$1,874
H 4.93 in Dm 2.96 in
Loetz Crete Phaenomen 85/3780 glass vase made exclusively for Bacalowitz c1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Fabulous example of a Loetz Phaenomen crete (green based) vase ref 85/3780 made c1902. The green
Art Glass
$6,990
H 9.45 in Dm 4.72 in
19th Century Art Nouveau Glass Vase by Loetz - Crete Phaenomen, CZ circa 1898
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Outstanding, rare Art Nouveau glass vase created by the famous company of Loetz Witwe in
Blown Glass
$4,095
H 5.52 in Dm 3.55 in
Bohemian Loetz Candia Papillon glass vase with handles and silver overlay c1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A fabulous Art Nouveau Loetz 'Crete' (blue/gold on green) Papillon (Butterfly wing) vase with
Silver
Rare Loetz Phaenomen Vase Crete with rare decor c1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A stunning and rare undocumented Loetz Phaenomen vase. Waisted and with a flared foot with four
Art Glass
Loetz Art Nouveau Phenomenon Gre Crete Iridescent Art Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Nouveau period Phenomenon Gre Crete iridescent art glass vase with flared rim By
Art Glass
Rare and Important Loetz Phaenomen Vase Crete PG 377 made 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A stunning and fully documented Loetz Phaenomen Vase. This example is documented as Phaenomen
Art Glass
$4,174
H 5.36 in Dm 10.04 in
Large Loetz Art Nouveau Bowl, Decor Crete Papillon, Bohemia Austria-Hungary 1899
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
form type Decor: Crete Papillon Creta green underlaid, colorless glass with rolled-in silvery yellow
Glass
$2,783
H 7.29 in Dm 5.12 in
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase Crete Diaspora Silver Iris, Austria-Hungary, Around 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
quatrefoil, polished pontil. Shape: Production number / pattern not preserved Decor: Crete Diaspora
Glass
$5,784
H 5.12 in Dm 5.52 in
Loetz Art Nouveau Glass Vase Phenomenon Gre Crete 6893, Austria-Hungary, Ca 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
polished pontil, ground signature 'Loetz Austria'. Shape: Series II, Prod. nr. - PN 178 (old: 8056, 1899
Glass
$4,416
H 5.71 in Dm 5.71 in
Loetz Art Nouveau 3-Handles Vase Decor Crete Papillon, Austria-Hungary, Ca 1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
, London - 1898, 1899 Decor: Crete Papillon with etched decoration and silver plated overlay Crete green
Glass
$3,509
H 4.73 in W 6.3 in D 5.12 in
Loetz Art Nouveau Glass Vase Phenomenon Gre Crete 7767, Austria-Hungary, Ca 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
. Shape: Series II, Prod. nr. - PN 513, year 1900 (old: 7767, 1899) Decor: Phenomenon Genre - PG Crete
Glass
Loetz Vesuvian Candia Iridescent Glass Vase with Tadpoles
By Loetz Glass
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
in the Loetz catalogue as the Crete Glatt design in green iridescent glass but this example seems
Blown Glass
Bohemian Art Nouveau Loetz Crete Papillon Small Glass Vase circa 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Super Art Nouveau Loetz Crete (green glass) Papillon (butterfly wing) small vase - this vase is an
Art Glass
Loetz Art Nouveau/Secessionist Crete Papillon Silvered Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
Art Nouveau/secessionist Loetz Crete papillon silvered vase, circa 1910.
Glass
Loetz Iridescent Crete Chine Glass Vase, circa 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Whitburn, GB
457 grams Technical description A Loetz chine glass vase. An ovular body is covered entirely
Blown Glass
Loetz
Located in Oldebroek, NL
Loetz green crete.
