Jugendstil Brass Picture frame with glass around 1908
Located in Wien, Au
Jugendstil Brass Picture frame with glass around 1908 Brass polished and stove enameled
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Picture Frames
Brass
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.
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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.
Jugendstil Brass Picture frame with glass around 1908
Located in Wien, Au
Jugendstil Brass Picture frame with glass around 1908 Brass polished and stove enameled
Brass
Antique Art Nouveau Iris Flower Gilt Bronze Ormolu Gold Photo Picture Frame
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Art Nouveau Iris Flower Gilt Bronze Ormolu Gold Photo Picture Frame Continental Bronze, glass c. 1900 Dimensions: H x W: 13cm x 8.5cm (external) 9cm x 6cm (internal)...
Ormolu
Fine Antique Picture Frame in Gilt Bronze, Art Nouveau Style
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautiful Art Nouveau style picture frame suitable for a photograph or small picture measuring up to 5 1/4 inch high and 7 3/4 inch wide. This gilt bronze picture frame has a bea...
Cast Iron, Bronze
Art Nouveau Silver and White Guilloché Enamel Picture Frame, circa 1910s
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni, Maison Fonsèque et Olive, Georg Jensen, Paolo Traversi
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage oval silver frame with shiny white and light blue enamel front. Luminous and iridescent decorative white front with a cool light blue tint and a wavy, organic mother of pear...
Silver
Liberty & Co. Small Art Nouveau Type Sterling Silver Photo / Picture Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed English picture frame in the Art Nouveau style. Made by Liberty & Co. of London in 1987. In sterling silver. With an oval opening perfect for portraits framed by sil...
Sterling Silver
Antique Tiffany Studios Frame, Grapevine Pattern, Green Patina & Glass, Signed
Located in Petaluma, CA
A handsome quality picture frame by the noted Tiffany Studios. Yes, the company that made all those wonderful lamps at the turn of the 19th century and well beyond. A richly patinat...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Style .925 Sterling Silver Floral Filigree Picture Photo Frame 5x7
Located in Dayton, OH
925 sterling silver art nouveau style horizontal rectangular picture / photo frame featuring pierced, swirling floral and foliate filigree. Easel back. Dimensions: 12" x 0.5" x 9.5...
Sterling Silver
Claude Lalanne, a Rare Gilt-Bronze Dragonfly Frame, France, C. 1985
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Claude Lalanne (1925-2019) A rare gilt-bronze dragonfly frame, France C. 1985, Signed on reverse Cl. Lalanne Artcurial 25/450. Measures: 4" high x 3...
Bronze
Antique Picture Frame Shamrock, Silver Plated, France, 10 x 14 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique picture frame from France, around 1910, Art Nouveau. Zinc Casting Silver Plated. Picture size: 10 x 14 cm.
Zinc
Antique Art Nouveau Silver Photograph Frame. English. Dated 1905
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful silver photo frame In art nouveau style Good clear hallmark for Birmingham 1905 Original bevelled glass Good condition Original oak back Free UK shipping
Silver
Sterling Silver Peruvian Repousse Picture Frame Ca. 1920s
Located in Peabody, MA
An early 20th century art nouveau sterling silver repousse picture frame, marked Industria Peruana Plata, Sterling. Frame measures 12.5" wide x 15.25" high overall. The opening on t...
Sterling Silver
C. 1900 French Art Nouveau Floral Motif Copper Photo / Picture Frame
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lovely French Art Nouveau period copper photo / picture frame decorated with floral motif and hammered details. Fits a 4 x 6 photo. Estate of Joan Conway Crancer, daughter of the f...
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century Sculptural Copper and Zinc table Picture Frame
Located in København K, 84
An unusual and highly sculptural picture frame, dating from the early 20th century and constructed from copper and zinc. The frame is distinguished by its expressive, organic form an...
Copper, Zinc
Art Nouveau Picture Frames in Lacquered Light Burl Wood, 1930s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two beautifully curved standing Art Nouveau lacquered light burl wood picture frames produced circa 1930s. Soft wide oval shape. Original curved glass intact on both items. Great vi...
