Royal DUX Art Nouveau Figural Centerpiece
By Royal Dux
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Royal Dux Art Nouveau figural centerpiece.
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Royal DUX Art Nouveau Figural Centerpiece
By Royal Dux
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Royal Dux Art Nouveau figural centerpiece.
Porcelain
Monumental Royal Dux Art Nouveau Vase Early 20th Century
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Toronto, CA
A monumental Royal Dux Bohemia porcelain vase, featuring a beautiful maiden standing under a grapevine, with a large bird.
Porcelain
Large Bohemian Royal Dux Art Nouveau Female Allegorical Figure
Located in Nottingham, GB
The underside bears the distinctive pink Royal Dux lozenge mark reading Royal Dux Bohemia E, together with the impressed pattern number 1198, confirming its production during the fac...
Porcelain
Pair of Art Nouveau Vases Royal Dux Bohemia
By Royal Dux
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Pair of Art Nouveau Vases by Royal Dux Bohemia A lovely pair of Art Nouveau vases by Royal Dux Bohemia in biscuit porcelain with relief and partial gilding.
Porcelain
Monumental Majolica Vase Art Nouveau Royal Dux Circa 1900
By Royal Dux
Located in Austin, TX
Large Faience Vase Art Nouveau Royal Dux Circa 1900. Chesnut bogues and leaves.
Faience
$1,306Sale Price|25% Off
Large Royal Dux Cup, Art Nouveau Period
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
Large Royal Dux cup crafted in porcelain biscuit. The biscuit is partially enameled, and highlighted with polychrome accents. The cup features two nymphs climbing a shell on waves. O...
Porcelain
$1,567Sale Price|25% Off
Large Royal Dux Cup, Art Nouveau Period
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
Large Royal Dux cup crafted in porcelain biscuit. The biscuit is partially enameled, and highlighted with polychrome accents. The cup features two nymphs climbing a shell on waves. O...
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Vases by Royal Dux, Pastel Floral Design, 1930s, Pair
By Royal Dux
Located in Den Haag, NL
Manufactured by Royal Dux
Ceramic
Pair of Antique Art Nouveau Royal Dux Porcelain Figurines
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of porcelain figurines were made by Royal Dux in approximately 1900 in the period and style of Art Nouveau.
Porcelain
Royal Dux Bohemia, Art Nouveau Centerpiece, Bohemia, circa 1900
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in PARIS, FR
Bearing the mark Royal Dux and numbered 1252 Large enamelled porcelain centerpiece with golden highlights, representing a nymph sitting on a shell like a ship sailing on the waves, ...
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Ceramic Bohemian Vase Two Female Figures Royal Dux Shell Centerpiece
By Royal Dux
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Nouveau ceramic bowl female figures embracing a seashell that rests stylized foliage. May be used as a decorative statue, a planter, a vase, a centerpiece, a fruit bowl etc. Gr...
Porcelain
Pair of Royal Dux Flower Vases or Centerpieces, Art Nouveau Era
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Nouveau Royal Dux flower vases or centerpieces. Each bearing the Royal Dux Seal and inventory number on the reverse. A Fine pair of porcelain vases each depicting raised grap...
Porcelain
$2,361Sale Price|30% Off
Art Nouveau Porcelain Centerpiece with Nymphs by Royal Dux Bohemia, 1900s
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Lisbon, PT
This sculptural piece is a celebration of natural forms and feminine beauty, masterfully molded and hand-painted in soft pastel tones of ivory, green, and earthy browns. This Art No...
Porcelain
$840Sale Price / set|30% Off
Monumental Royal Dux Biscuit Porcelain Figurines, Circa 1920, Pair
By Royal Dux
Located in Toronto, CA
One small hairline crack to the base of the boy figure, and evidence of an old repair seen on the underside. Please see photos. Royal Dux was founded in 1853 in northern Bohemia and...
Ceramic
Royal Dux Art Deco Porcelain Sculpture, Young Lady with Fan, 1918-1920
By Royal Dux
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Impressive large Art Deco–Art Nouveau figurative group in glazed porcelain biscuit by Royal Dux, Bohemia, circa 1919–1920.
