Jugendstil table lamp Loetz Medici decoration ca. 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
The body of the lamp is manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe for E. Bakalowits Söhne, ca. 1902. The
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Loetz Art Nouveau Four Handled Phaenomen Iridescent Art Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Bohemian art nouveau Phenomen Genre 2/484 (also known as Medici) pattern
Blown Glass
$6,500
H 9.9 in Dm 4.3 in
Art Nouveau Glass Vase by Loetz Witwe - Decor Medici Pink Iridescent, CZ, 1902
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Outstanding Loetz Witwe glass vase in decor "Medici Pink" from the world famous workshops in
Blown Glass
Medici Metallic Loetz Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Niederrussback, AT
The Medici Decor was one of the most popular decors and was invented in 1902. Silberkröselzungen
19th Century Medici Maron Loetz Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Niederrussback, AT
This vase is beautiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The Medici
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Medici Secessionist Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
A delightful early 20th Century Medici Secessionist iridescent golden geometric glass vase of
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H 4.73 in Dm 2.17 in
Austrian Jugendstil Mouthblown Glass Vase Brown circa 1902 Johann Loetz-Witwe
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Austrian Jugendstil mouthblown glass vase brown circa 1902 Johann Loetz-Witwe Medici Maron Phen Gr
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H 6.89 in Dm 3.75 in
Mouthblown Glass Vase Austrian Jugendstil Brown circa 1901 Johann Loetz-Witwe
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Mouthblown Glass Vase Austrian Jugendstil Brown circa 1901 Johann Loetz-Witwe Decor Medici Maron
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Vase Johann Loetz Witwe Decor Medici Maron PG 2/484, circa 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
The decor variant Medici or Phenomen Gre 2/484 was very successful for the Loetz Company. The
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H 14.18 in Dm 3.94 in
Glass Vase Loetz Medici Decoration circa 1902 Rainbow Colors Austrian Jugendstil
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Vase manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe Medici blue opal decoration ca. 1902 Austrian Jugendstil
Glass
Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau PG 2/484 Medici
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
), circa 1902 Decor: Phaenomen Genre 2/484 Medici (Spreading Chestnut) This finest Loetz Art Nouveau
Glass
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H 4.65 in Dm 3.35 in
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase Maron Medici With Silver Overlay, Austria-Hungary, 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Medici Colourless glass underlaid with brownish pink opal, with silver crumbs worked into it on the
Glass
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H 13.59 in W 8.47 in D 8.47 in
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase Metallic Yellow Medici In Metal Mount, Austria ca 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
preserved Decor: Metallic yellow Medici - Phenomenon Genre 2/484: Colorless glass overlaid and underlaid
Metal
Etched Silberiris Vase by Loetz Glass
By Loetz Glass
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A beautiful and vibrantly colored art glass vase by Loetz, with an inner Medici yellow-metallic
Art Glass
Austrian Jugendstil Glass Vase Blue Purple circa 1901 Loetz
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Austrian Jugendstil Glass Vase Blue Purple Johann Loetz Witwe with Medici Maron PG 2/484 decoration
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Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Art Nouveau Maron Medici, circa 1903
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Vienna, AT
Huge vase Loetz (Lötz) Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau. Made by Loetz, Klostermuehle
Glass
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H 6.89 in Dm 4.73 in
Bohemian Glass Vase with Galvanic Silver Overlay Loetz circa 1902 Art Nouveau
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Vase with galvanic silver overlay (laburnum, wisteria), Johann Loetz Witwe, Medici Metallgelb
Glass
Early 20th Century Bohemian "Medici Vase" by Johann Loetz
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
A highly attarctive early 20th Century Medici Secessionist vase by Loetz Witwe, the iridescent
Silver
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H 12.21 in Dm 6.7 in
Bohemian Glass Vase Austrian Jugendstil Loetz circa 1902 Purple Brown Metallic
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Bohemian glass vase Austrian Jugendstil Loetz circa 1902 "Medici Maron PG 2/484" decoration The
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Vase Loetz Widow Art Nouveau Phaenomen Gre 2/484 Medici, circa 1900-1905
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Vienna, AT
: Phaenomen Gre 2/484 Medici / Glass shaded in Spreading Chestnut Brown This finest Loetz Art Nouveau Vase
Glass
Medici Vase, Johann Loetz WidowKlostermuhle, circa 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is beautiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The Medici
Glass
Green-Golden Loetz Vase with Medici Decor
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
The medici decor was designed in the year 1902 and became a very famous Loetz decor. The variation
Glass
Loetz Mouthblown Glass Vase Phenomen 2/484 "Medici"
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is a beautiful example of a creation with the Medici decoration of Loetz. The Medici
Blown Glass
Art Nouveau Loetz Metalic Yellow Phaenomen Medici Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Dramatic medium large Art Nouveau/Jugendstil Loetz Phaenomen vase in the popular medici pattern (2
Art Glass
Loetz Vase Medici Brown Phenomen Genre 2/484
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is beautiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The Medici
Glass
Egg Shaped Loetz Vase with Medici Decoration, circa 1901
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is beautiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The Medici
Glass
Loetz Vase Maron Medici Decoration with Unusual Height, circa 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is beautiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The Medici
Art Glass
Loetz, Pair of Vases, Medici Decoration with Unusual Shape, circa 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is beautiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The Medici
Glass
Vase Decoration: Medici (Phänomen Genre 2/484) Wiener Werkstatte Loetz ca. 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is beautiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The Medici
Loetz Gorgeous Pink Medici Vase Highly Iridescent
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is beatiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The base colour is
Johann Loetz Witwe Vase Blue Opalescent Medici Decoration circa 1902
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is beautiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The Medici
Loetz Vase Medici Yellow, circa 1905
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
This vase is beautiful example of a creation of Loetz with the Medici decoration. The Medici
Glass
Loetz Vase "Medici" Highly Iridescent, circa 1904
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Vienna, AT
Glasses of the manufacturer Loetz range among the most important pieces of Art Nouveau glass in the
Sold|$8,817
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
$1,680Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in Dm 6.25 in
"Phoenix, " Brilliantly Glazed Art Deco Lamp Base by Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly glazed in tones of crimson, silver and white, this very fine lamp base was created by Waylande Gregory, the renowned WPA sculptor and innovative ceramicist. Prodigious ...