Glass, Wood, Burl
Fabulous Rare Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous, rare, sterling silver, Art Nouveau period picture frame, Thomas Brogan and Co., New York, Ca. 1895. The frame is acid-etched, having Art Nouveau-style flowers and vines tha...
Sterling Silver
Antique American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
American Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, ca 1910. Rectangular window in curved shaped surround with dramatic arched top and concave sides and bottom. On front, lush and dy...
Sterling Silver
Jugendstil picture frame with glass around 1908
Located in Wien, Au
Jugendstil picture frame with glass around 1908 Brass polished and stove enameled The picture is not for sale Picture size max: H: 15,5cm x W: 10,5
Brass
Art Nouveau Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Picture Frame ca. 1900
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Charming Art Nouveau picture frame handcrafted in carved wood, dating from the early 20th century, circa 1900–1910. It comes with its protective glass. This delicate piece combines ...
Fruitwood, Glass
Art Nouveau embossed copper and wood Art Picture Frame, France ca. 1910
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1910 / Art Picture Frame / wood, copper / Art Nouveau / Art Deco Beautiful picture frame, decorated with embossed lilies and artistic foliate designs. Handcrafted and hamme...
Copper
Brass Jugendstil picture frame with glass around 1908
Located in Wien, Au
Brass Jugendstil picture frame with glass around 1908 Brass Polished and stove enameled Glass in front of the picture Picture size: Hight: 16cm Wide: 10,5cm The picture is not incl...
Brass
Sterling Silver Travel Picture Frame with Enamel on Guilloché for 2 Photos by Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular travel photo frame with a hinged booklet, designed to hold 2 photos, made of gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on a guilloché pattern in ...
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Original lithograph of Franz Stuck´s Daughter
Located in Vienna, AT
This original lithograph made as a Christmas gift in 1912 from Franz Stuck (German Graphic artist) of his own Daughter comes in a original presentation frame. The lithograph was prin...
Wood, Paper
Antique Picture Frame, France, Silver Plated, Art Nouveau, 10 x 14 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique picture frame from France, around 1910, Art Nouveau. Zinc Casting silver plated. Picture size: 10 x 14 cm.
Zinc
Mogens Ballin Art Nouveau Picture Frame, Tin and Brass, Denmark, 1900
By Georg Jensen, Thorvald Bindesbøll, Georges De Feure, René Lalique, Mogens Ballin
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A rare antique Art Nouveau tin and brass picture frame by Danish painter and artist Mogens Ballin (1871-1914) produced in the very beginning of the last century. Intricate arts and c...
Brass, Tin, Metal
Antique Picture Frame, France, Zinc Cast, Art Nouveau, 10 x 13 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique picture frame from France, around 1910, Art Nouveau. Zinc Casting. Picture size: 10 x 13 cm.
Zinc
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver photo frame. The frame was made in Italy by the Argenteria Raddi of Florence. The design is typically Libeerty with the characteristic flowers, festoons and ribbons...
Sterling Silver
Rectangular travel photo frame with hinges, book-shaped, for 2 photos in silver
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular travel photo frame with hinges, book-shaped, for 2 photos in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloché in Art Nouveau style. Measure...
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Studios Large Grapevine Pattern Picture Frame, ca. 1905
Located in Petaluma, CA
This Large and beautiful picture frame is the the work of Tiffany Studios. This is the grapevine pattern with a gilt finish- The top border of the frame monogrammed (A.S.B.). Rich Ti...
Bronze
$200Sale Price|20% Off
Art Nouveau Pewter Picture Frame, Mexico, Vintage, 1930s, Restored
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Art Nouveau Styled Picture Frame Signed made in Mexico 9.5 H x 7 W Pewter with patinated colors. Vintage condition with some restoration. New glass and back support Refer to images p...
