Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
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
- Emerged during the late 19th century
- Popularity of this modernizing style declined in the early 20th century
- Originated in France and Britain but variants materialized elsewhere
- Informed by Rococo, Pre-Raphaelite art, Japanese art (and Japonisme), Arts and Crafts; influenced modernism, Bauhaus
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
- Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
- Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
- Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals
- Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood
ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.
The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau.
The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.
In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers.
The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.
Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass.
Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).
Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.
There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.
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Style: Art Nouveau
Gallé Polar Bear Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Cameo Glass Polar Bear Vase
Émile Gallé
Circa 1927
This towering Art Nouveau vase stands as one of the finest achievements of Émile Gallé’s iconic gla...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$98,500
French Art Nouveau Signed Désiré Christian Cameo Glass Vase, circa 1896
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Extraordinary cameo, hot applied and wheel carved vase by Désiré Christian c1896 in greens and yellows depicting water lilies with applied blue tear d...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Friedrich Goldscheider '1845-1897', Bust of Moor, Polychrome Terracotta, 1890
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Friedrich Goldscheider (1845 - 1897). Bust of Moor. Polychrome terracotta. Marked reserved and numbered reproduction.
circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
A Rare Art Nouveau Carved Secret Safe Book This is a very attractive piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Rare Art Nouveau Carved Secret Safe Book
This is a very attractive piece, carved in walnut and cedar with inset brass hinges and banding
When set on the bookshelf this looks like ...
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1890s Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
Loetz Silberiris Art Nouveau Iridescent Silver Overlay Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in New York, NY
Silberiris glass vase by historic Loetz with engraved silver overlay. Globular with pinched shoulder and ruffled turned-down quatrefoil rim. On front overlay in form of loose and flu...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Eichwald Art Nouveau Twin Handled Majolica Pottery Candlestick
By Eichwald
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and finely made Art Nouveau pottery twin handled candlestick decorated in Majolica glazes by Eichwald and dating from around 1910. The lightly potted candlestick stands rai...
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1910s Czech Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Martin Benito Crystal Centerpiece, Green and Bronze, Paris France
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Luxury at its finest, a rarely seen Martin Benito fine and heavy green cut to clear centre piece bowl, mouth-blown, hand-cut crystal and gilt bronze doré mount of swans and Baroque s...
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1950s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Jugendstil Porcelain Waterlily Vase in Bronze Mount by Otto Eckmann
By Otto Eckmann
Located in Chicago, US
While there may have been no love lost for his early paintings, Eckmann had an endless fascination for the decorative potential of undulating water. The open spaces created by the me...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Brass Vide - Poche or Pin Tray with Dragonfly and Flowers
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Art Nouveau brass card or pin tray, vide-poche, 1920s.
This delightful card tray or pin tray, vide-poche, is made of brass and showcases a relief design of a dragonfly, adorn...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Loetz Papillon Glass And Van Houten Pewter Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Mixed Cobalt, Green and Red Papillon Glass Vase. A rare mixed color Iridescent papillon Art Nouveau art glass vase mounted with a scrolled pewter mount in wonderful condition ready to join as the crown of your collection.
Rubin (Ruby) Papillon Decor
Czech Republic
Circa 1900
Pewter mount with impressed stamp marks "1670" and crow and lion in shield marks for the Van Houten Manufacturing Co.
Height: 10.5 Inches X 5 Inch diameter
Condition: Excellent in original condition commensurate of age and use.
The Loetz glassworks existed in Klostermuhle, Austria, for just over a hundred years, starting from 1840. But its heyday was during the life-time of Max Ritter Von Spaun, grandson of the original Johann Loetz who had founded the company. Von Spaun took over the company in 1879 and ran it until 1908, a year before his death. He was assisted by Eduard Prochaska, his technical specialist, and together they invented, designed and produced a whole series of wonderful new types of glass, taking out several patents and winning awards at all the major world exhibitions during the 1890's and the first years of the new century.
The Loetz company were amongst the leaders in Art Nouveau design and expecially in irridescent art glass. "Papillon" glass, like the vase on the left, is sometimes known today as "oil spot" glass. Another favourite Loetz colouring was irridized glass with pulled trails called "Phenomenon" glass. There were irridized vases with ribbons of metallic colours winding over the surface, and many spectacular designs with applied trails of beautiful colours, or simply pulled out of the body of the glass to form handles or decoration.