Ceramic, Porcelain
$468Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Antique Royal Dux Centerpiece Bowl, Aesop's Fisherman & His Flute by Hampel
By Royal Dux
Located in New Orleans, LA
For your consideration, a stunning Art Nouveau centerpiece bowl by Royal Dux, circa 1900, Austria.
Porcelain
Antique Royal Dux Porcelain Figure Of An Alpine Mountain Skier Figure Clock
By Royal Dux
Located in New Orleans, LA
A rare and unusual antique Royal Dux figure of an Alpine mountain skier, having a Clock mounted in the top.
Metal, Brass
Royal Dux Bohemia Pair of Organically Shaped Vases with Factory Stamp
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Verviers, BE
Royal dux bohemia pair of organically shaped vases with factory stamp Handcrafted and glazed earthenware. Beautiful glaze in brown and green tints. Perfect condition.. Please ...
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Czech Royal Dux Bohemian Carved Porcelain Woman Sculpture
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Dallas, TX
Stamped on the bottom Royal Dux for further authentication, see detailed images.
Porcelain
Royal Dux, Czech Republic. Colossal Art Nouveau vase in porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Dux, Czech Republic. Colossal Art Nouveau vase in porcelain.
Porcelain
Royal Dux, Czech Republic. Pair of Art Nouveau vases in porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Dux, Czech Republic. A pair of Art Nouveau vases in porcelain.
Porcelain
A Pair of Large Royal Dux Bohemia Art Nouveau 19th Century Porcelain Vases
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Large Royal Dux Bohemia Art Nouveau 19th Century Porcelain Vases A superb pair of large enamelled porcelain vases, a classic of their time flowing over with realistic g...
Porcelain
Antique Royal Dux Bohemia Figure Model 1009 circa 1910
Located in Worcester, GB
Antique Royal Dux Bohemia Figure Model 1009 circa 1910 A fine Royal Dux Bohemia porcelain figure depicting a young peasant carrying a large wicker basket in one hand and a second ...
Porcelain
Antique Royal Dux Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Vase
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This is a gorgeous Royal Dux Art Nouveau vase with a hand-painted maiden clinging to the rim of an urn shaped vase.
Porcelain
Antique Royal Dux Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Vase
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This fine Royal Dux vase in the Art Nouveau style features are beautiful woman with a robe draping from her shoulders.
Porcelain
Pair of Art Nouveau Royal Dux Vases
By Royal Dux
Located in Brighton, GB
Large pair of Art Nouveau vases from Royal Dux dating from circa 1900.
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Royal Dux Porcelain Double Comport / Centrepiece
By Royal Dux
Located in Brighton, GB
Lovely Art Nouveau Royal Dux porcelain double comport / centerpiece.
Porcelain
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H 16.15 in W 5.12 in D 5.91 in
Pair of Royal Dux Bohemia Art Nouveau 19th Century Porcelain Vase
By Royal Dux
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of porcelain vase, of Royal Dux Bohemia Art Nouveau. 19th Century.
Porcelain
Royal Dux Figure The Lovers
By Royal Dux
Located in London, GB
A Royal Dux porcelain figure group of a young couple courting, modelled by Hampel, the couple standing with her head resting on his shoulder.
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Royal Dux Porcelain Vases with Markings
By Royal Dux
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This pair of Royal Dux vases are decorated with grapes and floral vines.
Porcelain, Paint
Royal Dux Bohemia Porcelain Bowl, circa 1919
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Liverpool, GB
At the turn of the century the company expanded to include a head office in Berlin, and began producing a large range of porcelain figurines.During this period the manufacturer found...
Porcelain
Wonderfully Designed Shepherdess Made by Royal Dux Bohemia
By Royal Dux, Eduard Boehm
Located in Tilburg, NL
In excellent condition. The factory Royal Dux , porcelain brand Bohemia , was shown at the beginning of xx th century by his style productions Art Nouveau .
Porcelain
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H 15.36 in W 12.21 in D 8.27 in
Impressive Piece Royal Dux Bohemia, Art Nouveau, Early 20th Century
Located in Ulestraten, Limburg
A stunning Royal Dux Bohemia porcelain, Art Nouveau design featuring two maidens perched on a large shell which is mounted on a pedestal.
