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Art Nouveau Boxes

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. Art Nouveau was a modernizing movement in the decorative arts that developed 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 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
Napoleon Linder 1890 Paris Hinged Vesta Matches Box in Niello and .900 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Vesta matches box designed by Napoleon Linder. Very rare hinged box, created in Paris France at the silversmith atelier of Napoleon Linder. This is a vesta matches box crafted in ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Box #367
Located in Hellerup, DK
A rare antique Danish sterling silver Georg Jensen box with silver divider, design #367 by Georg Jensen from circa 1918. A very early heavy hand hammered art nouveau style box hand c...
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1910s European Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Serving Tray Sakai, Calacatta Marble, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Serving Tray Sakai, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. A sublime serving tray, Sakai was design to uplift layback moments. An organic-s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Boxes

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Crystal, Marble, Gold, Brass

Square Tray, Leather & Onyx, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Murayama Serving Tray, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. A sublime serving tray, Murayama was design to uplift layback moments. A servin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Boxes

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Crystal, Onyx, Brass

Table Box Art Deco Black and White Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with Art Deco style design on lid with rays on two corners and black and white fire enamel. Measure...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Nouveau Silver Box with Relief and Enamel Inlays, Janvier Quercia Paris
Located in Vienna, AT
Cylindrical silver box with a circumferential relief band depicting a procession of playing and music-making putti and cupids, hinged lid with grooved edges and slightly arched in th...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Silver

Figural Lady's Face Sterling Snuff Pill Box Case
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful figural hinged sterling silver snuff pill box; lid features a female in profile with flowing hair; interior marked: 925. A perfect heirloom gift for that special someone in...
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1950s Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

German Jugendstil Art Nouveau Box Erhard & Sohne
Located in Grantham, GB
German Jugendstil brass mounted box. The box of rectangular form with twin loop angles and artistic finial. The box decorated with inlaid roses and foliage with a convex lid and curv...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Brass

Snuff Box White Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of a floral garland. Art Nouveau sty...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze and Slag Glass Stamp Box, circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Art Nouveau stamp box By Tiffany Studios New York, USA, Early 20th century Measures: 4"W x 2.25"D x 1.5"H. Very good original vintage condition, with b...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Boxes

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Bronze

Antique Art Nouveau French Gilded Metal Footed Jewelry Casket
Located in Victoria, BC
This exquisite antique Art Nouveau French jewelry casket is a true testament to the elegance and beauty of the Art Nouveau era. Crafted from gilded metal, the casket embodies the flo...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

Art Nouveau Silver Plated Repousse Tobacco or Jewelry Box
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau silver plated repousse tobacco or jewelry box The top, front, sides and back are beautifully cast and feature panels with images of birds and flowers Good conditio...
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1930s German Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Silver Plate

Italian New Old Stock 1980s Decorative / Jewelry Silver Art Nouveau Box
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing the Exquisite 1980s Black Lacquered Wooden Box by Ottaviani: A Timeless Treasure of Elegance and Craftsmanship! Are you in search of a truly unique and stunning piece th...
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1980s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Silver Plate, Enamel

Pair Signed Erhard Sohne Trinket Casket Box Casket Original Keys Brass Wood 1900
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Fine and rare pair Jugendstil / Art Nouveau / Secession / Arts & Crafts Erhard & Sohne trinket boxes / jewelry caskets with amazing inlaid wood veneer and patinated brass showing fruit baskets and floral leaf branch decoration, Germany circa 1900. The presented and chosen motifs reflect the spirit of the time, Jugendstil. The offered antique caskets come with their rare original keys, normally lost over the years, here the keys with pierce work Erhard & Sohne lion logo and additional E.S.. The original locking mechanism is working properly. They are each 10 cm / 3.94 inches wide, 4,5 cm / 1.77 inches tall and 7 cm / 2.76 inches deep and stay in very good to excellent original condition with a nice and warm patina, minor typical and characteristic wear consistent with age and use. The high-end antique Jugendstil boxes or caskets show superior craftsmanship and design elements by the renowned designers, Erhard & Sohne, established in 1844 in Germany. The famous German company was granted the world patent for the manufacture of brass inlay in 1904. We are proud to offer additionally a rare Jugendstil dragonfly bowl...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Brass

Pug Dog Tobacco Box by Bernhard Bloch, Meissen Germany, circa 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for one of our rare Majolica items, an exceptional tobacco box by Bernhard Bloch, Meissen Germany, from the end of the 19th century or beginning of the 20th century. Th...
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1890s German Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Ceramic

Daisy Makeig-Jones Wedgwood Butterfly Lustre Box
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A mother-of-pearl lustre box with orange lustre interior and decorated with polychrome butterflies outlined in gold, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones circa 1920. Designer Daisy Make...
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1920s English Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Ceramic, Luster, Porcelain

Box Model "Pine Needle" by Tiffany & Co.
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Bronze box with white and orange glass paste, Pine Needle model, made by TIFFANY & Co, (1837 to the present). Signed Tiffany Studios, NEW YORK, 823. USA, circa 1910.
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Boxes

