A striking Bohemian Iridescent Art Nouveau Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Loetz’s Phänomen production is characterized by trailed and combed threads combined with metallic iridescence.
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau "Silvered Phänomen Vase" by Loetz Witwe
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
One of the most beautiful and collectible Loetz series from this period is called Phänomen, whose chief characteristic is the rippled or feather like designs on the object’s surface.
Silver
Vase Sign Loetz Austria, Style: Art Nouveau , Bohemia, Model: Phänomen, 1989
By Loetz Glass
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...
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Art Nouveau Loetz Phanomen Signed Glass Vase, 1901
By Loetz Glass
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An absolutely stunning Art Nouveau Loetz Phanomen art glass vase with a wonderful iridescent peacock feather design on a blue glass ground.
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Loetz Phänomen Gre Decorated Glass Vase
Located in Englewood, NJ
An Austrian Art Nouveau "Phänomen Gre decorated vase by, Loetz decorated with an iridized green and orange iridized spill decoration against a canary yellow background with zipper de...
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H 18.31 in Dm 7.09 in
Large Bohemian Glass Vase Loetz PG 387 decoration ca. 1900 Orange Brown Gold
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Bohemian Vase, Johann Loetz Witwe, Phänomen Genre 387 decoration, ca. 1900, iridescent glass Technique: glass, mould-blown and freeform, reduced and iridescent Bib. : A.
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Art Nouveau Lily Lamps by, Loetz
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Englewood, NJ
An Austrian Art Nouveau pair of patinated bronze "Lily" lamps by Loetz each decorated with four matching "phanomen gre" pattern Loetz shades a top patinated bronze & marble lily bases.
Marble, Bronze
Austrian Art Nouveau Loetz Table Lamp
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Englewood, NJ
An Austrian Secession Art Nouveau silvered bronze & martelé "Loetz" table lamp attributed to Adolf Loos decorated with a beautiful "phanomen gre" pattern Loetz mushroom shade a top a...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Iridescent 'Lava Phanomen' Vase by Johann Loetz
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in London, GB
Impressive late 19th century Austrian lime green glass vase overlaid with petrol blue casing and finished in a lava phanomen decoration The Loetz glassworks existed in Klostermuhl...
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Loetz Astraea Art Nouveau Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
One of the most beautiful and collectible Loetz series from this period is called Phänomen, whose chief characteristic is the rippled or featherlike designs on the object’s surface.
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Tall Loetz Candia Astraea Signed Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
One of the most beautiful and collectible Loetz series from this period is called Phänomen, whose chief characteristic is the rippled or featherlike designs on the object’s surface.
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19th Century Loetz Witwe Glass Vase - Rubin Phänomen Genre 6893, CZ ca. 1899
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Rare Loetz Witwe glass vase decoration Rubin Phänomen Genre 6893 out of the famous workshop in Klostermuehle/ Bohemia around 1899.
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Loetz Phanomen Vase, 1900
Located in New York, NY
A Loetz Phanomen Gre 413, Production Number 8060. Mint Condition.
Blown Glass
Loetz Phanomen Vase, 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in New York, NY
A Loetz pinched top phanomen Gres 7773 glass vase, mint condition, circa1900.
Loetz Phanomen Vase, circa 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A glass vase by Loetz, the premier art glass producer of the Art Nouveau period in Bohemia (present day Czech Republic).
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Loetz Tall Phanomen Vase, 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in New York, NY
A tall Loetz blue Phanomen glass vase in mint condition, signed Loetz, Austria, circa 1900.
Loetz "Metallgelb Phanomen Genre 358" Vase, Austria, 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in New York, NY
A Loetz glass Jugendstil vase, decorated with metalgelb phanomen genre 358, Austria, 1900.
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Loetz Monumental "Argus Phanomen" Vase, Austria circa 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental Jugendstil Loetz Glass Argus Phanomen Vase, circa 1902, with pinched top.
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Loetz Vase Phänomen Gre 2/474 ca. 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
One of the main reasons for the big success of Loetz at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 was the use of bright, colourful decorations later to be known as Phenomen Genres. In the l...
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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 decoration genre was invented in the year 1902. Silberkröselzungen were applied on differ...
