$28,000
W 132 in L 144 in
Nazmiyal Collection Antique Irish Art Nouveau Donegal Rug. Size: 11 ft. x 12 ft.
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Antique Irish Art Nouveau Donegal Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Irish Rugs, Circa
Wool
$75,000
W 150 in L 302 in
Rugs On Net Antique Teal-Blue Irish Donegal Art Nouveau Arts & Crafts Rug Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Rare Oversized Antique Teal-Blue Irish Donegal Arts-Crafts / Art Nouveau Rug Carpet ( 12'6" x 25'2
Wool
$105Sale Price|70% Off
H 7.88 in Dm 4.25 in
Vintage Set of Four Shannon Irish Crystal Sutton Place Water Goblets
By Shannon Crystal
Located in New Orleans, LA
: Shannon Crystal, Designs of Ireland, 24% Lead Crystal, Made in Czech Republic. In very good condition
Crystal
Lovely Pink Color with Florid Design Antique Donegal - Arts & Crafts Rug
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Donegal Art Nouveau Carpet ( 9'1" x 12'6" - 277 x 382 cm )
Wool
Antique Pine Art Nouveau Style Mirror
By Stephen Cavallo
Located in New York, NY
Antique pine frame In natural wax finish center mirror panel in faux antique mirror finish
An Art Deco Lenox Belleek Porcelain Coffee Service
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in New Haven, CT
This exceptional and rare Lenox Belleek coffee set is an original Art Nouveau conception and is
Porcelain
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H 10.44 in W 0.6 in D 1.19 in
Antique Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Photograph Frame from 1907 Stokes & Ireland
By Stokes & Ireland Ltd
Located in London, London
photograph frame, is in the Art Nouveau taste, and features the original fabric lined easel back. The
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau British Marquetry Inlaid Serving Tray
Located in Dallas, TX
Ireland. ART NOUVEAU: Art Nouveau (French pronunciation: [a? nuvo], Anglicised to /'??rt nu?'vo
Mahogany, Satinwood
Art Nouveau Irish Donegal Rug / Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Donegal Carpet from Ireland, early 20th century - Antique Donegal carpets of Ireland are
Wool
Irish Antique Sterling Silver Dish Ring by Mappin & Webb in 1919
By Mappin & Webb
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Dublin in 1919 by Mappin & Webb, this intricate, George V, sterling silver dish ring, has chased and pierced decoration depicting countryside scenes of farmers, their f...
Sterling Silver
Nazmiyal Antique Art Nouveau Donegal Rug. 10 ft 2 in x 17 ft (3.1 m x 5.18 m)
Located in New York, NY
Antique Art Nouveau Irish Donegal Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Irish Rugs, Circa Date: 1920
Wool
Art Nouveau, Handmade 100% Pure Wool Irish Rug
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Antique Irish, handmade, 100% pure wool Art Nouveau design rug. Irish rugs have a long and
Antique Irish Donegal Rug
Located in New York, NY
An antique European Donegal carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.
Wool
Pair of Art Nouveau Bronze Figures of Beethoven and Mozart
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair of Bronze Art Noveau figures of Beethoven and Mozart.
Bronze
Antique Irish Silver Teapot with Celtic Tracery, circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
front, there is a finely engraved family crest, consisting of the jagged ancient Irish royal crown
Silver
Unique Acid Etched Round Glass Table Top by Lowry
By Alyson Lowry
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible acid etched glass tabletop with rose design on thick glass (1") with hammered edge and three solid maple round caps. Signed by Lowry.
Glass
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H 3.43 in W 4.93 in D 0.4 in
French Bronze Card Tray or Pin Tray, Vide-Poche with Hunting Dogs Irish Setters
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Bronze Card Tray or Pin Tray, Vide-Poche with Hunting Dogs Irish Setters, circa the 1930s
Bronze
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H 8.13 in W 9 in D 7 in
Antique Gilt Bronze & Cut Crystal Figural Thistle Bush Centerpiece Bud Vase Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Ireland in circa 1920 in an Art Nouveau style. The set is
Crystal, Bronze
Wide Antique Donegal Runner
Located in New York, NY
This early 20th century Irish carpet has an apricot textile repeating pattern on a soft camel brown
Wool
George Bain Small Celtic Hunting Rug
Located in New York, NY
Type: Irish Rug, Circa Date: Mid – 20th Century – This classic Celtic rug by George Bain represents an
Wool
Irish Silver Mether, Vase or Champagne Bucket
By Weir & Sons Dublin
Located in Essex, MA
Weir and Sons, Irish, circa 1904. Despite the rocket ship like appearance of this vessel, the design is
Silver
Glass Tube Vase Signed Louis C. Tiffany Early 900 Irish Glass
Located in Milano, IT
Glass tube vase signed Louis C. Tiffany early 900 Irish glassColored glass vase Signed: Louis C
Art Glass
Wedgwood, Irish Art Nouveau Jug, With "Cead Mille Failte" 100, 00 Welcomes
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Irish Art Nouveau Jug, with "Cead Mille Failte" 100,000 welcomes imprinted, by Harry Bernard 1890
Pottery
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H 11.5 in W 23 in D 6 in
Pair of Vintage Liberty of London Silk Fabric with Irish Linen Cushions Pillows
By Liberty & Co.