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Bronze

Excellent Huge Wooden Box, Casket, circa 1900, Jugendstil, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Huge wonderfully decorated wooden box, an original of the Jugendstil era, made in Austria. This casket is an impressive example of the craftsmanship of the period around 1900. Only ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Brass

Bernham Linder, Hammered Copper Box, Jugend, Sweden Early 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare box in hammered copper, by and marked Bernham Linder. Jugend, Sweden early 1900s. In good condition, smaller sign of age and wear.
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Boxes

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Copper

Rene Lalique Glass Beetle Boxe
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
The Beetle boxe was one of the first glass designs R.Lalique created for the perfume industrie. It was commissioned for Piver who was then a famous perf...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Glass

Snuffbox Fired Enamel Miniature on Lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature on the lid. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Measurements cm. 5....
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pill Box Hand Painted Miniature of a Lady with Small Dog, Art Nouveau Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Domed round 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated pillbox with fire enamels above and below, and hand-painted miniature of a lady with small dog, in Viennese Art Nouveau style second ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Wedding Ring Holder, German, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1900, WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Centerplace, WMF, German WMF (Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik) Electro- Wurtemberg Plate Company in Geislingen, Germany, internationally known today as 'WMF' initials of the...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

Tiffany Studios New York 'Zodiac' Bronze Box, circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous bronze desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box featuring Zodiac designs By Tiffany Studios New York, USA, Early 20th century Measures: 4.5"W x 3.5"D x 2"H. Ve...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Boxes

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Bronze

Pill Box Sterling Silver Hand Painted Miniature Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century, and fine hand engravings. Measure cm. 3,5 x 4,...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver

George Adam Scheid 1895 Green Enameled Guilloche Desk Box in .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Enamelled box in silver designed by George Adam Scheid (1837-1921). A very beautiful rectangular desk box, created in Vienna Austria by George Adam Scheid back in the late 19th ce...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Tabacco Pot or Box 19th Majolica Tobacco Jar France Green and Red Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Tabacco box, Pot in Majolica with brass. Leaf Decor pattern. Brown Green and Red color. It has been made in France circa 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Majolica

Box, Germany, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1890, WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Box Style: Art Nouveau year: 1890 Country: Germany Materials: silver plated Several of the WMF objects can be seen in museums We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art No...
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1890s German Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

Box, Germany, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1890, Sign, WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Box Page: 299 in the Book – Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork from WMF Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik: The English Catalogue 1906 Hardcover Signatures: WMF G with ostrich = The fir...
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1890s German Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

Pair of Box, Germany, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1890, Sign: WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Box Page: 299 in the Book – Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork from WMF Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik: The English Catalogue 1906 Hardcover signatures: WMF G with ostrich = The fi...
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1890s German Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

Art Nouveau Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Decorative Case, London, 1901
Located in Braintree, GB
Decorative case with enamel clover - .925 silver - Goldsmiths and Silversmiths London - U.K. - 1901 Good condition - used with small signs o...
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Early 1900s British Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings at around 800°C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver

French Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Pill or Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A small French sterling silver pill box, Art Nouveau period, decorated with flowers and a gold gilt interior, circa late-19th century, France. Piece is a pill box, but can also hold ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Oval Pill Box Monochrome Fired Enamel Landscape Miniature Art Nouveau Style Ster
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted fine monochrome fire enamelled miniature depicting a landscape in Art Nouveau style. Dimensions cm. 4.5 x 5.5 x 1.4. Weight gr. 70. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1977 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Peter Keil Travel Suitcase Oil Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Peter Keil, Neo-expressionist, original painting on a travel suitcase. Signed and dated 1986 Berlin on bottom. Very good condition with mild storage wear.
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20th Century Art Nouveau Boxes

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Leather

Pocket Cigarette Case Hunting Dogs Miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and fine miniature hand painted...
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1980s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Candy Box in Glass Leg from the House of Daum-Nancy
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Candy box in glass leg from the House of Daum-Nancy Beautiful candy box Daum, Nancy, Art Nouveau, circa 1900, Enameled decoration of Flowers Dimensions:H: 6cm, D: 10,5cm.   ...
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20th Century Art Nouveau Boxes

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Glass

Blue Ceramic Bulldog Barrel Tobacco Jar
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ceramic bulldog tobacco jar. A dog in a rain barrel numbered 668 - drip glaze ceramic in Art Nouveau style. A jar with lid in beautiful colors blue a...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Boxes

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Ceramic

WMF Gilt and Painted Glass Covered Box
Located in Norwood, NJ
WMF Art Nouveau Germany painted glass and gilt dresser box, 1900s. An exceptional example of the WMF Art Nouveau workmanship, combining the gilt figural stylized handles, holding an ...
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1890s German Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

Evening Clutch, Silk and Glass Beads, Gold, Silver and Silk Thread Embroidery
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Very old champagne coloured silk evening clutch, lining in silk satin, never used, in a perfect state of conservation, entirely embroidered with gold, silver and silk thread, with a ...
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20th Century English Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