Phanomen Art Glass Lamp By Loetz
Located in Fairfax, VA
THIS LOETZ ART GLASS LAMP IS DECORATED WITH METALLIC IRIDESCENCE FEATHER LIKE SHIMMERING AFFECT WITH GOLD PLATED METAL HARD WARE. LAMP WITHOUT SHADE IS 15"
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H 7.49 in Dm 1.58 in
Johann Loetz-Witwe Klostermuehle Signed by Dekor Phänomen Genre 830, circa 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
One of the main reasons for the big success of Loetz at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 was the use of bright, colorful decorations later to be known as Phenomen Genres. In the la...
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H 10.24 in Dm 6.3 in
Early 20th Century Vase - Attributed to Loetz - Iridescent Glass - Marbled Decor
By Loetz Glass
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Though unsigned — which is not uncommon for Loetz pieces — the shape, marbled decor, and rich iridescent finish are strongly indicative of Loetz production, particularly in the Phäno...
Art Glass
$2,847
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
$11,210
H 7.09 in Dm 0.04 in
1927 René Lalique Art Deco Vase Espalion Electric Blue Glass with White Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco Vase “Espalion” made in electric blue glass with white patina by René Lalique in 1927. Engraved signature on bottom. Perfect condition. Extremely rare color height: 18 cm ...
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French Art Nouveau Signed Botanical Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase circa, 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé small cameo vase depicting blossoming flowers in purple and blue over orange/yellow, with fine internal polishing to highlight the blue in the flowers ...
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Art Nouveau Pulled Feather Iridescent Glass Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautiful Art Nouveau Iridescent Glass Vase in Blue, Green and Amethyst with Gilt decorated Pulled Feather decoration. The vase is of a lovely form, the perfect height for a decora...
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$5,500
H 10.5 in W 8 in D 5 in
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Ruby Papillon Glass And Gilt Metal Mounted Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Gilt Metal Monted Glass Vase. A highly sought after vase culminating the zenith of Loetz and the Art Nouveau design. Czech Republic Circa 1900 Rubin Ruby P...
Metal
Rene Lalique Glass L'elegance Perfume Bottle
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique clear and frosted glass L'elegance perfume bottle. This pattern features two dancing female figures amongst flowers. Sepia stained relief details. Moulded, 'R. LALIQUE' ...
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Art Nouveau Pewter Box by Just Andersen, 1910s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Art Nouveau Pewter Box designed by Just Andersen in the late 1910s. * Round hammered pewter box with lid with flower knop and floral chasings * Designer: Just Andersen * Manufactur...
Pewter
Rene Lalique Glass 'Cigalia' Perfume Bottle
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique clear and frosted glass 'Cigalia' perfume bottle. Details are highlighted with grey/black staining. The pattern features a cicadas on each of the four corners. Book refe...
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Tiffany Studios Geometric Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910. Art nouveau classic wit Art Deco design. Attractive orange peel texture with light gilding and red...
Bronze
Iridescent Art Nouveau Monumental Beetle Vase by Delphin Massier
By Delphin Massier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Earthenware
$4,800
H 8.5 in W 4.75 in D 4.75 in
Iridescent Art Nouveau Foliage Vase w/Silver Mount by Clement Massier
By Clement Massier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Silver
$2,640Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Monumental Antique Art Nouveau Andre Delatte Cameo Glass Vase
By Andre Delatte
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Monumental Antique Art Nouveau Andre Delatte Cameo Glass Vase
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1924 René Lalique - Vase Serpent Snake Glass with Sepia Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Serpent" made in frosted glass with sepia by René Lalique in 1924. Molded signature. Perfect condition. Gorgeous model. An air bubble on rim. Measures: height: 24,5 cm Féli...
Blown Glass
$10,500Sale Price|30% Off
H 12.5 in Dm 4 in
Antique Magnificent Meiji Japanese Silver And Gold Cherry Blossom Vase - Signed
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Meiji Japanese Silver And Gold Cherry Blossom Vase 1868-1912 - SIGNED adorned with a finely engraved sakura tree motif with granulated gold blossom details. Silver marks ...
Silver
Antique Tiffany Studios 'Acorn' Table Lamp C. 1910
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Norwalk, CT
This lamp is a elegant testament to the classic Tiffany Studios design. Crafted in early 20th century, this lamp is evocative of the Art Nouveau style that Tiffany lamps are known fo...
Bronze
René Lalique Ceylan Vase
By René Lalique
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the celebrated French glassmaker René Lalique, this enchanting Ceylan vase is molded from opalescent glass with a blue stained wheel. The design, conceived by Lalique on M...
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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.