Art Glass
A Pair of Loetz Crete DEK Crimped Vases, c1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Pair of Loetz Crete DEK Crimped Vases, c1900 Additional information: Date : c1900 Origin : Loetz
Glass
Classic Bohemian Loetz Crete Diaspora glass vase in blue over greenc 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A fabulous and very pretty Art Nouveau Loetz 'Crete' (green) Diaspora Vase - a greeny blue vase
Art Glass
Rare and unusual Bohemian Loetz Crete Rusticana with Threads glass vase c 1899
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A fabulous Art Nouveau Loetz 'Crete' (green) Rusticana with Threads vase -Loetz. The Rusticana
Art Glass
Rare and Important Loetz Phaenomen Vase Crete PG 6893 made 11898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A stunning and fully documented Loetz Phaenomen Vase. This example is documented Phaenomen pattern
Art Glass
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H 5.91 in Dm 4.34 in
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase Crete Diaspora Silver Iris, Austria-Hungary, Around 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
pontil. Shape: Production number / pattern not preserved Decor: Crete Diaspora Silver Iris - Green
Glass
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H 4.93 in Dm 2.56 in
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Crete Diaspora Silver Iris, Austria-Hungary, Around 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
number / pattern not preserved Decor: Crete Diaspora Silver Iris Green glass with silver-yellow
Glass
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H 4.93 in Dm 3.35 in
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Crete Papillon with Silver Overlay, Bohemia, 1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
: Crete Papillon with silver overlay Creta green underlaid, colorless glass with rolled-in silvery yellow
Glass
Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Decor Crete PG 6893
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Vienna, AT
), circa 1900 Decor: Crete Phaenomen (PHÄNOMEN) Genre 6893 It is a most remarkable Loetz Art Nouveau
Glass
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H 12.4 in Dm 4.52 in
Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Like Tulip Crete PG 6893 1900
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Vienna, AT
), circa 1900 Decor: Crete Phaenomen (Phänomen) Genre 6893 It is a most remarkable Loetz Art Nouveau
Glass
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H 7.3 in Dm 4.7 in
Loetz Glass Vase "Crete Papillon" by Koloman Moser for E. Bakalowits, circa 1899
By Koloman Moser, Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Stunning Loetz glass vase by Koloman Moser for E. Bakalowits made in Klostermuehle/ Bohemia, circa
Blown Glass
Loetz Crete Papillon Silver Overlay Art Nouveau Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Crete papillon silver overlay Art Nouveau vase, circa 1900. Absolutely beautiful and charming
Art Glass
Large Antique Organic Form Loetz Crete Rusticana Art Glass Vase, circa 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A well-scaled Loetz Crete Rusticana pattern art glass vase with a green iridescent finish. Its
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Stunning Loetz Crete Formosa Glass Seashell Vase in green and blue1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A Loetz Crete Formose seashell vase in green with blue highlights; an effect designed to look like
Art Glass
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H 9 in W 6.5 in D 3 in
Loetz Crete Formosa vase with metalware showing Poiseiden Under the Waves 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A Loetz Crete Formose wrythen gourd shaped vase in green with blue highlights an effect designed to
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Loetz Crete Papillon Iridescent Green Glass Pinched Design Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stylish Bohemian Crete Papillon iridescent glass vase with pinched designs to the body and neck by
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LOETZ Austria Papillon crete iridescent blown glass vase. Austria, 1900s
By Loetz Glass
Located in Torino, IT
Vaso in vetro soffiato iridescente LOETZ Austria Papillon crete. ORIGINE Klostermühle PERIODO
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
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H 8.66 in Dm 5.11 in
Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Decor Crete PG 6893 made 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
), circa 1900 Decor: Crete Phaenomen (Phänomen) Genre 6893 It is a most remarkable Loetz Art Nouveau
Glass
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H 13.75 in Dm 5.75 in
Large Antique Art Nouveau Period Loetz Green Crete Pampas Pattern Art Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good, large early 20th century Loetz art glass vase. With a vasiform body and pulled thread and
Art Glass
19th Century Loetz Glass Vase Crete Papillon by Koloman Moser, CZ circa 1899
By Johann Lötz Witwe, Koloman Moser
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Stunning Loetz glass vase by Koloman Moser for E. Bakalowits made in Klostermuehle/ Bohemia, circa
Blown Glass
Loetz Crete Papillon Vase with Chrome Mounts
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Tall and elegant Loetz Crete papillon vase with original and stylish chrome mounts in the style of
Chrome
Art Nouveau Loetz Crete Papillon Ball Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Beautiful Art Nouveau Loetz Crete (green glass) Papillon (butterfly wing) ball shaped vase with tri
Art Glass
Loetz Art Nouveau Crete 'Green' Ciselé Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Stunning Loetz Crete (green) Ciselé vase in a great shape - Ciselé was one of Loetz's earliest
Art Glass
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
Glass
Art Nouveau Loetz Crete Papillon Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Super Loetz Crete (green glass) Papillon (butterfly wing) small vase in the Classic globe and shaft
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Art Nouveau Bohemian Loetz Crete Formosa Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Beautiful Art Nouveau Loetz 'Formosa' pattern vase - silver blue piped on Crete (green) glass. The
Art Glass
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H 10.75 in W 6.25 in D 5.63 in
Kralik Pampas Iridescent Green Glass Vase with Art Nouveau Gilt Metal Mount
By Kralik Glassworks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
mounts indicate this piece was produced by Kralik Glassworks in the style of Loetz Crete Pampas glass
Metal
Sold|$8,833
H 81.89 in W 44.49 in D 22.84 in
Bureau / Secretary Gustavian in Blue Painted In Pine. 18th Ctr. Swedish
Located in Kastrup, DK
Gustavian secretary crafted in pine, finished in a charming blue tone with an elegant patina. The piece is composed of two sections with refined detailing throughout. The upper cabi...
