Emille Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Art nouveau side table by Emille Gallé with water lily and dragonfly inlay.
Wood
$17,500
H 14.97 in W 22.45 in D 17.33 in
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Side Table, Marquetry Wood, France, Circa 1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Nouveau table, made in marquetry, by Émile Gallé (1846-1904). Signed Galle France, CIRCA 1910.
Wood
$2,256Sale Price|20% Off
H 27.96 in W 20.87 in D 19.69 in
Art Nouveau Side Table by Émile Gallé, Marquetry Wood, France, 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Guéridon tripode en forme de blason marqueté sur son plateau d'une branche de chardon et d'une croix de Lorraine. La marqueterie est composée de palissandre, noyer, merisier, acajou ...
Wood
$8,104
H 29.73 in W 26.97 in D 19.49 in
Original French Art Nouveau Marquetry Table ''Japonisme'' by Emile Galle 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Very rare original Emile Galle ''plate 66 Japonisme'' side table in Art Nouveau style.
Walnut, Fruitwood, Rosewood
$13,500
H 28.5 in W 28 in D 28 in
Emile Galle French Art Nouveau Floral Marquetry Rotating Top Occasional Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau occasional table with a circular top with shaped edge and floral marquetry inlay that rotates on a central axis, resting on four tapered sabre legs joined by a squ...
Wood
20th Century Emile Galle Style Side Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Occasional table in Emile Galle style. Various colored veneers on solid wood. (G-Gm-50).
Wood
20th Century Side Table E. Gallé, Art Nouveau
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century side table E. Gallé, Art Nouveau Solid wood with floral carvings.
Wood
$17,042
H 31.3 in W 22.45 in D 22.05 in
Original French Art Nouveau game table / side table by Emile Gallé 1905 chestnut
By Émile Gallé, Gallé
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
You can use it as a side table & turn it into a game table when desired.
Wood, Walnut
$7,610
H 30.32 in W 21.07 in D 21.07 in
Antique French art nouveau side table “Thistle” by Emile Galle 1900 gueridon
By Émile Gallé
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
This elegant Art Nouveau guéridon was designed by Émile Gallé, circa 1900, and is a fine example of his signature marquetry work. The shaped tabletop features a delicate floral scene...
Walnut
$8,815
H 76 in W 50 in D 50 in
ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904) Guéridon Art Nouveau à plateau trilobé en marqueterie
By Émile Gallé
Located in Ixelles, BE
ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904) Art Nouveau Side Table with a Trilobed Marquetry Top and Floral Décor: Be enchanted by the splendor of this masterpiece signed by Émile Gallé, where nature h...
Mahogany, Rosewood
Emile Gallè Art Nouveau Marquetry Side table
By Émile Gallé
Located in Porto, PT
Macassar ebony and sycamore Emile Gallè Art Nouveau floral marquetry oval side table.
Macassar, Sycamore
Unavailable
H 30.32 in W 27.96 in D 16.93 in
Art Nouveau Two Tiered Inlaid Top Table by Emile Galle, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Liverpool, GB
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) table, Art Nouveau, Nancy, circa 1900. "Gallé". A table with two inlaid tops, supported on spirally fluted legs in a form reminiscent of traditional Japanese...
Wood
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H 30.32 in W 20.48 in D 20.48 in
Original rare antique French Art Nouveauu Side table / Gueridon by Emile Gallé
By Gallé, Émile Gallé
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous French Art Nouveau side table / gueridon by Emile Gallé model: Plate 162.
Wood
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H 31.75 in W 36.5 in D 25.25 in
Emile Gallé “Narcissus” French Art Nouveau Carved Fruitwood Side Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau carved walnut and fruitwood marquetry "Narcissus" side table by Emile Gallé. The table top is decorated with marquetry flowers on long leafed stems.
French Art Nouveau Marquetry "Narcissus" Side Table by Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau carved walnut and fruitwood marquetry "Narcissus" side table by Emile Gallé. The tabletop is decorated with marquetry flowers on long leafed stems.
Art Nouveau Period French Gallé Marquetry Style Round Side Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in Forney, TX
A charming antique Fin de Siècle French Art Nouveau Period marquetry inlaid side table / stand. circa 1900 Crafted in France at the turn of the late 19th / early 20th century, in th...