Art Nouveau Majolica Barbotine Box Jar Pheasant on Basket by Sarreguemines
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A hand-painted majolica lidded jar / box or tureen in the shape of a pheasant hen sitting on a basket, made by Sarreguemines around 1900. This beautiful and antique piece is made of ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Ceramic, Majolica

Ormolu and Crystal Glass Trinket Jewelry Box, France, circa 1880s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous glass trinket box with ormolu mounts. No restoration has been carried out on this charming little trinket box, which remains in very stabile and functioning condition, wea...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Ormolu

Candy Maker Art Nouveau, 1900, in Crystal and Bronze
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Zodiac" Box
Located in New York, NY
A gilt bronze “Zodiac” box by Tiffany Studios New York. The box features intricate pseudo-Celtic patterning interspersed with circular elements in sky blue, each of which features a stylized depiction of one of the 12 signs of the Zodiac, all executed in enamel. Customization: We have multiple items currently available, that can be combined to complete a "14 Piece" Desk Set. Product Details: Item #: T-20887 Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Country: United States Circa: 1900 Dimensions: 3.5" high x 6.5" wide Materials: Gilt Bronze, Enamel Signed: Impressed "Tiffany Studios New York" with respective model number Literature: Tiffany Desk Sets by William R. Holland, Atglen, PA: 2008, pp. 19-39; Tiffany Lamps and Metalware by Alistair Duncan, Woodbridge, Suffolk: 2019, p. 429, no. 1756 (for the calendar frame); p. 465, no. 1879 (for the bookends); pp. 482, no. 1946 and 483, no. 1951 (for the match stand); p. 488, no. 1977 (for the cigarette and cigar boxes...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Boxes

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Bronze, Enamel

Vintage Brass Ostrich Egg Holder with Lid
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and unique brass ostrich egg holder with lid. This piece is incredibly full of detail while maintaining a simple aesthetic. The holder bui...
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1970s American Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Brass

Jugendstil Sugar Bowl Brass and Glass Conbination, Around 1908
Located in Wien, AT
Jugendstil sugar bowl brass and glass conbination around 1908. Brass polished and stove enameled. Original glass.
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Brass

Large American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Jewel Casket
By Woods & Chatellier
Located in New York, NY
Large Art Nouveau sterling silver jewel casket. Made by Woods & Chatellier in New York, ca 1910. Rectangular with straight sides, curved corners, and hing...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Antique Enamel Glass & Ormolu Jewelry Box
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1890's Wave Crest enameled glass dresser box with decorative brass trim and closure. Some surface wear to painted finish.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Ormolu

Metal Seashell Jewelry Box, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Metal seashell jewelry box. France, late 19th century. It has silk inside.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

Gorgeous Cathedral Cologne Souvenir Trinket Jewelry Box Antique, German, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful souvenir trinket box made of metal. A beautiful nice addition to your vanity room or your collection of Grand Tour items.
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1950s German Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

Serving Tray Oshu, Cream & Shadow Onyx, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Serving Tray, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. A sublime serving tray, Oshu was design to uplift layback moments. A serving tray upho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Boxes

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Onyx, Brass

Crystal and bronze box, Art Nouveau, 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Crystal and bronze box, Art Nouveau, 1900 Large Art Nouveau style bronze and crystal box, 1900, very fine chasing. H: 13 cm, W: 31 cm, D: 20 cm ref 3282
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Early 1900s European Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

19th Century Bohemian Moser Enameled Amber Art Glass Jewel Casket
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning antique Bohemian enameled art glass hinged lid jewelry casket - table box by renowned luxury glass maker Moser. Exquisitely hand-made in Bohemia (present day Czech Republic) in the late 19th century, artistic Art Nouveau period opulence, featuring very fine quality hand-blown polished...
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Late 19th Century Czech Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

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Brass

Gorgeous Cathedral Aachen Souvenir Trinket Jewelry Box Antique, German, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful souvenir trinket box made of metal. A beautiful nice addition to your vanity room or your collection of Grand Tour items.
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1950s German Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

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Metal

French Lalique Crystal Jewelry Box with Female Figure Art Nouveau Style
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial French crystal and brass box with female figure by luxury design Maison, Lalique, in the Art Nouveau style, circa mid to late-20th-century, France. Crysta...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse's Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Paul Jean Millet Sèvres Ceramic Box Polychrome Blue Green Glaze
Located in Munich, DE
This fine Sèvres ceramic box is marked PM Sèvres for Paul Jean Milet. It has been glazed in the most marvellous colours reminiscent of a Monet's water lillies.
Category

1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

20th Century Italian Silvered Bronze Mounted Clear-over-red Domed Crystal Box
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual 20th Century Italian Silvered Bronze Mounted Clear-Over-red crystal box The box is composed of two sections of Italian clear-over-red crystal which are mounted to a fabulo...
Category

Early 1900s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Art Nouveau boxes for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Art Nouveau boxes 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 boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, silver and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Nouveau boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original boxes, popular names associated with this style include Giorgio Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni, WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik, and Greenapple. 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 boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $150,000 while the average work can sell for $1,083.

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