Brass
Late 19th Century Sèvres Style Parcel-Gilt Porcelain Jardinière
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A late 19th century Sèvres style parcel-gilt porcelain jardinière Finely painted with numerous colored flowers with green and gold trim, gilt ram heads on either side. In late ...
Porcelain
Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Iridescent Art Glass Candle Lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period Favrile iridescent art glass candle lamp By Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany Studios (shade and base both signed "L.C.T.") USA, Circ...
Art Glass
$10,769
H 89.77 in W 60.63 in D 43.31 in
Italian 1970's Cocktail Dry Bar in Joe Colombo Style, Italy - circa 1975
By Joe Colombo
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Vintage 1970s Italian Mobile Dry Bar / Cocktail Bar – Mid-Century Modern Elegance The colour of the dark lacquered wood is an amazing very dark purple / aubergine (almost black). Th...
Chrome
Rene Lalique Piriac Vase Designed 1930 – Marcilhac 1043
By René Lalique
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Rene Lalique Piriac vase – Marcilhac 1043 Date : Designed 1930 Origin : Wingen-sur-Moder. France Bowl Features : Clear and frosted glass with moulded blue stained band of f...
Art Glass
$12,000
H 13 in W 9.5 in D 5.75 in
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp on Circular Fluted Base, New York. Circa 1920
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Charleston, SC
Tiffany Studios bronze desk lamp with original iridescent shade, scrolled bulbous harp, and resting on circular fluted base with the original five ball feet. Shade is etched LCT on r...
Bronze, Wire
$3,206
H 19 in Dm 9.5 in
Unique Arts & Crafts Hammered Brass & Opaline Glass Mosaic Pendant Light, 1920s
Located in Lisse, NL
NOTE. We are pleased to inform you that all shipments to the United States are free from import duties and tariffs and that we arrange the shipping ourselves to ensure a smooth, secu...
Metal, Brass, Wire
$1,250
H 3 in W 9.5 in D 6.5 in
Arts and Crafts Copper and Brass Candleholder Jugendstil Aesthetic Movement
Located in Sharon, CT
Arts and Crafts copper and brass candleholder Jugendstil Aesthetic Movement. Candleholder retains original patinated surface.
Brass
$20,826 / set
H 15.36 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Pair of Large Chinese Hardstone, Jade and Cloisonné Enamel Flower Models
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Chinese hardstone, jade and cloisonné enamel flower models Chinese, 20th Century Height 39cm, width 25cm, depth 25cm Crafted in 20th century China, this pair of lar...
Stone, Jade, Metal, Enamel
$465Sale Price|30% Off
H 7.09 in Dm 3.25 in
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...
Blown Glass
Antique Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile glass vase
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Art Nouveau Tiffany Studios blue glass vase, featuring a narrow mouth and a gracefully tapering body leading to a rounded base. The surface displays the signature iridesce...
Glass
Daisy Makeig-Jones Fairyland Wedgwood Lustre Vase
By Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, Wedgwood, Daisy Makeig-Jones
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Wedgwood Fairyland lustre vase designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones ca. 1920 and decorated with the 'Castle on a Road' pattern. Daisy Makeig-Jones is best known for the Fairyland Lustre...
Ceramic, Luster, Porcelain
$19,965 / set
H 51.19 in Dm 49.22 in
Pair of large mouth-blown Murano glass chandeliers, 38 blue Murano glass leaves
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of large mouth-blown Murano glass chandeliers, 38 green Murano glass leaves, brass frame, 12 bulbs. The chandelier reproduces the crown of a palm tree. Rewired for E14 or E12 bu...
Brass
Iridescent Art Nouveau Monumental Beetle Vase by Delphin Massier
By Delphin Massier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Earthenware
Antique Chinese Celadon Green Jade Carving, Triple Vase, Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
An extremely finely carved antique Chinese Qing dynasty, Celadon green triple vase/brush washer with an Imperial Dragon from behind attacking a bird in front, 18th-19th century, Qing...
Jade
$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
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Earthenware, Glass
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.