Metal, Pewter
Early 20th Century Italian Carved Wood Art Nouveau Tabletop Frame
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautifully preserved early 20th century Italian carved wood tabletop photo frame, crafted circa 1915–1925 and notable for its substantial, large-scale presence. This elegant piece...
Glass, Wood
Art Nouveau Whimsical Handcrafted Golden Bronze Table Mirror Vanity Mirror 1940
By Maison de l'Art Nouveau, Maison Jansen
Located in Miami, FL
Art Nouveau whimsical handcrafted cast bronze table or vanity mirror. Mirror size: 5.25 inches diameter. M-551-335
Bronze
Picture Frame Silver shaped Enamel on guilloché and floral miniatures Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Guilloché Enamel Frame by Renato Salimbeni Oval shaped external photo frame in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché and floral miniatures...
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Black high relief engraving grape leaves Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture Frame Black high relief is in 925/1000 sterling silver . Picture Frame Black high relief has black fired enamels. Picture Frame Black high relief has fine high relief engravi...
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver and Guilloche Enamel Travel Photograph Case
Located in Newark, England
SILVER AND ENAMEL CASE From our Silver collection, we are delighted to offer this rare example French Silver and Guilloche Enamel Travel Photograph Case. The case of slender rectang...
Silver, Enamel
French Art Nouveau Mirrored Picture Frame, circa 1900
Located in Hamburg, DE
This elegant picture frame dates from around 1900 and is a fine decorative example from the turn of the century. The rectangular frame is distinguished by its unusual mirrored border...
Brass
$300Sale Price|20% Off
Intricate Floral and Vine Design Pewter Picture Frame Art Nouveau
By Metzke, Robert Heritage
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a picture frame with intricate floral and vine design, this vintage-style picture frame is likely made of pewter . Similar frames featuring this "grapes and ...
Pewter
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Travel Photo Frame with Floral Miniature Art Nouveau
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small travel photo frame for 2 photos in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché and hand-painted floral miniature; blue line on the outside....
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Art Nouveau picture frame made of leather and gilt brass Masterpiece 1900
Located in Nienstädt, DE
Large antique Art Nouveau picture frame German " Jugendstil " Circa 1900 Leather covering Gilt brass ornamentation Lined with moiré ...
Brass
Antique Victorian Green Crocodile Skin Leather Photograph Album And Contents
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM A very stylish and good quality photograph album with a darkish pea green crocodile skin cover and a silver plated brass clasp in the art nouveau style. Gi...
Metal, Silver Plate
Travel Picture Frame rectangular Sterling Silver Enamel for 4 photos Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular travel photo frame with a hinged booklet, for 4 photos in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloché in Art Nouveau Style. Closed dim...
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Nouveau Silver Picture Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Art Nouveau silver plate easel picture frame with open arched design top.
Belgian Art Nouveau Copper and Glass Photo Frame, circa 1910
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1910 / Photo Frame / copper and glass / Art Nouveau An exquisite Belgian photo frame from the early 20th century, crafted circa 1910 in the height of the Art Nouveau movem...
Copper
$3,154Sale Price|20% Off
Large Decorative Silver Photo Frame
Located in Catania, IT
A large, hand made, impressive and fine quality antique photograph frame with solid silver border decorated with repeating sections foliage and blossoms. The back has been recovered ...
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame White Enamel and Hand Painted Flower Garlands Sterling Silver Salimb
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted floral miniature by the painter Renato Dainelli, fire-enamelled on a white background in Art Nouveau...
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Copper Photo Frame, Europe, End of 19th - Beg. of 20th Century
Located in Rīga, LV
Copper photo frame, Europe, end of 19th - beg. of 20th century Additional Information: Materials: Metal, cardboard, copper, glass Vintage from the 19th century Style: Art Nouve...
Metal, Copper
Tiffany Studios Pine Needle Picture Frame, Model 947
Located in New York, NY
A Tiffany Studios New York gilt bronze and Favrile glass “Pine Needle” picture frame, Model 947, circa 1905–1910, of rectangular form with a broad openwork border surrounding a reces...