Located in Great Britain, Northern Ireland
scarves. Liberty designs are emblematic of the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements. In our cushions
Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Art Deco Style, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Murano glass wall sconces, in stock Fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finials and brass accents Art Deco inspired design. Gives off warm beams of lig...
Brass
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
$230,389Sale Price|33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Other
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
$116,165
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Wrought Iron
Art Deco Figured Walnut Compactum Wardrobe
Located in London, GB
A beautiful original Art Deco figured walnut compactum wardrobe. This was made in England, it dates from the 1930’s. It is of superb quality, it’s extremely well made and is a very ...
Walnut
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
Antique Arts & Crafts William Morris Design Rug. Size: 19 ft x 30 ft
By William Morris (English)
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent and rare large oversized antique Arts & Crafts William Morris Design rug, country of origin / rug type: Irish rug, circa date: Late 19th century. Size: 19 ft x 30 ft (5.7...
Wool
$83,885
H 108.27 in W 123.23 in D 234.26 in
Art & Craft Paneling Room from the Private Mansion of the Architect Henry Guedy
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This paneled room comes from a Parisian private mansion located in the 5th arrondissement. It was made by the architect Henry Guédy (1873-circa.1930) for him self in 1912. The appart...
Wood
$27,315Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 6.3 in Dm 3.31 in
Baccarat. Louis XVI style 43-piece glassware, France, mid-19th century
By Cristalleries De Baccarat, Baccarat
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
43-piece French glassware set from Baccarat, 19th century. According to references from the 1916 Baccarat catalogue, this glassware is in the Louis XVI style, similar to models 11582...
Crystal
$185,000 / set
H 12 in W 12 in D 10 in
A 200 Plus Set of 19 Century Imperial Russian Silver Flatware by Andrei Bragin
By Andrei Bragin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional and extremely rare set of a combination of silver and vermeil (gilded silver) flatware designed and crafted in St Petersburg Russia by Andrei Stepanovich Bragin d...
Silver, Vermeil
Émile Gallé "Grenouilles" Fruitwood Cabinet
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau "Grenouilles" carved fruitwood cabinet by Émile Gallé features detailed and masterful marquetry depicting dragonflies and mushrooms in a lush, leafy landscape...
Beech, Fruitwood
$68,600Sale Price|30% Off
W 144 in L 201 in
1900s Red Rust Donegal Arts Crafts Carpet by C.F.A. Voysey 12’0”x16”9” Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Donegal Carpet Ireland 12’0” x 16”9” - 366 x 511 Early 20th century; c. 1910 Wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundation Designed by Gavin Morton The Donegal factory in Killybe...
Wool
Complete 19th Century Pharmacy Shop Library Bookcases
Located in Vosselaar, BE
We offer a original and complete late 19th century Pharmacy. Found in France it comprises 2 large corner cupboards with shelving on the long side. Furthermore a large bowed and sculp...
Wood
$49,000Sale Price|30% Off
W 124 in L 162 in
Gorgeous Antique Donegal Arts & Crafts Style Rug Designed by Gavin Morton
Located in New York, NY
Donegal Carpet Ireland 10’4” x 13”6” - 315 x 411 Early 20th century; c. 1910 Wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundation Designed by Gavin Morton The Donegal factory in Killybe...
Wool
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.
Art Nouveau furniture was a style of furniture that emerged at the end of the 19th century and was characterized by its complex curved lines. The curved details in the furniture were typically carved by hand and finished with lacquer. The unmistakable gloss that is associated with Art Nouveau comes from the thick coat of varnish applied to the furniture as the final step of the production process.
The main difference between Art Nouveau and Art Deco is that the former is detailed and ornate, and the latter is sharp and geometrical. When the movement started at the end of the 19th century, Art Nouveau was heavily influenced by nature and the curved lines of flowers. Art Deco, which became popular in the beginning of the 20th century, was inspired by the geometric abstraction of cubism.
The Art Nouveau design movement used such materials as cast iron and steel, ceramic and glass. This style of architecture, design, art and jewelry was characterized by its use of long, sinuous lines that are reflected in nature.
Aside from his iconic commercial prints, the Czech artist endeavored to make works that spoke to the soul.
From vibrant to subtle, elegant to cheeky, enamel jewelry encompasses a wide range of colors and styles, and there are almost as many techniques for creating these distinctive pieces.
The first art and design movement of the 20th century was all about celebrating beauty of women and nature.