Porcelain
Victorian Bohemian Crystal Brilliant Cut Decanter
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful large Victorian Bohemian crystal decanter brilliant cut beautiful condition.
Crystal
Monumental Royal Dux Art Nouveau Vase with Figural Woman
By Royal Dux
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Monumental Royal Dux Art Nouveau vase with figural woman.
Porcelain
Royal Dux Art Nouveau Design Centrepiece
Located in Cheshire, GB
Royal Dux centrepiece, featuring a scantily clad girl on rock overlooking stylized shel holding large urn painted in typical palette, with pink triangle mark and impressed 1126. Dim...
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H 14.57 in W 6.7 in D 7.88 in
Large Royal Dux Art Nouveau Vase with Young Man and Horn Decoration - 1Y166
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Although likely produced by Royal Dux, it lacks the characteristic triangular stamp typically found on the base, but is numbered 481 and 17.
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Royal Dux Porcelain Centrepiece
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
Eichler and was very popular in France during the first decades of the 20th century. Royal Dux fabricated delicate and fanciful Art Nouveau decorative objects that were richly adorne...
Porcelain
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H 16.54 in W 16.54 in D 16.54 in
Large Royal Dux Porcelain Art Nouveau Maiden Centrepiece Figurine
By Royal Dux
Located in London, GB
A Lovely Example of a Large Antique Royal Dux Porcelain Art Nouveau Maiden Figurine.
Porcelain
Early 20th Art Nouveau Naiad Fruit Bowl in Royal Dux Porcelain
By Royal Dux
Located in Marseille, FR
Fruit bowl with Art Nouveau naiads in Royal Dux porcelain circa 1900.
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Royal Dux Porcelain Centerpiece
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
Eichler and was very popular in France during the first decades of the 20th century. Royal Dux fabricated delicate and fanciful Art Nouveau decorative objects that were richly adorne...
Porcelain
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H 20.87 in W 16.54 in D 11.81 in
Impressive huge centerpiece jardinier porcelain Art Nouveau Jugendstil Royal Dux
By Royal Dux
Located in Wien, AT
This monumental centerpiece is a work by the famous Bohemian company Royal Dux, made of porcelain, in Art Nouveau style carried out around the 1940/50.
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Pair of Art Nouveau Royal Dux Porcelain Vases
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
Large pair of Royal Dux, porcelain, vases featuring two young women and aquatic plants. Stamped with the pink, triangular Royal Dux Bohemia hallmark and the numbers 1806 and 1807, ...
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Majolica Vase by Royal Dux, Rarity, Bohemia, circa 1900
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable Art Nouveau Majolica Vase from the renown company of Royal Dux, artfully crafted in the Czech Republic workshops around 1900.
Majolica
Art Nouveau Porcelain Vase with Olives by Royal Dux, Bohemia, circa 1900
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Extraordinary Art Nouveau Porcelain vase with olives produced by the company of Royal Dux in Bohemia around 1900.
Porcelain
Yellow Art Nouveau Majolica Cachepot by Royal Dux, CZ circa 1918
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Lovely yellow Majolica Cachepot from the famous workshop of Royal Dux around 1918. Artfully crafted in the early Art Deco period in the Czech Republic, this beautifully shaped cachep...
Majolica
Royal Dux Porcelain "Woman with Ewer", circa 1910
By Royal Dux
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
This beautiful Art Nouveau figure, coming from the Czech Republic back in 1910, was made of fine porcelain and is hallmarked with the "Royal Dux" stamp.
Porcelain
Vintage Royal Dux Porcelain Lady Figure, Czech Republic
By Royal Dux
Located in London, GB
About Royal Dux: Royal Dux is a renowned porcelain manufacturer based in the Czech Republic, established in 1853 in the town of Duchcov (formerly Dux).
Porcelain
19th Century Large Royal Dux Porcelain Vase with Nymphs
By Royal Dux
Located in Paris, FR
The vase features two nymphs on a branch atop a basin with aquatic plant motifs and crayfish. This royal dux vase typical of the Art Nouveau period can be used as centerpiece.