Metal
Emile Gallé "Dragonfly" Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau"libellules" two-tiered, three-legged table with carved and marquetry decoration by Emile Gallé. Each of the three legs of the table is in the form of a dragonfly...
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H 25 in W 14.25 in D 14.25 in
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Period Marquetry Side Table, Signed Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This French Art Nouveau period walnut side table from the turn of the twentieth century is signed by the renowned artist Galle (Emile Galle 1846-1904).
Fruitwood, Sycamore, Walnut
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H 14 in W 16 in D 12 in
Gallé Inlaid Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Side Table with Floral Motifs
By Émile Gallé
Located in Kingston, NY
Emile Gallé inlaid early 20th century art nouveau side table with floral and foliage motifs.
Fruitwood
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H 14 in W 16 in D 12 in
Gallé Inlaid Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Side Table with Floral Motifs
By Émile Gallé
Located in Kingston, NY
Emile Gallé inlaid early 20th century Art Nouveau side table with floral and foliage motifs.
Fruitwood
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H 29 in W 22 in D 22 in
Art Nouveau Inlaid Naturalist Marquetry 2-Tier Side Table signed Emile Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Art Nouveau triangular two-tier side table, signed by the esteemed French designer Emile Gallé, featuring stunning inlaid naturalist marquetry, originating from France...
Fruitwood, Walnut
Emile Gallé French Art Nouveau Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau wooden two-tier table by Emile Gallé, featuring inlaid marquetry on the top and intricate carvings in a vegetal motif on the bottom panel, circa 1900. Signed, "G...
Emile Gallé French Art Nouveau Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau two-tiered marquetry table by Emile Gallé, circa 1900. A similar table is pictured in: Gallé furniture, by Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha, Woodbridge...
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H 16.93 in Dm 11.62 in
Very Rare Small Sample Wood Side Table after Emile Gallé Sculptural Frame Look
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare sample wood side table with highly carved frame and bronzed paw feet after Emile Galle A very good looking and decorative little ...
Wood
Emile Gallé Cartouche Form Lift Top Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau lift top table by Emile Gallé. The cartouche form top finely inlaid with landscape scene with mountains, trees and butterflies, open interior with three compartm...
French Art Nouveau Table by, Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Englewood, NJ
A French Art Nouveau tri-cornered carved wood table by Emile Gallé, featuring an inlaid marquetry top with thistle decoration. The table is signed, "gallé."
A Table by Emile Gallé, circa 1925
By Émile Gallé
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
For a change, we delve into the realm of Art Nouveau with this table by Emile Gallé. A master glassmaker, cabinetmaker, and designer from the 19th century, Gallé was passionate about...
Wood
French Art Nouveau Tea Table by, Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Englewood, NJ
An extremely rare and important French Art Nouveau tea table by, Emile Gallé decorated with inlaid exotic wood marquetry depicting various flora with beautifully carved organic legs ...
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Occasional Table by, Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Englewood, NJ
French Art Nouveau carved wood and inlaid marquetry two-tiered Occasional Table by, Emile Gallé decorated on the first tier with various exotic wood inlaid marquetry depicting a pond...
French Art Nouveau Dragonfly Table by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau two tiered table by Émile Gallé. The table's four legs are the carved bodies of dragonflies, their wings outstretched and frozen mid-flight. The table top rests ...
Wood
French Art Nouveau Marquetry Table by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Émile Gallé Double-Tier Inlaid Tea Table France This refined double-tier tea table exemplifies the poetic naturalism and technical mastery of Émile Gallé, one of t...
Wood
Émile Gallé “Fleur de l’Eau” Three-tiered Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite three-tiered table by Émile Gallé presents a stunning vignette of water flowers, each tier depicting a different flower. The top tier features intricate marquetry depi...
Fruitwood, Walnut
An Art Nouveau Marquetry Two - Tiered Table by, Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Englewood, NJ
A French Art Nouveau two-tier table by Emile Gallé, featuring inlaid marquetry depicting a natural landscape of sunflowers and butterflies in a combination of rosewood, walnut and fr...
