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Art Nouveau Seating

ART NOUVEAU STYLE

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

  • 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.

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Style: Art Nouveau
Original John Sollie Henry, armchair, London 1895
Located in Vienna, AT
solid mahogany with polished finish, original brown leather; decorative knobs; strikingly high backrest with stylised decoration in bas-relief; rear legs curved, forelegs tapering do...
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1890s British Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Mahogany

Josef Hoffmann 795 Barrel Ensemble , by J. & J. Kohn
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare Variation of Hoffmanns ‘720 Half-Barrel Settee Lit.: Die Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932, Gabriele Fahr Becker, Taschen Verlag S. 106 Material: Bentwood and Plywood.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Seating

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Beech

Finnish Cabinetmaker Jugend Style Dining Chairs in Birchwood & White Linen
Located in Odense, DK
Amazing unique set of 6 Jugend Style artist dining chairs made in Finland in the early 20th century. The chairs are handmade in the most amazingly grained solid birchwood and the sea...
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1910s Finnish Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Birch

Art Nouveau Style Wicker Settee / Tete-a-Tete in Natural Finish
Located in Nashua, NH
A rare early wicker settee also known as a Tete-Tete that is attributed to the Wakefield Rattan Company of Wakefield, Massachusetts. It was designed in the late 19th C. and is done i...
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1890s American Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wicker, Cane, Reed, Wood

Originals 1905 of the Period Pair of Josef Hoffmann and Jacob &Josef Kohn Chairs
Located in Vienna, AT
Very early and important design by Josef Hoffmann for J&J Kohn; horseshoe-shaped stand, each with two spheres under the corner joints of the seat, beechwood, light stained, polished ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Seating

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Bentwood

Antique Carved Sofa with Cane Sides , Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition with some signs of age and use - Sturdy and Stable - reupholstered some time ago - Pillows filled with real feather - Carved linden wood frame - heigh of...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Fabric, Wood

Josef Hoffmann attr. Pair of Extraordinary Chairs 1905-10 Jugendstil Art Nouveau
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of extraordinary chairs in the style of the early Josef Hoffmann furniture. The significant skids were used by Hoffmann in the early years of the Wiener Werkstätte from 1903 o...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Fabric, Wood

A Rare & Exceptional Deep-Buttoned Chesterfield Porter’s Chair Circa 1920’s
Located in Hastings, GB
A Rare & Exceptional Deep-Buttoned Chesterfield Porter’s Chair Circa 1920’s This genuine porter’s chair is exceptionally rare and simply ma...
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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Seating

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Leather

Original Josef Hoffmann/Gebrüder J&J Kohn Chair, Early 20th Century, Jugendstil
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare and so far undocumented armchair by Josef Hoffmann, original leather upholstery, branding iron J&J Kohn. An identical chair with a different upholstery is available as well.
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Leather, Beech

Original Art Deco Wiener Werkstaette Throne Werkbund Exhibition Cologne, 1914
By Woka Lamps, Heinrich Kathrein, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare throne, one of two manufactured chairs, presented at the Werkbund-exhibition Cologne in 1914. One of the displayed images shows the Werkbund exhibition 1914 with two chairs...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Seating

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Leather, Wood

Art Nouveau, Liberty-Chair , 1900, Germany
Located in Hannover, DE
An Art Nouveau chair whose shape and design perfectly reflect this art period. Finely crafted walnut wood covered with a dark, fine glaze. This chair has been artfully restored and r...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wood, Nutwood

Pair of Swedish Lounge Chairs by G. H. Wrange
By Gunnar H. Wrange
Located in Turners Falls, MA
Pair of Swedish Lounge Chairs by G. H. Wrange. 1930’s. Carved Mahogany.
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Seating

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Mahogany

Set of Ten wooden Dinning Chairs out of Ratibor Castle City of Roth, Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set consisting of 10 chairs from the Castle Ratibor in the city of Roth, Bavaria. These chairs were used in the castles dining room and other rooms for events many years. Purchased...
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1920s German Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Wood

Bentwood rocking chair attr. Thonet, late 19th century
Located in View Park, CA
A bentwood rocker attributed to Thonet, late 19th or early 20th century. Featuring art nouveau whiplash curves and real wicker caning. Made in Poland (possibly at the Radomsk Thonet ...
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Late 19th Century Polish Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wicker, Bentwood

Early 20th Century European Leather Lounge Chair
Located in Turners Falls, MA
Early 20th Century European leather lounge chair. Original distressed leather patina. Nail head details. Wood legs. Replaced seat cushion. Circa early 20th Century.
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Seating

