$1,758Sale Price|35% Off
H 24.02 in W 0.02 in D 0.04 in
19th Century French Hand Painted Wallpaper Frieze Second Empire Era
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century roll of wallpaper frieze in trompe-l'oeil ribbon on an 8-way roll. About 61 m/0.05 cm
Paper
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 47
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Lithograph, Paper
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 45
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Lithograph, Paper
$7,714
H 18.12 in W 13 in
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Pl 14 Nectar liqueur superfine
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Lithograph, Paper
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 46
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Lithograph, Paper
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 13
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Lithograph, Paper
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 48
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Lithograph, Paper
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 31
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Paper, Lithograph
$4,035
H 18.12 in W 13 in
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Pl 56 - Au paradis des bébés
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Paper, Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 22
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Paper, Lithograph
$3,560
H 18.12 in W 13 in
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 57 - Art et décoration
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Paper, Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 40
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Paper, Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 30
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Paper, Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's 1902 Documents décoratifs - Planche 52
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
Central Librairie des Beaux -Arts - Decorative panels. Studies of flower applications, wallpapers, friezes
Paper, Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Documents Decoratifs (Complete in Four Portfolios)
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in New York, NY
range of Mucha’s decorative work: posters, decorative panels, wallpapers, friezes, stained glass
Paper
Unavailable
H 29.9 in W 255.9 in D 0.1 in
Hunting Scene, 4 Panel Hand Block Printed Frieze by H.Watkins Wild
Located in Tarbert, Argyll and Bute
Four panel hand block printed frieze. Designed by H. Watkins Wild and printed by Arthur Sanderson
Paper
Sold
H 16.54 in W 14.57 in
1920'S BEAUTIFUL FRENCH Interior Study SIGNED D.Favier ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, GB
composition of the interior with female nude paintings and the wallpaper frieze through to the wonderful
Oil
$165,099
H 51 in W 41 in D 2 in
My Lady of the Rose Portrait of Hilda, the Artist's Wife - British oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson. The influence of Lord Frederick Leighton and the Italian Renaissance can easily be seen....
Oil
$2,848
H 46.86 in W 29.93 in
1894 Eugène Grasset’s Art Nouveau poster - Sarah Bernhardt - Jeanne d'Arc
By Eugène Grasset
Located in PARIS, FR
Eugène Grasset’s medieval-inspired Art Nouveau poster, commissioned by Sarah Bernhardt to promote her 1894 role as Joan of Arc in Jules Barbier’s Jeanne d'Arc. Grasset portrays Bern...
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
$42,500 / set
H 34.25 in W 24 in D 23 in
Four Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Chinoiserie Bergères, Jansen Attr., 1890
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Rare Assembled Set of Four French Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Carved and Japanned-Chinoiserie Lacquer Decorated Bergers Armchairs, attributed to Maison Jansen (House of Janse...
Velvet, Giltwood, Lacquer
Art Nouveau Slag Glass Table Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a nice sized lamp with a 17 inch diameter. The base is heavy bronze with with beautiful clean lines. The shade and slag glass are free of cracks or chips. Each glass panel ha...
Bronze
$100,112
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Wool, Silk
Canopus Jar "Asmet", 1069 - 664 B.C, Egypt
Located in Girona, Spain
Canopus Jar "Asmet", With certificate of authenticity. 1069 - 664 B.C, Egypt. Good condition. Egyptian culture are "Canopus jars". These were vessels that the ancient Egyptians ...
Alabaster
Art Deco engraving by Jean Hardy Louis Icart School
By J. Hardy
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco engraving circa 1925. Elegant lady with parasol and macaws. Signed Jean Hardy, French engraver, decorator and illustrator from the circle of the famous Art Deco artist, Loui...
Paper
$343,956
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
$7,468
H 39.38 in W 11.82 in D 27.56 in
Art Nouveau Chandelier by Hector Guimard, Oxidized Bronze, France
By Hector Guimard
Located in Rebais, FR
Immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of Art Nouveau with this magnificent Guimard chandelier, a true masterpiece of refinement and poetry. Crafted from oxidized bronze with deli...