Stunning Art Nouveau Pair of Marquetry Tables Signed by Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning Art Nouveau pair of marquetry tables signed by Gallé, France, 1900s In walnut and beech wood. Each table is signed in marquetry. In an excellent antique condition, gorg...
Wood, Beech, Walnut
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H 16 in W 26.5 in D 29.25 in
Emile Galle Two-Tier Inlaid Art Nouveau Occasional Table, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Kingston, NY
Offered is a signed Emile Galle Art Nouveau occasional table. The beautifully fruitwood Art Nouveau inlaid design features iris flowers and foliate motifs. Émile Gallé was a French a...
Wood
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H 29.5 in W 36 in D 25.25 in
French Art Nouveau Carved and Inlaid Wood Marquetry Table by Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Englewood, NJ
A French Art Nouveau carved and inlaid wood marquetry "Fougére" table by Emile Gallé with carved wood fern decorated legs with further inlaid various exotic wood marquetry landscape ...
Wood
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H 30.25 in W 16 in D 16 in
Early 20th Century Pair of French Art Nouveau Occasional Tables by, Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Englewood, NJ
An early 20th century pair of French Art Nouveau occasional tables by, Emile Gallé carved legs further decorated with exotic wood marquetry inlay of flora on the top, drawers, sides,...
Wood
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H 27.56 in W 22.84 in D 14.57 in
Set Of Four Art Nouveau Nesting Marquetry Tables, By Émile Gallé France, Ca 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of Art Nouveau tea tables: Four nesting side tables with ornate floral marquetry, designed by the famous Art Nouveau designer Émile Gallé, made in his workshop in Nancy, France, ...
Walnut
Art Nouveau Galle Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Art Nouveau two tier side table by Emile Gallé, featuring inlaid marquetry made of a combination of rosewood, walnut and fruitwoods.
Gallé/ Majorelle Style Set of Two Art Nouveau Side Tables
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a Gallé/ Majorelle style set of two Art Nouveau carved and inlaid side tables.
Wood
French Art Nouveau Dragonfly Table by Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau “libellules” two tiered, three legged table with carved and marquetry decoration by Emile Gallé. Each of the three legs of the table is in the form of a dragonfl...
Wood
19th Century English Marquetry Bamboo Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century English Art Nouveau bamboo side table with marquetry top, a lower shelf and small drawer. The top has an inlaid marquetry iris flower and is slightly warped. Please re...
Bamboo
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H 30.5 in W 24.5 in D 24.5 in
Design Toscano French Art Nouveau Mahogany Galle Dragonfly Occasional Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Fraught with French Art Nouveau style, this quality, mahogany occasional table was originally designed in 1900 by noted furniture designer Emile Galle. Features oversized dragonflies...
Mahogany
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H 30.32 in Dm 16.54 in
Original Antique Art Nouveau side table Emile Gallé 1910 Marquetry Jugendstil
By Gallé, Émile Gallé
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Rare original Emile Galle side table in Art Nouveau design. This beautiful side table was created by Emile Galle in 1900-1910, during the art nouveau period.
Walnut
Galle Rectangular Side Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Art Nouveau side table by Emil Galle.
Wood
French Art Nouveau Side Table by, Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Englewood, NJ
A French Art Nouveau carved wood & marquetry two-tier tri cornered table decorated with various exotic wood thistle marquetry decoration. The table is signed, "gallé." Reference: ...
Emile GALLE French Art Nouveau Inlaid Side Table 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Art Nouveau inlaid two tiered side table by Émile Gallé, Thistle Motif, France, circa 1885–1890.
Fruitwood, Satinwood, Walnut
Emile GALLE French Art Nouveau Inlaid Small Side Table 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Nouveau Inlaid Side Table by Émile Gallé, Thistle Motif, France, circa 1885–1890.
Wood
Galle Attributed Art Nouveau Marquetry Side Table
By Émile Gallé, Louis Majorelle
Located in Fulton, CA
A period Art Nouveau two-tier side table, gueridon, with stylized floral and butterfly marquetry.
Hardwood
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H 29.53 in W 22.84 in D 13.19 in
Original Antique French Art Nouveau Side Table by Emile Galle 1900 Inlaid Wood
By Émile Gallé
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite French antique Art Nouveau side table by world famous Emile Gallé made in 1900 , singed on top.