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Leather

Art Nouveau French Sculpted Oak Office Chair
Located in Paris, FR
An exquisite office chair fashioned from solid oak wood dating back to the 1920s. The chair's seat was masterfully reupholstered in a rich, dark red vegetable-tanned leather. The pie...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Leather, Oak

Valabrega sofa - Italy 1940s
Located in Paris, FR
Ernesto Valabrega Sofa - Italy, 1940 Dark wood frame with organic shapes and zoomorphic legs. 3-seater sofa reupholstered in a tan/leopard fabric from Lelièvre Paris.
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1940s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Fabric, Wood

Gondola stool, Austria Jugend / early 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Decorative and functional gondola stool in walnut and original fabric. Wonderful timeless shape which works in most rooms and interiors. In good condition, smaller signs of age an...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wood, Walnut

An ART NOUVEAU DECO CHAIR by JACOB & JOSEF KOHN, WIENER WERKSTATTE, Austria 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional and extremely rare chair with armrests, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, in dark brown lacquered wood, with superb backrest and airy armrests in folded wood, circular seat in pe...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wood

Art Nouveau Set of Two Chairs in Solid Oak. Vienna, Circa 1910.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, These exceptional set of two Viennese Art Nouveau solid oak chairs from circa 1910 represent a high level of craftsmanship and elegant design. Viennese Art Nouveau is a trend...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Seating

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Leather, Oak

Art Nouveau Mahogany Armchair
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An intriguing French Art Nouveau armchair–no doubt inspired by the design language of the Vienna Secession movement in the same time period–synthesizing clean, architectural influenc...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Seating

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Textile, Mahogany

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Period Thonet Style Bentwood Armchair
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Attributed to Thonet, this French Art Nouveau period bentwood armchair features a pressed wood seat detailed with a classic central rosette and scrolling leaves. The curved seat back...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Seating

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Bentwood

Pair of Beech Art Nouveau High Back Chairs Model 17 by Michael Thonet, 1890s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare pair of Art Nouveau Model 17 side chairs. Design by Michael Thonet for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna. Striking Austrian design from the 1890s. Original beech and ...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Beech, Bentwood

Swedish Chaise Lounge, Circa 1900’s
Located in Turners Falls, MA
Swedish Chaise Lounge, circa 1900’s. Stained wood. Saber legs and carved bolster details.
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Seating

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Upholstery, Mahogany

Green Velvet Lounge / Easy Chair Attributed To Carl-Johan Boman Finland 1940
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Absolutely beautiful and high quality easy / lounge chair attributed to Carl-Johan Boman for Oy N. Boman AB Finland. This chair is stil in her original condition and is in good condi...
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1940s Finnish Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Velvet, Beech

Antique Settee of Ebonized Wood Frame and New Upholstery, France, 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
French settees, known as "canapé" in French, evolved from early prototypes like double chairs with padded seats and arms in the 17th century. By the 18th and 19th centuries, they had...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wool, Upholstery, Wood

Art Nouveau Venetian Bedroom Chairs & Footrest With precious Fortuny Upholstery
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Nouveau age, original pair of Venetian bedroom chairs with footstool upholstered in original Fortuny damask velvet in good condition wax-polished and sanitized Measures chairs ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Seating

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Walnut

Adolf Loos Corner Chair, F.O. Schmidt, Oak Wood Leather, Jugendstil, 1898-1900
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A corner armchair designed by Adolf Loos (1870-1933) and manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, Austria, circa 1900. The condition of the wood is very good. The leather seat...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Leather, Wood

Original Rare Otto Wagner Chair by Thonet Vienna 1901 Jugendstil
Located in Vienna, AT
Stained beachwood, seat and back with leather, seat height 46cm (18,11") Lit.: "Gebogenes Holz", Asenbaum /Hummel 1979, p:29.
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Leather, Beech

A Stunning Pair of Hungarian Walnut and Leather Chairs by Lajos Kozma 1884 -1948
Located in Hastings, GB
A Stunning Pair of Hungarian Walnut and Leather Chairs by Lajos Kozma (1884 -1948) These exceptional chairs by Kozma truly showcase masterful craftsmanship and distinctive design. T...
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Art Nouveau Seating

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Leather, Walnut

Rattan Art Nouveau Children's Folding Deck Chair or Lounge Chair, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Nouveau children's folding deck chair or lounge chair. Striking French design from the 1900s. Rattan and bamboo frame with original rattan and bamboo foot stool...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Bamboo, Rattan