Porcelain
Species of Butterflies with frame - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Three species of stuffed butterflies : Appias Drusilla, Graphium doson, Troides Helena. Dedication on the back with the date 8 November 1980. 39 x 26 cm. Good conditions!
Animal Skin
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
$2,898
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
$483
H 4.34 in W 6.3 in D 4.34 in
Pink Panther Collection Royal Orleans Pottery Pink Panther Mounted Box
By United Artists
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful, Japanese licensed Pink Panther Collection lidded box distributed by Royal Orleans and dated 1981. The ceramic box is of large oval form with a fitted slightly domed cov...
Ceramic
$1,200Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 5 in Dm 3 in
Pair Of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Kyoto School
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of Japanese cloisonne enameled brass vases. They feature a narrow neck, rounded body, and are decorated with an intricate pattern of floral designs in various colors, and gilt...
Brass, Enamel
United Artists Vintage Japanese Pink Panther Ceramic Vase
By United Artists
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful Japanese vintage ceramic Pink Panther vase produced under United Artists license and dating from around 1981. The ceramic vase stands raised on a narrow round foot with ...
Ceramic
Walnut Veneer Cubist Console
Located in Chicago, IL
This dramatic 1960s console features walnut veneer and a cantilevered form. During the 1960s and 1970s, Hungarian furniture makers were encouraged to create simple, modern designs th...
Walnut
$425
H 2.75 in W 3 in D 7.5 in
German Tinplate Clockwork Wind Up Toy By Ernest Paul Lehman "Quack Quack" C 1903
By E.P. Lehman Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a very popular Lehman wind up toy; emblematic of "whimsy" typical of Ernest Paul Lehman whose toy company opened in Brandenburg, Germany in 1881.. The action portrays a mama ...
Tin
19th Century Travel Trunk by Innovation
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century travel trunk by Innovation Innovation is a well known American company which specialised in luxury travel wardrobes and suitcases, they had a shop on Les Champs Elysé...
Art Deco Floor Lamp
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco floor lamp with nickel finish bronze and lacquered wood.
Bronze
$13,890Sale Price|27% Off
H 21.66 in Dm 11.03 in
Müller Frères, Lunéville, "Anémones" Art Nouveau Glass Lamp circa 1910
By Muller Fres Luneville
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Muller Frères, Lunéville, “Anémones” Lamp Mushroom lamp in multi-layered glass with acid-etched and wheel-carved decoration of red and mauve magnolias in bloom on an opalescent backg...
Wrought Iron
$6,850
H 4.5 in W 9.38 in D 3.38 in
Pair of French Art Deco Wrought Iron and Glass Cachepots by Muller Freres, 1930s
By Louis Majorelle, Edgar Brandt, Muller Frères
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful pair of Muller Freres art glass and nickel-plated wrought iron cachepots. Dating to the Art Deco period. In the style of Edgar Brandt or Louis Majorelle with blown ...
Wrought Iron
$7,005Sale Price|51% Off
H 36.23 in W 22.05 in D 14.18 in
Beautiful and Rare Art Nouveau Bar Table with an Complete Smoking Set
Located in Wien, AT
Art Nouveau bar and smoking set. Polished and stove enamelled on the upper side is the cigar box. It opens by pushing a button on the right side. Three oval bottles. Ten jiggers...
Brass
Italian Venetian Grotto Carved Seashell Rocker
By Pauly & Co.
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt rocker with carved seashell seat & back and seahorse sides (att: Pauly et Cie, Venice)
Silver Leaf
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.
Whether it’s a Chinese Han dynasty glazed ceramic wine vessel, a work of Murano glass or a hand-painted Scandinavian modern stoneware piece, a fine vase brings a piece of history into your space as much as it adds a sophisticated dynamic.
Like sculptures or paintings, antique and vintage vases are considered works of fine art. Once offered as tributes to ancient rulers, vases continue to be gifted to heads of state today. Over time, decorative porcelain vases have become family heirlooms to be displayed prominently in our homes — loved pieces treasured from generation to generation.
The functional value of vases is well known. They were traditionally utilized as vessels for carrying dry goods or liquids, so some have handles and feature an opening at the top (where they flare back out). While artists have explored wildly sculptural alternatives over time, the most conventional vase shape is characterized by a bulbous base and a body with shoulders where the form curves inward.
Owing to their intrinsic functionality, vases are quite possibly versatile in ways few other art forms can match. They’re typically taller than they are wide. Some have a neck that offers height and is ideal for the stems of cut flowers. To pair with your mid-century modern decor, the right vase will be an elegant receptacle for leafy snake plants on your teak dining table, or, in the case of welcoming guests on your doorstep, a large ceramic floor vase for long tree branches or sticks — perhaps one crafted in the Art Nouveau style — works wonders.
Interior designers include vases of every type, size and style in their projects — be the canvas indoors or outdoors — often introducing a splash of color and a range of textures to an entryway or merely calling attention to nature’s asymmetries by bringing more organically shaped decorative objects into a home.
On 1stDibs, you can browse our collection of vases by material, including ceramic, glass, porcelain and more. Sizes range from tiny bud vases to massive statement pieces and every size in between.