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WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil Photograph Frame Germany, C.1900

$1,950

WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil Photograph Frame Germany, C.1900

By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik

Located in Toronto, ON

WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil Britannia metal Photograph Frame, Germany C.1900, WMF.

Materials

Silver Plate

$909

H 2.37 in Dm 3.55 in

Antique German WMF Art Nouveau Copper and Brass Double Inkwell

Located in Nottingham, GB

Combining practical function with the refined aesthetics of Art Nouveau, this inkwell exemplifies WMF's ability to elevate everyday desk accessories into objects of enduring decorati...

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Early 20th Century Inkwells

Materials

Copper, Brass, Bronze

$2,750Sale Price|21% Off

Rare Design WMF Jugendstil Mirror, circa 1905

By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik

Located in Toronto, ON

Rare WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil Secessionist pewter Mirror, Germany C.1905.

Materials

Materials

Brass

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WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil Centerpiece Flower Vase, Germany, circa 1900

Located in Toronto, Ontario

WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil silver plate on pewter centerpiece, Germany, circa 1900.

Antique 1890s German Art Nouveau Picture Frames

WMF Art Nouveau Silver on Pewter Biscuit Box C. 1906

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H 9.06 in Dm 6.11 in

WMF Art Nouveau Silver on Pewter Biscuit Box C. 1906

By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik

Located in Toronto, Ontario

WMF Jugendstil Art Nouveau silver on pewter and glass Biscuit Box.

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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Jars

Materials

Pewter

WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil Secessionist Photograph Frame, Germany circa 1906

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H 11.75 in W 6.75 in D 2 in

WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil Secessionist Photograph Frame, Germany circa 1906

By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Art Nouveau silver plate Photograph Frame, WMF Germany C.1906.

Materials

Pewter

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H 43 in W 22 in D 18 in

Gorgeous WMF Style Silver Plated Beer Stein Art Nouveau

Located in London, GB

This is an exquisite WMF Art Nouveau style silver plated beer stein, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century.

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Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

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Striking Art Nouveau Ceramic and Bronze-Mounted Vase in Victor Horta Style

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Striking Art Nouveau Ceramic and Bronze-Mounted Vase in Victor Horta Style

By Victor Horta

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Materials

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Art Nouveau Style Art Glass Vase Signed Contemporary, circa 1980s

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By Robert Eickholt

Located in New York, NY

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Late 20th Century American Art Nouveau Glass

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass

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Wmf Art Nouveau For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal wmf art nouveau for your home. A wmf art nouveau — often made from metal, silver and silver plate — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a wmf art nouveau — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A wmf art nouveau made by Art Nouveau designers — as well as those associated with Arts and Crafts — is very popular. A well-made wmf art nouveau has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Albert Mayer and Orivit are consistently popular.

How Much is a Wmf Art Nouveau?

Prices for a wmf art nouveau start at $240 and top out at $40,113 with the average selling for $1,750.

WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik for sale on 1stDibs

The fine brass, copper and silver metalware produced by distinguished manufacturer Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF) has adorned the tabletops of restaurants, hotels and homes around the world. WMF is especially prized by collectors for its Art Nouveau works of the late 19th century and Art Deco pieces manufactured throughout the early 20th century.

WMF traces its beginnings to 1880 when the merger of Straub & Sohn and Ritter & Co. formed the public limited company Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik. The company initially focused on tableware and decorative pieces, such as vases and planters. In 1892, WMF introduced its patented “perfect hard silver plating,” a technology that distributes twice as much silver to the sections of cutlery that experience the most wear, allowing the whole piece to hold its luster longer than other silver-plated products.

In 1905, WMF acquired a majority holding of Orivit AG, a company in Cologne that manufactured products from a tin alloy, further expanding its range of materials. By 1910, its main facility in Geislingen, Germany, employed 4,000 workers. It had branches in Vienna, Warsaw and London, and printed a catalog in 12 languages.

As a German business, WMF experienced extensive asset loss in the aftermath of the world wars. However, by 1950, its main facility once again had a workforce of more than 3,000 employees, and its high-quality products returned to popularity. There was an increase in demand for its Cromargan cutlery as well as work by WMF’s preeminent lighting designer, Wilhelm Wagenfeld.

By the 1960s, WMF’s main facility had 5,800 employees. More factories were opened to keep up with demand. WMF is now one of the largest manufacturers of metalware in the world and continues to produce pieces of superb quality. The company has over 200 branches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and owns branches in 40 other countries.

On 1stDibs, explore serveware, decorative objects, lighting and more from Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF).

A Close Look at Art-nouveau Furniture

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

Emerged during the late 19th century
Popularity of this modernizing style declined in the early 20th century
Originated in France and Britain but variants materialized elsewhere
Informed by Rococo, Pre-Raphaelite art, Japanese art (and Japonisme), Arts and Crafts; influenced modernism, Bauhaus

CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN

Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals
Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood

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.