Wood
Emile Gallé French Art Nouveau Wooden "Ombelle" Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau "Ombelle" carved walnut table, by Emile Gallé. The table is decorated with fruitwood marquetry featuring a butterfly alighting on an ombelle blossom and has thre...
Wood
Emile Galle Cross of Lorraine Marquetry Side Table, circa 1885
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Galle cross of Lorraine marquetry side table, circa 1885.
Wood
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H 20.28 in W 17.13 in D 15.16 in
RARE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL EMILE GALLE SPECIMEN WOOD SiGNED TABLE WOODLAND SCENE
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Emile Galle signed side table Please note the delivery fee listed is just a gui...
Walnut
Art Nouveau Side Table by Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A two-tiered marquetry table in exotic and fruit wood by the famed artist and furniture maker Émile Gallé (1846-1904). Signed "Gallé" on the top, the table is decorated with a scene ...
Fruitwood
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Side Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A major force in the development of French Art Nouveau, Émile Gallé (1846 - 1904) studied botany and drawing in his youth. His furniture designs won major awards in the Paris Unive...
Emile Gallé, Dessert Table with Two Trays
By Émile Gallé
Located in charmes, FR
Beautiful walnut serving table with two trays inlaid by the Gallé Establishments, Art Nouveau period, early 20th century. Inlaid signature, decorated with Lorraine thistles Molded an...
Wood
A Single Marquetry inlaid Occasional Table by Emile Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
A Single Marquetry inlaid Occasional Table by Emile Galle (1846-1904). The rectangular top inlaid with specimen woods with marquetry design of daffodils. Marquetry signature- “Galle...
Walnut
Symbolist Art Nouveau table by Gallé Nancy France, c.1895.
By Émile Gallé
Located in Brussels, BE
Occasional table in pure symbolist Art Nouveau style. Solid fruitwood, the top -representing poppy's in different stades of withering- inlaid with different veneers.
Wood
Marquetry Inlaid Ash Table Attributed to Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
A late 19th century Art Nouveau Hungarian ash marquetry inlaid occasional table attributed to Émile Gallé (1846-1904). The table has a shaped top that has an iris flower and leave...
Ash
$15,439 / item
H 32.68 in W 110.24 in D 40.56 in
Art Deco Sofa by Munna Design Studio with Velvet Upholstery
By Munna Design Studio
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This sofa features a wonderfully elegant fan-shaped motif, with its accentuated curvy lines with decadent and lavish finish. The feminine curves are ravishingly enhanced by the diffe...
Velvet
$911Sale Price / item|26% Off
H 37.01 in W 17.72 in D 18.9 in
Art Nouveau Chair, Walnut Wood, Restored Upholstery, Germany, 1900
Located in Hannover, DE
An Art Nouveau chair whose shape and design perfectly reflect this art period. Finely crafted walnut wood covered with a dark, fine glaze. This chair has been artfully restored and r...
Wood, Nutwood
$2,820
H 10.75 in W 5.25 in D 4.4 in
Striking Art Nouveau Ceramic and Bronze-Mounted Vase in Victor Horta Style
By Victor Horta
Located in Lisse, NL
Top condition and pure elegance Art Nouveau vase. For the collectors of museum quality and condition Art Nouveau ceramics. This stunning Art Nouveau vase is decorated with the mos...
Bronze
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Italian Classical Carved Sink Basin This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble with added carved relief detail, these designs have no...
Marble
The 'Matisse' Etagere
Located in London, GB
The 'Matisse' wrought iron side table. A hand made and patinated wrought iron etagere with whimsical Matisse style cut-out decoration. Made to order based on a 1960s original. Avail...
Wrought Iron
Victorian Internal Door with Stained Glass
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
You can imagine this Victorian internal door with stained glass situated in a period kitchen or in the entrance hall of a traditional Victorian townhouse. This mahogany door is over ...
Lead
Tiffany Studios “Tyler” Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios New York Tyler Leaded Glass and Patinated bronze Table Lamp, Circa 1900 Art Nouveau. A very special lamp with a geometric monochromatic deep green art glass surround...