Porcelain
Antique Royal Dux Porcelain Bohemian Water Lily Nymph Vase C1900
By Royal Dux
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique figural Bohemain vase by Royal Dux offers porcelain construction with reticulated rim and applied nymph and water lily scene, c1900 Measures - 16.5"h x 6.75"diam
Porcelain
Royal Dux Bohemia Large Porcelain Sculpture, 1900s
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
This sculputre has a stamp underneath the base, 1900s, Czech republic Dimensions: Height: 58cm/22.83" Width: 25cm/9.84" Depth: 22cm/8.66" About Royal DUX: Porcelain bran...
Porcelain
19th Century Royal Dux Bohemia Woman with Amphora
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
Art Nouveau Royal Dux biscuit depicting a dreamy woman sitting on a rock highlighted with plants.
Porcelain
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H 11.5 in W 8 in D 4.5 in
Early 20th Century Czech Royal Dux Bohemian Carved Porcelain Woman Sculpture
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Dallas, TX
Royal Dux is the more common name for the Duxer Porzellanmanufaktur, which was founded by E.
Porcelain
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H 15.7 in W 24.4 in D 8.7 in
Majolica Horse Sculpture by Royal Dux, Hand Painted, Bohemia, circa 1910
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Fantastic Majolica horse sculpture by Royal Dux from the Art Nouveau period, around 1910.
Majolica
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H 9.5 in W 9 in D 7 in
Early 20th Century Czech Royal Dux Bohemian Carved Porcelain Woman Sculpture
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Dallas, TX
Royal Dux is the more common name for the Duxer Porzellanmanufaktur, which was founded by E.
Porcelain
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H 11.8 in W 15.7 in D 6.3 in
Bisque Porcelain Sculpture by Royal Dux "Shepherd With Herd", CZ circa 1916
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Beautiful Porcelain Sculpture by Royal Dux from the early 20th century depicting a shepherd with his herd. Artfully designed around 1916 by the renown german sculptor Hermann Schuber...
Porcelain
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H 23.63 in W 9.45 in D 7.88 in
19th Century Bisque Figure the Spring, Royal Dux Manufactory, Bohemia
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
Royal Dux fabricated delicate and fanciful Art Nouveau decorative objects that were richly adorned with plants, female subjects, and motifs inspired by the Far East.
Porcelain
Bohemian Porcelain Sculpture Drunk Bacchus
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
Small sculpture in Bohemian porcelain biscuit featuring Bacchus or Dionysus, the Ancient Greek god of wine and fertility, lying on a trunk decorated with cluster of grapes. He is nak...
Porcelain
French Pair of Art Nouveau 19th Century Porcelain Vases
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Really lovely pair of porcelain vases in the style of Royal Dux Bohemia Art Nouveau, 19th Century. In wonderful shape - works of art bought in the South of France.
Porcelain
Royal Dux Art Nouveau Centerpiece with Figural Woman
By Royal Dux
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Royal Dux Art Nouveau centerpiece with figural woman.
Porcelain
Pair of Large Royal Dux Art Nouveau Porcelain Women Figures
By Royal Dux
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Pair of large Royal Dux Art Nouveau porcelain women figures.
Porcelain
Royal Dux Art Nouveau Porcelain Cup
By Royal Dux
Located in Paris, FR
Eichler and was very popular in France during the first decades of the 20th century. Royal Dux fabricated delicate and fanciful Art Nouveau decorative objects that were richly adorne...
Porcelain
Royal Dux Art Nouveau Ceramic Vase
By Royal Dux
Located in New York, NY
A lovely circa 1918 Art Nouveau ceramic vase by the Czechoslovakian ceramic and porcelain company Royal Dux.
Ceramic
Royal Dux Art Nouveau Vase with Woman
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This is a wonderful art nouveau vase in great condition. No damage. Stands 15 1/2" tall. Marked on the bottom. Please note all images.
Porcelain
Royal Dux Art Nouveau Porcelain Woman Figure
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Royal dux porcelain figure of a woman on sea shell. Free shipping within the United States and Canada.
