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 Date: 1920 – Throughout the early 20th century, Donegal, Ireland, established a thriv...
Wool
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" - 381 x 767 cm) Antique Oversized Donegal - Art Nouveau Ireland Knotted Rug, Cou...
Wool
$105Sale Price|70% Off
Vintage Set of Four Shannon Irish Crystal Sutton Place Water Goblets
By Shannon Crystal
Located in New Orleans, LA
Offered for sale are four stemmed Shannon by Godinger Sutton Place Crystal water goblets, features are vertical cuts and crisscross pattern on upper portion of the bowl, stem has a b...
Crystal
Late 19th Century Animalier Bronze entitled "Irish Setter" by Jules Moigniez
By Jules Moigniez
Located in London, GB
Very fine mid 19th Century French Animalier bronze study of a standing Setter with excellent hand chased surface detail and rich brown patination. Raised on a stepped naturalistic ba...
Bronze
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 entirely painted by hand and dated on a few pieces 1912 on the underside. Some of the ...
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
Hallmarked in London in 1907 by Stokes & Ireland, this very attractive, antique sterling silver photograph frame, is in the Art Nouveau taste, and features the original fabric lined ...
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau British Marquetry Inlaid Serving Tray
Located in Dallas, TX
Provenance: Bought from a reputable Dealer in Ireland. ART NOUVEAU: Art Nouveau (French pronunciation: [a?
Mahogany, Satinwood
Art Nouveau Irish Donegal Rug / Carpet
Located in New York, NY
This example is more unusual, reflecting what was then the cutting-edge movement of European decorative arts - Art Nouveau. The rich, dramatic border displays the classic water lil...
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 – Size: 10 ft 2 in x 17 ft (3.1 m x 5.18 m)
Wool
Art Nouveau, Handmade 100% Pure Wool Irish Rug
Located in Highwood, IL
Antique Irish, handmade, 100% pure wool Art Nouveau design rug.
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 Donegal Rug
Located in New York, NY
An antique European Donegal carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.
Wool
Antique Irish Silver Teapot with Celtic Tracery, circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
This exceptionally-designed teapot is decorated with endlessly repeating Celtic Tracery. In the front, there is a finely engraved family crest, consisting of the jagged ancient Irish...
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 This adorable card tray or pin tray, Vide - Poche, is made of bronze and features a ...
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
This three-piece antique gilt bronze and cut crystal convertible bud vase centerpiece set is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Ireland in circa 1920 in an Art Nouveau style...
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 field and a light green and leafy vine border.
Wool
George Bain Small Celtic Hunting Rug
Located in New York, NY
Breathtaking and Extremely Artistic Small George Bain Celtic Hunting Rug , Country of Origin / Rug Type: Irish Rug, Circa Date: Mid – 20th Century – This classic Celtic rug by George...
Wool
Irish Silver Mether, Vase or Champagne Bucket
By Weir & Sons Dublin
Located in Essex, MA
A rare, fine quality, large, futuristic looking silver vase or champagne bucket made in Dublin by Weir and Sons, Irish, circa 1904. Despite the rocket ship like appearance of this ve...
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. Tiffany Furnaces. Inc. Early 1900s Measurements: diameter 12 cm height 42 cm.
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 Wedgwood.
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
Liberty designs are emblematic of the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements. In our cushions the lines flow organically in a stylised manner reminiscent of the period.
$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
$41,070 / set
H 6.3 in Dm 3.31 in
Baccarat. Louis XVI style 43-piece gilt glassware set, France, mid-19th century
By Baccarat, Cristalleries De 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, Gold
$116,961
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
$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
Set of 6 Colored Crystal Glasses, Italy, 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of 6 colored crystal glasses, Italy, 1950s Found in a noble apartment. Intact and in excellent condition.
Crystal
1960's Tibetan Arts & Crafts Style Square Carpet Inspired by William Morris
By Charles Voysey, William Morris (English)
Located in Dallas, TX
79148 Vintage Tibetan Arts & Crafts Style Square Area Rug, 06'08 x 06'10. This hand-knotted wool vintage Tibetan Arts & Crafts style rug, inspired by the visionary designs of William...
Wool
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
19th Century French Art Nouveau Cupboard by Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau mahogany & walnut cupboard cabinet with floral inlay and carving and bronze drawer handles with 2 glass door upper structure (signed MAJORELLE)
Bronze
$20,578
H 39.77 in W 101.19 in D 48.04 in
MASSIVE HOWARD & SON's WIMBOURNE THREE SEAT CUSHION ARM SOFA 257X122CM
By Howard and Sons, Howard Chairs Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Stunning, super comfortable Howard & Son's Wimbourne three seat large sofa with duvet padded arms and feather and fibre filled cushions Please note the delivery fee listed is just ...
Upholstery
$151,319
H 127.56 in W 208.67 in D 144.49 in
Art Nouveau paneling in Walnut with a wood Fireplace with Ceramic
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This exceptional Art Nouveau style pine and burr paneled room is beautifully carved and decorated with blue-green ceramics. Panels with elegant curved and sober lines are covering th...
Ceramic, Wood, Walnut
Vintage Waterford Set of 4 Water Glasses Ashling
By Waterford Crystal
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage set of 4 water glasses was made by Waterford in Ashling pattern, with 2 sets available at the time of the listing. Ashling pattern is described by cut fans and panels and mu...
Crystal
$88,065Sale Price|20% Off
H 95.08 in W 69.89 in D 95.28 in
LARGE & IMPORTANT ANTiQUE CIRCA 1600 CHARLES I DOCUMENTED ENGLISH OAK TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed c...
Oak
$225,000
H 91.34 in W 72.84 in D 20.87 in
Art Nouveau Vitrine, 1900, Sign: E. Dienst- Paris (Dienst 86 St. Antoine Paris)
By E. Dienst & Fils
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Logistics and International Shipping We provide a comprehensive export service so that your only concern is enjoying your acquisition. • Door-to-Door Service: Pieces located in our A...
Bronze
$180,000
H 19.3 in Dm 9.85 in
Monumental Vase, Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, liberty
By Muller Frères
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Logistics and International Shipping We provide a comprehensive export service so that your only concern is enjoying your acquisition. • Door-to-Door Service: Pieces located in our A...
Art Glass
Traditional Antique Wool Floral Irish Donegal Rug 12'8x16'2
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional hand-woven Irish Donegal rug has a saffron-cream overall field with broad polychrome palmettes issuing delicate angled floral vines, in a slate palmette border, betw...
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.
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.