Bronze
$1,939
H 27.96 in W 28.75 in D 14.57 in
1950s Midcentury Regency Italian Wood, Brass and Mirror Dry Bar Cabinet Cart
By Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti, Ico & Luisa Parisi, Vittorio Dassi, Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern dry bar cabinet cart characterized by its original Asian themed painted front wood pull-out tilt door with interior part in mirror gl...
Brass
$2,762
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
Émile Gallé Clematis Table Lamp, Cameo Glass, Art Nouveau, 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in CABA, AR
Exquisite Émile Gallé “Clematis” Table Lamp, ca. 1900 An extraordinary example of French Art Nouveau glass artistry, this Clematis table lamp by Émile Gallé (1846–1904) features a r...
Glass
WAS Benson Art And Crafts Chandelier
By Was Benson
Located in NANTES, FR
Art nouveau chandelier circa 1900. Brass and copper frame with 5 branches. 5 opalescent glass tulips by James Powel. Stamped 2 times "Benson". Electrified and in perfect condition. ...
Brass, Copper
$59,236
H 64.57 in W 37.8 in D 15.75 in
Midcentury Modern Unique Cabinet by Axel Einar Hjorth, Sweden, 1930s
By Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Unique bar cabinet by Axel Einar Hjorth, in a strikingly decorative design with elegant details. Made from mahogany with floral motif inlays in birch and rosewood. Lighting inside. M...
Mahogany
Vintage Japanese Ceremonial Wedding Kimono with Embroidery Designs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese Wedding Kimono with bold embroidery designs. The auspicious attire was known as Uchikake and was worn by the bride during the wedding ceremony made from silk and hea...
Brocade, Silk
$7,400
H 5.75 in W 9 in D 9 in
Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Butterfly & Spiderweb Bowl-Shaped Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Earthenware, Glass
$4,583
H 19.69 in W 13 in D 5.52 in
Art Nouveau Table Clock by Christian Ferdinand Morawe, Gustav Becker Clockwork
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Nouveau table clock, Gustav Becker clockwork, designed by Christian Ferdinand Morawe This exquisite table clock comes from the Art Nouveau era and is characterized by its artis...
Mahogany
$42,000 / set
H 30.52 in W 41.74 in D 33.08 in
René Drouet Pair of Lounge Chairs in Olive Green Corduroy and Walnut
By René Drouet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
René Drouet, pair of lounge chairs, corduroy velvet, walnut, France, 1930s Designed by French decorator René Drouet, these club chairs are a quintessential example of French Art Dec...
Velvet, Walnut
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.
While the range of styles and variety of materials have broadened over time, the priceless functionality of side tables has held true.
Antique and vintage side tables are an integral accent to our seating and provide additional, necessary storage in our homes. They can be a great foundation for that perfect focal piece of art that you want all your guests to see as you congregate for cocktails in the living room. Side tables are indeed ideal as a stage for your decorative objects or plants in your library or your study, and they are a practical space for the novel or stack of design magazines you keep close to your sofa.
Sure, owning a pair of side tables isn’t as imperative as having a coffee table in the common area, though most of us would struggle without them. Those made of metal, stone or wood are frequently featured in stylish interiors, and if you’re shopping for side tables, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
With respect to the height of your side tables, a table that is as high as your lounge chair or the arm of your couch is best.
Some folks are understandably fussy about coherence in a living room area, but coherence doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t mix and match. Feel free to introduce minimalist mid-century modern wooden side tables designed by Paul McCobb alongside your contemporary metal coffee table. If you think it isn’t possible to pair a Hollywood Regency–style side table with a contemporary sofa, we’re here to tell you that it is. Even a leggy side table can balance a chunky sofa well. Try to keep a limited color palette in mind if you’re planning on mixing furniture styles and materials, and don’t be afraid to add a piece of abstract art to shake things up.
As far as the objects you’re planning to place on your side tables, if you have heavy items such as stone or sculptures to display, a fragile glass-top table would not be an ideal choice. Think about what material would best support your collectibles and go with that. If it’s a particularly small side table, along with a tall, sleek floor lamp, it can make for a great way to fill a corner of the room you wouldn’t otherwise easily be able to populate.
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