Bronze
Pink Quartz Bubble Sconces by Phoenix
Located in New York, NY
Pair of pink quartz bubble sconces with the polished brass finishes. Created by Phoenix gallery NYC. Each sconce installed four sockets. Use four 60w LED warm light bulbs. Total 240...
Rock Crystal
Art Nouveau Celtic Creature Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Brass, Steel
New Haven Clock Co. Art Nouveau Style Table Clock
By New Haven Clock Company
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Art Nouveau Style Table Clock. It depicts a small balloon shape clock mounted in copper color metal. A standing young nymph is adorning the front of the case while holding...
Bronze
$1,093
H 9.65 in W 11.03 in D 3.27 in
Pair of Art Nouveau Fairy Vases with Original Glass Liners, English, c. 1900
Located in London, GB
A charming pair of Art Nouveau vases featuring a pair of fairies. One of the fairies calls out to her partner, who listens from the other vase. The reverse of the vases each has a da...
Spelter
$7,000
H 17 in W 6.25 in D 6.25 in
Art Nouveau Ginko Leaf Vase Attrib to Paul Dachsel For Czechoslovakian Amphora
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Earthenware
$17,803
H 59.06 in W 37.41 in D 19.69 in
Rare Italian Liberty Style/Art Nouveau Commode with Painted Wood Inlays
Located in Milano, IT
Rare commode in the style of Louis Majorelle with front and sides inlaid in painted wood. Two doors on the front that hide a cabinet with open compartments and small drawers in light...
Wood
Charles Catteau Boch Enamel Ceramic Art Deco Blue Deer Pottery Vase
By Boch Freres Keramis, Charles Catteau
Located in Brescia, IT
Fine Art Deco vase by Charles Catteau Boch, La Louvier Gres Keramis Belgium, 1920 circa Glazed ceramic with blue deer Excellent condiction.
Ceramic
Alphonse Mucha is acclaimed for his distinctly stylized and decorative Art Nouveau illustrated posters and prints — particularly those depicting beautiful French actress and famous artists’ muse Sarah Bernhardt. His work remains widely loved by everyone from bohemian students to serious collectors.
Mucha and his contemporaries treated femininity as the antidote to the impersonal, masculine world of the industrial revolution — it was to be celebrated and embraced. He fervently believed that art is a crucial, enjoyable benefit to humankind, and it should be accessible to as many people as possible.
Mucha showed an early talent for drawing. Rejected when he applied to the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 1878, he traveled to Vienna — two years later at the age of 19 — and found work painting theater backdrops. After a tragic fire that destroyed the theater that employed him, he returned home and began painting portraits. Count Eduard Khuen Belasi hired Mucha to paint a series of murals for his residence.
In 1885, the Count sent Mucha to the Munich Academy of Fine Arts — paying his tuition and living expenses. Mucha moved to Paris in 1888 to continue his studies, where he shared a studio with Paul Gauguin. There, he became enamored with the nude female form and allegorical studies. He enjoyed some financial success with magazine illustration work, which led to lucrative book illustration commissions. One of Mucha’s illustrations for the book Scenes and Episodes of German History received a medal of honor at the 1894 Paris Salon of Artists.
In 1894, Mucha began a six-year contract for the acclaimed stage actress Sarah Bernhardt, creating posters for her shows and tours. His first poster was an immediate sensation and cemented his fame in the Art Nouveau poster artist community.
Mucha designed some of the most famous posters of the era — a time when these works were key to the fabric of the cosmopolitan thoroughfare in the French capital. He created advertisements for JOB cigarette papers, Ruinart champagne, Lefèvre-Utile biscuits and Moët-Chandon champagne. Although Mucha is renowned for his posters, he spent the latter half of his life on decorative panel works and Czech nationalist artworks — many of them in the collection at the Mucha Museum in Prague.
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