Porcelain
Royal Dux Art Nouveau Porcelain Figure Neoclassical Czech
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Sofia, BG
Beautiful large Art Nouveau porcelain figure Royal DUX Royal Dux is a porcelain company based in the Czech Republic that manufactures figurines and ceramics in Neoclassical and Art ...
Porcelain
Pair of Art Nouveau Royal Dux Porcelain Figural Busts
By Herman Schubert
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of Royal Dux Art Nouveau satin glazed porcelain busts modeled as young women, signed Herman Schubert, 1904 and 1905.
Porcelain
Art Nouveau-Period Royal Dux Porcelain Vase
Located in Kingston, NY
Late 19th / early 20th century Royal Dux Art Nouveau period porcelain vase. Gold enamel on cream ground, bas-relief floral and mask embellishments.
Porcelain
Royal Dux Pair of Art Nouveau Tall Vases
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of Royal Dux vases featuring some nymphs dressed with green robes, but showing half of one of their breasts. They are standing in front of beige tree trunks adorned wi...
Porcelain
Ryal Dux Art nouveau vase
By Royal Dux
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ryal Dux Art nouveau vase Circa 1900 Origin (Czech Republic Bohemia) Art noueveau style Circa 1900 Excellent condition Sealed at its base Founded in 1853 in northern Bohemia in Duchc...
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Royal Dux Bohemia Vases
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
Royal Dux Bohemia vases beautifully crafted in white and gold-colored?porcelain, featuring children and bearded masks. Displaying a rich decor of ribbon and aquatic plant motifs, the...
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Mirror by Royal Dux Bohemia
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Paris, FR
This original Art Nouveau mirror was crafted of polychrome porcelain.
Porcelain
German Art Nouveau Gold Leaf Ceramic Bud Vase by Royal Dux
By Royal Dux
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This is a beautiful piece of German Art Nouveau from 1910 by Royal Dux. The style of this vase is a high waist with painted lily pads at the bottom and lily flowers outlined with gol...
Ceramic
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H 16.54 in Dm 4.93 in
Royal Dux Large Pair of Bohemian Art Nouveau Fruiting Berry Art Pottery Vases
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine pair of Bohemian Art Nouveau twin handled art pottery vases applied with fruiting berries on leafy stems by Royal Dux and dating from circa 1900.
Pottery
Monumental Art Nouveau Vase with Figural Flowers in the Style of Royal Dux
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Verviers, BE
Monumental Art Nouveau vase with figural flowers in the style of Royal Dux.
Ceramic
Royal Dux Eicheler Era Porcelain Statue "The Bather"
By Royal Dux
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
An elegant Royal Dux figure, The Bather, with pink triangle mark, impressed 1379. Eichler era. Delicately and exquisitely painted on a superb bowl. Green painted "3". 19" h, 10" w, 7...
Porcelain
Royal Dux Porcelain Cockatoo Figure
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pink and white hand painted porcelain cockatoo with a sweet gaze. He is standing over a wood branch with a blue flower. Royal Dux Bohemia mark plus some numbers are under t...
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Czech Royal Dux Bohemian Carved Porcelain Sculpture
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Dallas, TX
The carved composition is in excellent condition, with a rich patinated finish, and stamped on the bottom Royal Dux. Royal Dux is the more common name for the Duxer Porzellanmanufakt...
Porcelain
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H 16 in W 9 in D 6.5 in
Royal Dux Art Nouveau Bust "Beauty with Flowers" Signed Austria, circa 1900
By Royal Dux
Located in Redding, CA
This beautiful Art Nouveau bust by Royal Dux of Austria is a perfect example of the work done by this firm during the period.
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Royal Dux Porcelain Vase
By Royal Dux
Located in Fairfax, VA
A superb Art Nouveau Bohemian Royal Dux porcelain vase.
Porcelain
Late 17th Century Reliquary Bust of a Bishop in Gilded Wood
Located in NICE, FR
This exceptionally majestic and unique reliquary bust carved in gilded wood represents a bishop adorned in golden robes. The torso is draped in a toga revealing a round cavity that o...
Wood
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.
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with antique and vintage decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation: Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.