About 1900 the company started collaborating with outside designers, and some great artists designed pieces for Lotz, notably Joseph Hofmann, Koloman Moser, Maria Kirchner, and Hofstatter.
In 1908 Loetz was taken over by Max Von Spaun's son, also called Max, and although it struggled financially (going through bankruptcy in 1911 and again in 1931) there were several great designers whose work was produced by Loetz during those years and through the art deco period. These included Adolf Beckert...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
$1,840 Sale Price
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Secessionist Pink Glass Goblet by Dagobert Peche for Johann Loetz
Located in Chicago, US
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
French Post Office Mailbox - Cast Iron - Delachanal Model - Late 19th Century
Located in BARSAC, FR
Public mailbox of the French Post Office Model in molded cast iron manufactured by Delachanal in Paris - Late 19th Century
Good general condition - presented in its original conditi...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Joseph D’Aste “Fete Au Village”
Located in Belmont, MA
Joseph d’Aste (1881-1945), Italian born sculptor who lived and worked in France. “Fete au village” (village celebration), gilt bronze on a marble base. S...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Original, Hallmark. Massive Silver Candleholder, Koloman Moser Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Signature: Austrian silver-mark, WW-mark. What is unusual for a Wiener Werkstatte silver-object. The signatures are on the bottom side instead...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Silver
Antique 1920s Public Iron Wall Clock With Hand-Painted Dial, Industrial Style
Located in Vienna, AT
An antique 14.5 inches diameter wall clock from the 1920s, manufactured by clockmaker Franz Klameth, Vienna, Austria. Clocks like these were originally used in public offices, a fact...
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1920s Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Iron
Loetz Art Nouveau Iridescent Vase with Engraved Silver Overlay
By Loetz Glass
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau glass vase by historic Loetz with engraved silver overlay, ca 1900. Voluptuous waisted form with pinched shoulder and wavy turned-down mouth. Overlay in form of whiplash ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
One-of-a-Kind Art Nouveau Royal Copenhagen Bowl, 1932
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique antique Danish Art Nouveau Royal Copenhagen bowl from 1932. Stunning Asian inspired depictions of Japanese goldfish and slender underwater plants all hand-painted in fiery ora...
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1930s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Porcelain
Art Nouveau Sunflowers Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel, Copper, Enamel
Antique French Patinated Bronze Cherub Vase or Urn
Located in Plainview, NY
A 19th century antique French patinated bronze tri-pod vase or urn featuring cherubs, foliage and torches. The vase rim or mouth is finely crafted in acanthus motif. Timeless and cla...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$2,663 Sale Price
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Rare Jean Pouyat Limoges France Oval Hand-painted Porcelain Ravier Bowl, 1926
By Jean Pouyat
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Jean Pouyat porcelain ravier plate or serving bowl is hand painted with red poppy flowers on pink background and decorated with elaborate Art Nouveau style gilded trim; wavy, o...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Bronze and Sterling Silver Overlay Rare Vase by Otto Heintz
By Otto Heintz
Located in San Diego, CA
This vase was designed and handcrafted by the artisans at Heintz Art Metal Shop circa 1915. hand forged in bronze, the vase has a conical shape with a flared base and lip. A delicate...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
$380 Sale Price
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Ceramic Vase with Tulip Decor attributed to Moorcroft Art Nouveau Style
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This stunning Art Nouveau ceramic vase, attributed to Moorcroft, features an exquisite hand-painted tulip decor. The deep, glossy glaze accentuates the vibrant yellows and purples of...
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20th Century English Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Cameo Glass "Montbrecia Vase" by Daum Frères
By Daum
Located in London, GB
"Montbrecia Vase" by Daum Frères
An attractive early 20th Century cabinet cameo glass vase of solifleur form etched and enamelled with a floral landscape. The design heightened with...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Rare Antique Russian Abramtsevo Vase Hand Wood Carving Painting by Boehm
Located in Sweden, SE
"Boy with Sledge and Dog" is carved wooden brush pot with hand painting in oils in post - impressionist manner performed by a famous master: Elisaveta Merkuryevna Bem or Boehm or Böhm (1843–1914). Very beautiful vase that will decorate any interior. Antique wooden vases...
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Early 20th Century Russian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Lacquer
Art Nouveau Stoneware Vitis Vase by Edmond Lachenal and Émile Decoeur
Located in Chicago, US
The finest examples of vases produced in collaboration between Edmond Lachenal and Emile Decoeur date from 1901-1904. This vase, with the word “original” marked on its underside, ind...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Sterling Vanity Brushes, Set of 6
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of 6 Art Nouveau Sterling silver vanity brushes. American circa 1900.