Bronze
Small shaped Picture Frame 2 oval portrait Blue Navy color enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small shaped frame for 2 oval photographs in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche in Art Nouveau style. External dimensions cm. 5.2 x 7 int...
Gold Plate, Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Art Nouveau Brass Picture Frames - Violet Enamel Flowers - Austria 1900
By Kate Harris
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Pair of Art Nouveau Brass Picture Frames - Violet Enamel Flowers - Austria 1900 Very rare and particularly elegant pair of antique Art Nouveau picture frames. Crafted in Austria, C...
Brass, Enamel
Att.: Carlo Zen, Italian Art Nouveau Fruitwood & Silver Picture Frame, CA. 1900
By Carlo Zen
Located in New York, NY
Italian Art Nouveau Attributed: Carlo Zen Picture Frame Fruitwood and Silver Picture Frame Circa 1900 DIMENSIONS Height: 12 in (30.48 cm) Width: 10 in (25.4 cm) Depth: 7 in (17....
Silver
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
Antique English Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
By Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders and James Francis Hollings Shepherd
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Cornelius Saunders & Frank Shepherd in Birmingham in 1904. Shaped rectangular window in shaped surround with bracket feet...
Sterling Silver
Small Picture Frame Rectangular for oval portrait Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular for oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External cm. 6 x 9, internal oval cm....
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Art Nouveau Scarab Wings Birds Frame Enamel Copper Wood Mother of Pearl
Located in Munich, DE
This truely wonderful and rare Art Nouveau frame, with the powerful image of a winged scarab, was the symbol for life renewing itself in ancient Egypt. The body of the scarab is enameled in different shades of blue, the hues of a changing sea. The copper wings, fixed onto the wooden frame with copper nails, are laid in with mother of pearl. The bottom corners are decorated with stylized birds set with mottled green glas...
Copper, Enamel
Gorgeous Set of two Picture Frame Gilt Faux Wood 1920s Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A charming pair of vintage Italian gilt picture frames, featuring one oval and one round example, crafted from pressed wood or plywood with ...
Plywood
Pair of Italian Silver Picture Frames in the Art Nouveau Style
Located in London, GB
Pair of Italian silver picture frames in the Art Nouveau style. Italian, 20th Century Measures: height 24cm, width 20cm, depth 4cm, depth when open 16cm. The elegant frames in t...
Silver
Antique French Polished Brass Photo Frames Early 20th
Located in Poperinge, BE
A pair of antique French photo frames in the style of JH France, crafted from polished brass; dating from the first half of the 20th century, unmarked. These are frames of the type ...
Brass
Antique Tiffany Studios New York Art Nouveau Slag Glass and Bronze picture frame
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
This exceptional antique photographic frame was produced by Tiffany Studios, New York, circa 1910, during the height of the American Art Nouveau movement. The piece showcases the dis...
Bronze
Vintage 1980s Christofle Silver-Plated Anémone Floating Frame - NOS in Box
By Christofle
Located in St. Louis, MO
A pristine, highly collectible vintage classic from the master silversmiths of Paris: the Anémone-Belle Époque Silver-Plated "Floating" Picture Frame, manufactured by Christofle, cir...
Silver Plate
Set of 10 Picture Frames With Photos, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 19th - 20th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Wonderful set of 10 photo frames from the late 19th and early 20th century. Fantastic frames of Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Neoclassical style. All frames and also the glasses are ver...
Brass
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Mirror
Located in New York, NY
hand carved and gild early 20th century Art Nouveau mirror, made in Spain. Original water gilt surface is in excellent condition. Outside dimensions 30 1/4" x 24" This item can be ...
Giltwood
Brass Art Nouveau Frame + Rococo Frame with Contemporary Paintings, A Pair
Located in Round Top, TX
Two antique/vintage brass picture frames, each with custom Contemporary Watercolor Paintings. 1st Frame: Tabletop frame circa 1900 fit with an original Contemporary painting. All p...
Brass