Swedish Designer, Sofa, Birch, Fabric, Sweden, 1920s
Located in High Point, NC
A birch and striped beige fabric sofa designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1920s. Seat height: 16.5”
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Fabric, Birch

Original Thonet Piano Stool, Early 20th Century, Restaured
Located in Schwerin, MV
Restored swivel stool No. 1 from the long-established Gebrüder Thonet company in Vienna, dating from the late 19th century. The piano stool has a frame consisting of four steam-bent ...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wood, Braid

Bench No. 5 Thonet 1858 made of bent beech and wickerwork restoration needed
Located in München, DE
Beautiful, very rare original bench no. 5 by the Thonet brothers (Gebrüder Thonet) Vienna from 1859. Vienna Secession. Art Nouveau With original branded logo and one original paper l...
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1850s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wicker, Bentwood

1940s , A Pair of Swedish Art Nouveau Lounge Chairs
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
This is a pair of Swedish Art Nouveau armchairs from the 1940s, featuring a padded backrest and curved wooden armrests, adding an elegant and timeless design. The chairs offer except...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Fabric, Beech

Original Thonet Piano Stool, Early 20th Century, Restaured
Located in Schwerin, MV
Restored piano stool from the traditional company Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna from the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century. The piano stool is made of solid wood and has a f...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wood, Braid

20th Century Art Nouveau Elmwood Armchair 1307 by Prag-Rudniker, AT ca. 1903
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Another design icon in our "rare chair" collection is this fantastic Vienesse secession armchair - Mod. 1307 (first edition!) designed by Wilhelm Sc...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Seating

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Rattan, Elm

Pair of Art Nouveau Faux Bamboo Side Chairs
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare pair of Art Nouveau side chairs. Striking French design from the 1900s. Solid pitch-pine frames in the Faux Bamboo style with original. Wicker seats. Rare be...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Faux Bamboo

Pair of Art Nouveau Faux Bamboo Side Chairs
Pair of Art Nouveau Faux Bamboo Side Chairs
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Thonet Rocking Chair Nr. 6
Located in Čelinac, BA
Thonet Rocking Chair Nr 6 for restauration.
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Bentwood

Original Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann Chair, 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
An excellent example of the more decorative phase of Josef Hoffmann, before the WW1. Carpenter Jakob Soulek for the Wiener Werkstätte. Exhibited first in 1912 at the Museum für Kunst...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Pearwood

Original Josef Hoffmann & Kohn Jacob Chair from 1914
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare undocumented chair by Josef Hoffmann and J&J Kohn. An identical chair with leather upholstery is available as well.
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Bentwood

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo for the Century Guild. An Important Art Nouveau Chair
Located in London, GB
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (1851-1942), a highly important oak chair, with an Art Nouveau floral back. Mackmurdo's influence in Europe is recognized as having produced the earliest examples of Art Nouveau, particularly in the styling of a chair-back designed in 1882 and the title page for Wren's City Churches a year later. The present chair was designed for the head of Rainhill hospital St Helen's south Lancashire/Merseyside (now demolished), an institute for the mentally ill, as part of an interior scheme for his study. It was almost certainly designed and made only for this interior, unlike the earlier chair which was designed in 1882 and made and sold until 1888. It was originally thought this interior was designed by the Liverpool architect Edmund Rathbone whose brother, Harold Rathbone, founded the Della Robbia Pottery factory in 1894. A picture is shown in Jeremy Cooper's Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, p. 199, illus. 516, from the Bedford Lemere archive at the National Monuments Record, apparently credited as 'Rainhill, Edmund Rathbone'. But Edmund Rathbone was actually the Century Guild...
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1880s English Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Oak

Contemporary Bistro Chair No. 18 by TON, Light Beech
Located in Paris, IDF
Chair No. 18 Iconic bistro chair conceived by Michael Thonet in 1869, now produced in the same manufacture in Czech Republic by TON. Wood: solid beech Finish: natural light Seat:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Czech Art Nouveau Seating

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Beech

Louis Majorelle. Art Nouveau carved walnut armchair with original period fabric
Located in London, GB
An Art Nouveau armchair in carved walnut retaining the original period fabric that has an extra back pad stitched to the top of the back rest. A slight variation to this armchair can...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Walnut

Set of Original Josef Hoffmann / Otto Prutscher Attr. Chairs
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant and comfortable chairs attributed to Josef Hoffmann or Otto Prutscher. Has been rennovated over a while, the fabric is partly stained. Can be sold separately.
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wood