All stamped Sterling. Original horsehair bristles.
Each brush features a sli...
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Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,200 / set
Art Nouveau Glass Paperweight with Floral Silver Overlay, c. 1910s
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant paperweight from the early 20th century is expertly crafted of cut glass and floral silver overlay in the manner of Art Nouveau. The translucent glass cube is shaped wit...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Emmanuel Villanis Style Art Nouveau French Virgin Mary Sculpture w/ Marble Base
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A turn of the 20th century Emmanuel Villanis styled Virgin Mary bust sculpture exudes the ethereal grace reminiscent of the virgin saint in an Art Nou...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$225 Sale Price
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Iridescent Art Nouveau Leaves Vase by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer for Clement Massier
Located in Chicago, US
Stamped Lucien Levy Dhurmer for Clement Massier.
Literature: Coleman B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, p.213
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Loetz Candia Silberiris Glass Vase with Silver Overlay
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Candia Silberiris Glass Vase with Silver Overlay
Circa 1900
Height: 5.2 inches (13.0 cm)
Diameter: 3 Inches (7.5 cm)
Condition: Glass vas...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$992 Sale Price
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C. Conndray Bronze Figural Art Nouveau Sculpture Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Louis Icart
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Beautifully patinated, absolutely exquisite Art Nouveau figural bronze coffee table by C. Conndray. This coffee table is a perfect example ...
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1960s American Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Majolica Swan Jardinière Stamped Imperiale Nimy, Belgium, circa 1900
Located in Verviers, BE
Majolica white swan jardinière Nimy, circa 1900.
Stamped: Nimy Faiences imperiale 1789-1951 Belgium.
A real treasure for the ceramics' collector.
...
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Early 1900s Belgian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Antique German Cast Iron Christmas Tree Stand with Holly and Berry Motif
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique German cast iron Christmas tree stand features a charming holly and berry motif, beautifully hand-painted in green and red with...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Edgar Brandt Style Hand Forged Iron Snake or Serpent Sculpture, Austria, 1920s
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Vienna, AT
A wrought iron Art Nouveau era model of a snake / serpent. High-quality craftsmanship, handmade of forged iron by a Viennese metalworker in the 1920s.
A decorative object, which would look great in your shelf, but also suitable as a paperweight, a jewelry ring holder...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Pierrot Polychrome Sculpture, 1900s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Pierrot under the Moon sculpture, France, ca.1900. Polychrome plaster and mirror. Pierrot sits on a stone balustrade and plays the mandolin under the moon. The moon is represented b...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror, Plaster
Art Nouveau Ornate Elephant Head Handle Vase for RStK Amphora
Located in Chicago, US
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery factory was loc...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Bofill Silvered Bronze Owl, Hibou Paperweight / Hood Ornament, France, 1910-15
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Bofill silvered bronze owl - Hibou Desk Paperweight / Car Mascot / Hood Ornament. France 1910-15.
Silver plated bronze, signed. Excellent original conditions.
HIBOU
Par Antoine Bofi...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Josef Hoffmann for Wiener Werkstatte Brass Basket, circa 1920
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A Josef Hoffmann brass, hand-hammered handled basket, made by the Wiener Werkstatte, circa 1920. The hammered fluted basket is of rounded open sha...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Modernist Centerpiece, Tin, Metal, Victor Saglier, Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Modernist centerpiece. Tin, metal. Victor Saglier, late 19th century.
With marks. Flowers not included.
Centerpiece with an oval-shaped interior metal tray, with legs finished in ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
20th Century Glass Sculpture entitled "Moineau Coquet" by Lalique
By Lalique
Located in London, GB
An excellent frosted glass figure of a crouched sparrow with its head turned cleaning beneath its wings exhibiting good hand finished detail, signed Lalique France to base
ADDITIONA...
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Late 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Antique English Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
By William Aitken
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by William Aitken in Birmingham in 1905. Rectangular window in shaped scrolled surround mounted to stained wood with hinged ...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Brass Ink Blotter
Located in New York, NY
A brass Art Nouveau period ink blotter. Beautiful Art Nouveau details captured in blotters' handle. Use for its intended purpose or as a standalone piece decorative object on a desk,...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Ernst Wahliss Turn Wein Austrian Art Nouveau Figural Lily Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Turn Wein Austrian art nouveau figural vase formed as a lily by renowned ceramicist Ernst Wahliss (Austrian, 1837-1900) dating from around 1900. The tall and elegant porce...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Nippon Art Nouveau Style Butterfly Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous Nippon Art Nouveau style butterfly vase.
