Jugendstil Light Fixture
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
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Brass, Bronze
Vintage 1910s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Vintage 1920s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century European Arts and Crafts Lanterns
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Vintage 1980s American Books
Paper
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster, Bronze
2010s Austrian Vienna Secession Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Brass
Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster, Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Bronze
2010s Austrian Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Bronze
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Flush Mount
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Early 20th Century Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Early 20th Century European Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster, Metal, Brass, Bronze
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Early 20th Century Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Vintage 1910s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
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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
- Emerged during the late 19th century
- Popularity of this modernizing style declined in the early 20th century
- Originated in France and Britain but variants materialized elsewhere
- Informed by Rococo, Pre-Raphaelite art, Japanese art (and Japonisme), Arts and Crafts; influenced modernism, Bauhaus
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.
Finding the Right chandeliers-pendant-lights for You
Chandeliers — simple in form, inspired by candelabras and originally made of wood or iron — first made an appearance in early churches. For those wealthy enough to afford them for their homes in the medieval period, a chandelier's suspended lights likely exuded imminent danger, as lit candles served as the light source for fixtures of the era. Things have thankfully changed since then, and antique and vintage chandeliers and pendant lights are popular in many interiors today.
While gas lighting during the late 18th century represented an upgrade for chandeliers — and gas lamps would long inspire Danish architect and pioneering modernist lighting designer Poul Henningsen — it would eventually be replaced with the familiar electric lighting of today.
The key difference between a pendant light and a chandelier is that a pendant incorporates only a single bulb into its design. Don’t mistake this for simplicity, however. An Art Deco–styled homage to Sputnik from Murano glass artisans Giovanni Dalla Fina (note: there is more than one lighting fixture that shares its name with the iconic mid-century-era satellite — see Gino Sarfatti’s design too), with handcrafted decorative elements supported by a chrome frame, is just one stunning example of the elaborate engineering that can be incorporated into every component of a chandelier.
Chandeliers have evolved over time, but their classic elegance has remained unchanged. Not only will the right chandelier prove impressive in a given room, but it can also offer a certain sense of practicality. These fixtures can easily illuminate an entire space, while their elevated position prevents them from creating glare or straining one’s eyes. Certain materials, like glass, can complement naturally lit settings without stealing the show. Brass, on the other hand, can introduce an alluring, warm glow. While LEDs have earned a bad reputation for their perceived harsh bluish lights and a loss of brightness over their life span, the right design choices can help harness their lighting potential and create the perfect mood. A careful approach to lighting can transform your room into a peaceful and cozy nook, ideal for napping, reading or working.
For midsize spaces, a wall light or sconce can pull the room together and get the lighting job done. Perforated steel rings underneath five bands of handspun aluminum support a rich diffusion of light within Alvar Aalto's Beehive pendant light, but if you’re looking to brighten a more modest room, perhaps a minimalist solution is what you’re after. The mid-century modern furniture designer Charlotte Perriand devised her CP-1 wall lamps in the 1960s, in which a repositioning of sheet-metal plates can redirect light as needed.
The versatility and variability of these lighting staples mean that, when it comes to finding something like the perfect chandelier, you’ll never be left hanging. From the whimsical — like the work of Beau & Bien’s Sylvie Maréchal, frequently inspired by her dreams — to the classic beauty of Paul Ferrante's fixtures, there is a style for every room. With designs for pendant lights and chandeliers across eras, colors and materials, you’ll never run out of options to explore on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021A fitter is a mechanism by which a lampshade attaches to a lamp. There are different types of fitters including the washer, the clip, the Uno, and the Chimney.
- What Is a swag light fixture?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A swag light fixture is a normal lamp fixed to the ceiling. It comes with two hooks to screw it to the ceiling, along with a cord that plugs into the wall. A swag light is usually used to deck up a small corner for reading or a playing area or above the dining table. They provide an economic light source that takes up minimal space. On 1stDibs, shop vintage and antique light fixtures.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021A light fixture should hang 7 feet off the floor or 3 feet above a table. As a general rule of thumb, one should not look into a light fixture when they are standing.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021Flush mount lighting fixtures are among the most convenient ways to light a small room with a low ceiling. These structures sit directly against the ceiling’s surface and cast light downward, illuminating a large area and defining the room. Semi-flush mount lighting fixtures hang several inches from the ceiling. They also produce ambient light but can be a little more decorative and lean toward the style of chandeliers. Shop a collection of antique, vintage, and contemporary flush mount lighting from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021Matte black is a color that is in style for light fixtures. Clear pendants and neutral-colored geometric chandeliers are also trending. However, the choice for color and type of light fixtures is personal — consider the furniture style and décor that best works for you. Find a collection of light fixtures on 1stDibs today.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Adding a pull switch to a light is actually possible. To do so you must remove the fixture and drill a hole to screw in the pull switch. Then you need to wire the black wires through the pull switch to connect it to the fixture. Warning: Electrical work should only be conducted by professionals.