Folding Lounge Chair by Thonet with Adjustable Footstool 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Original rare folding lounge chair in bentwood and cane from 1880 by Michael Thonet. Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna, Austria. Steam-bent beechwood and cane.  
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1880s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Rattan, Bentwood

Contemporary Bistro Chair No. 14 by TON, Black Beech
Located in Paris, IDF
Chair No. 14 Iconic bistro chair conceived by Michael Thonet in 1869, now produced in the same manufacture in Czech Republic by TON. Wood: solid beech Finish: black stain Sea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Czech Art Nouveau Seating

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Beech

French Vintage Bench Cast Aluminium & Oak Garden Terrace & Patio circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Circa 1960 French garden bench with painted cast aluminium uprights and oak. Good vintage condition with nice patina. Delivered disassembled Shipping : 200 / 56 / 11 cm 24 kg.
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Mid-20th Century French Art Nouveau Seating

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Metal

Fine Antique Upholstered Mahogany Reclamier
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elegant and fine mahogany reclaimer upholstered in a blue and white woven fabric with geometric design accentuated with contrasting flue double welting. The reclaimer with beauti...
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19th Century Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Fabric, Mahogany

1890-1900 Liberty & Co "Thebes" Wood Stool
Located in Brescia, IT
CIRCA 1890 Curved seat frame on four turned legs united by stretchers, with interlaced seat Excellent condition.
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1890s English Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Wood

Two Art Nouveau Brabant Club Chairs or Easy Chairs by Willem Penaat, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare pair of Art Nouveau Brabant club chairs or easy chairs Design by Willem Penaat. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid elm frames with original rush seats. Thi...
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Rush, Elm

Antique French Walnut Double Caned & Hand Carved
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous French Art Noveau walnut with double caning, front and back, hand carved settee. Sweeping lines with cabriolet legs, all hand carved stained and lacquered. In excellent anti...
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1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Cane, Walnut, Lacquer

Marcel Kammerer Seating Set Salon Suite, Thonet, Turquoise Green Leather, 1910
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A fantastic bentwood set seating group designed by Marcel Kammerer and manufactured by Thonet, Austria, circa 1910. The set contains of two armchairs and ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Brass

Art Nouveau Josef Hoffmann Fledermaus dining chairs, Austria, 1900s, set of 4
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Fledermaus Chairs by Josef Hoffmann for Wittmann, 1980s Fledermaus set in Art Nouveau style consisting of four chairs, executed by the company Wittmann. The design is by Josef Hoffm...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Seating

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Cotton, Beech, Bentwood

Vintage Michael Thonet Style Oak Cane Rattan Bentwood Rocking Chair Rocker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Michael Thonet Style Oak Cane Rattan Bentwood Rocking Chair Rocker. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 40" H x 22.5" W x 43.5" D x 19" Seat height x 25" Arm height.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Seating

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Oak

Set of 6 Bistro Chairs by Jacob & Josef Kohn, 1890 Austro-Hungarian Empire
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Exceptional and rare set of 6 Bistro chairs by Jacob & Josef Kohn from the end of the 19th century. Bentwood chairs with seats and backs carved with be...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Bentwood

Pair of Bentwood Rocking Chairs with Cane Seat and Back
Located in Miami, FL
This model is inspired by the Thonet no. 10 rocker from circa 1880. It´s made in Spain, circa 1940-1950. It was restored and it´s in perfect shape.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Seating

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Cane, Bentwood

Art Nouveau Around 1900 Bentwood Armchair
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The art nouveau armchair was made of bentwood. The seat has been reupholstered and covered with a very beautiful Art Nouveau fabric. The chair is reminiscent of Thonet chairs, but n...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Beech, Bentwood

Vintage French Art Nouveau Style Hand Forged Scrolling Wrought Iron Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Art Nouveau Style Hand Forged Scrolling Wrought Iron Side Chair. Item features an ornate back rest, finials, legs, and stretcher supported base. Circa Mid 20th Century...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Seating

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Wrought Iron

Pair of Art Nouveau Side Chairs by Emile Gallé, 1890s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare pair of Art Nouveau side chairs. Design by Emile Gallé. Striking French design from the 1890s. Solid oak frames with original sycamore decorations of flowers in ...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Seating

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Oak, Sycamore

Art Nouveau seating for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Art Nouveau seating for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage seating created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Nouveau seating made in a specific country, there are Europe, Austria, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original seating, popular names associated with this style include Antoni Gaudí, Jacob and Josef Kohn, Michael Thonet, and Josef Hoffmann. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for seating differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $155 and tops out at $120,000 while the average work can sell for $3,664.

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