Fully marked on base for having been made and hand decorated in Japanese Macau. This h...
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Mid-20th Century Macanese Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large French Majolica Tulip Vase Jean Massier Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica Tulip Vase Jean Massier Circa 1900.
H / 13 inches.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
WMF Art Nouveau candlestick. Germany 1906. Silver plated.
Located in Köln, NW
WMF Art Nouveau candlestick, Geisslingen Germany. 1906
Silver-plated. Hallmarked.
Britannia metal. Alloy of tin, lead and antimony. Finally galvanically silver-plated.
Model number ...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Britannia Standard Silver, Lead, Tin
Liberty Sculpture in Bronze and Marble, Signed: Beer
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Liberty sculpture in Bronze and marble.
French-Austrian sculptor, Friedrich Solomon Beer (1846-1912)
Friedrich Salomon Beer (1846-1912) was a promin...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in Bochum, NRW
Antique Art Nouveau Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase, France circa 1910.
Multilayered glass cameo vase with exquisite detailed decor of flowers and leaves etched in purple glass against a...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$1,778 Sale Price
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René Lalique, "Atmos Clock", circa 1930
By René Lalique
Located in Paris, FR
René Lalique
"Atmos clock", c. 1930
Execution: Glass and Chrome.
Signed: by René Lalique
Measures: H: 33 cm (12.9")
Overall Very good condition
Atmos, Pendule Perpétuelle, with the ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Chrome
Ashby Potters Guild Pair Art Nouveau Streak Glazed Candlesticks
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional pair of Art Nouveau purple and blue streak glazed art pottery candlesticks dating between 1909 and 1922. The stoneware candlesticks are heavily potted standing on wide rounded bases with tall graduating column stems with bud shaped tops with flat rounded rims. The candlesticks are decorated in streaked blue and purple glazes over a lighter red glazed ground and both have clear glazed foot rims with recessed bases. The candlesticks are both impressed ASHBY GUILD...
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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Émile Gallé (1846-1904), Rare Cameo Glass Vase 'Basilique Saint-Nicolas-de-Port'
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
Rare and Important Galle French Cameo Glass Vase
Cased glass, opalescent, colorless, yellow and blue, acid-etched design with the Basilica of St Nicolas de P...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$15,035 Sale Price
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Pair of Big Vases Wmf, German, 1910 in Silver Plated, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
2 Vases WMF
Signs:
Page: 371 in the Book – Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork from WMF Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik: The English Catalogue 1906 Hardcover.
WMF G: Introduces on ...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Iridescent Leaf & Berry Art Nouveau Vase w/Silver Collar by Clement Massier
Located in Chicago, US
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique Sgraffito Vase / Pot by Josef Ekberg for Gustafsberg
By Josef Ekberg
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique Sgraffito vase / pot by Josef Ekberg for Gustafsberg., circa 1911. Beautiful large piece made at his studio in the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory, Sweden. Blue flower decorat...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
French Art Nouveau Emile Galle 'Intaglio' Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Rare and interesting early Emile Galle cameo vase, c14 inches tall, decorated with 1908 chrysanthemum series probably the "sur café au lait" version,...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Art Nouveau Vase, signed by LeGras, 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Zurich, CH
The Legras vases, from around 1900, feature white glass overlaid with violet and green, etched with delicate wisteria motifs. Signed by the renowned French glassmaker Legras, these v...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$10,466 / set
Antique Majolica Tobacco Jar Munich Child in Hofbrauhaus Keg, Germany 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for an antique figural tobacco jar featuring the Munich Child on a keg from Munich's famous Hofbrauhaus. The jar reads "Tabak" (german fo...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Gilded Art Nouveau "Angry Web-Footed Sea Monster" Vase by RStK Amphora
Located in Chicago, US
Model #4543
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
21st Century, Hand-Carved Amber Crystal and Silver Bowl in Classic Style
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century hand carved amber crystal centrepiece with silver925 frame (gr 140) .
This centrepiece is a limited edition, we have only a few pieces. It's particular hand -carved an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Silver
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