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
Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Footed Vase w/Curving Handles by RStK Amphora
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3791
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...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
Large Antique Austrian Gilded Bronze Desk Set Sculpture Statue Pug Dogs Puppies
Located in Portland, OR
A large and rare antique Austrian gilded bronze desk set/sculpture, modeled as a Pug dogs with her two puppies, documented, circa 1910.
To the center i...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$2,996 Sale Price
25% Off
Art Nouveau Canine Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel
Monumental Amphora Art Nouveau Bowl w/Saurian by Eduard Stellmacher & Co.
Located in Chicago, US
Model #13
Eduard Stellmacher and Co, Porzellanfabrik und Kunstkeramische Industriewerke
Driven to establish a new company that produced luxury porcelain and ceramic items based on his own aesthetic aspirations, Stellmacher left Amphora when the workshop was at its most prosperous, in 1904. Together with entrepreneur Karl Frank, who provided the financial backing, he founded Ed. Stellmacher & Co. in Turn-Teplitz in 1905.
From the outset, Stellmacher worked hard to achieve a major position among other high-end ceramic art producers. He believed the success of the company would depend on his products of “appropriate methods and unerring quality, perfect from both the technical and artistic sides”. Stellmacher based his first collection on artistically progressive products, pieces he believed would be in high demand. The greater part of the designs were either large vases complemented with sculptures of fantastic dragons or natural animals. With this series, Stellmacher continued the themes he had created for Amphora from 1899-1902, however, his naturalistic renderings of animals was even more elaborately precise. He developed a special ceramic material called refined earthenware, which minimized the shrinkage that was common during firing and allowed for greater preservation of details in the original models.
Unfortunately, by 1905, contrary to Stellmacher’s plans, there was little to no demand for objects of this type. Very few pieces exist today as very few were originally produced. Even after redirecting the company to produce commercial goods Stellmacher still could not ward off the company’s demise. By 1910 the Stellmacher & Co. fell into bankruptcy and was liquidated.
Art Nouveau Dragon...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
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Earthenware
An Art Nouveau Metal and Art Glass French Biscuit Box
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This Art Nouveau French biscuit box is a striking example of the elegance and craftsmanship characteristic of the Art Nouveau movement. The biscuit box typically features a metal bas...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
A rare Christofle Scarab Art Nouveau Bronze Vase
By Christofle
Located in Harrington Park, NJ
CHRISTOFLE
Design based on Egyptian revival.
Rare scarab vase, France, ca. 1920
Gilded and polychromed bronze.
Highly desirable oxblood patination
Stamped ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Gallé Signed, Set of Acid Etched Double Overlay Cameo Vases, 1920
By Gallé
Located in Rijssen, NL
This exquisite Art Nouveau set vases by Émile Gallé in Nancy are statement pieces in the room. Signed Gallé. Original Acid Etched Double Overlay Cameo Vase.
In purple over beige and...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Small silvered jugendstil box with cut glass germany around 1910s
Located in Wien, AT
Small silvered jugendstil box with cut glass germany around 1910s
Very hight quality manufacture
Very beautiful and fine glass cut work
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1920s German Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Wilton Parker Rix Doulton Lambeth Marqueterie Ware Brown Marbled Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and very stylish Doulton Lambeth Marqueterie Ware brown marbled art pottery bowl by Lambeth’s first Art Director Wilton Parker Rix (Doulton Lambeth 1868-1897) and dating from ...
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1890s British Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Bohemian Glass Vase Loetz Cytisus Red Green Orange Gold circa 1902 Art Nouveau
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Austrian Jugendstil, floral glass vase, manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe, red, green, orange, gold, circa 1902, "Cytisus Neuroth" decoration, bohemian glass, Austria
The "Cytisu...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Art Nouveau Belgium Stoneware Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Torquay, GB
Delightful Art Nouveau Belgium stoneware studio pottery vase circa 1940s.
Round shaped low vase with an opening to its flat top.
Decorated with smatterings of appliqué petals on a tw...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
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Ceramic, Stoneware
Art Nouveau Italian Signed Dated and Inscribed Original Bronze
By Constantino Barbella
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Art Nouveau "Ebrezza" bronze sculpture of a woman lying on a bed of roses.
It bears at the base the signature Barbella and the wording “Rome Palm Sunday 31 III 1912”
Brand...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
French Vieux Rouen Faience Vase with Vegetal Patterns Art Nouveau, c. 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
French faience vase from Rouen manufactures.
Features hand painted floral decor in a blue, orange, white and yellow and green palette
Good antique condition, apparent cracks on the i...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience
Windswept Maiden Vase by Lajos Mack for Zsolnay
By Zsolnay, Lajos Mack
Located in Chicago, US
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
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1890s Hungarian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
One-of-a-Kind Floral Royal Copenhagen Bowl, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique Danish Art Nouveau Royal Copenhagen bowl, circa 1940s. Stunning hand-painted naturalistic depictions of flowers, leaves and stems in dark brown, warm yellow and green colors o...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Porcelain
Tiffany Studios Bud Vase
Located in Bronx, NY
This stylish & artistic Tiffany Studios, New York bud vase is beautifully designed in brilliant iridescent favrile art glass. The vase has a sturdy round base, from which a tall slen...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$2,000
Rare Antique Impressionistic Hand-painted Vase Finished with Moriage Decoration
Located in Louisville, KY
Rare Antique Impressionistic Hand-painted Vase finished with Moriage Decoration
A rare beauty indeed, this piece of pottery is simple in design, yet adorned with a colorful impressi...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Antique Edwardian Wasp Waist Mannequin – c. 1900–1910
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Antique Edwardian Wasp Waist Mannequin – c. 1900–1910
A rare and elegant early 20th-century tailor's mannequin featuring the iconic wasp waist silhouette, characteristic of the Edwa...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Textile, Wood
Vase Loetz Experimental Decoration ca. 1907 Jugendstil Green Pink Glass
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Vase, Johann Loetz Witwe, experimental decoration, ca. 1907
This object is an absolute peculiarity in the production range of the Johann Loetz Witwe glassworks. At first glance, the...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Italian Patented Feathered Bronze Vase from the Early Twentieth Century
Located in Milano, MI
Bronze vase with feathered morises, patented, made in the early 20th century.
Ø 25 cm Ø 13 cm h 16 cm
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1910s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$272 Sale Price
20% Off
Le Verre Francais ( Plant Rubaniers ) Style: Art Nouveau, Jugendstil
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Le Verre Francais
acid worked
Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made at the same time as the Schneider des...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Rare Art Nouveau Fine Quality Carved Chandelier / Pendant Light Chandelier 1910s
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and all handcrafted chandelier from the turn of the century.
This good quality pendant of a 100 years old has six perfectly and evenly hand-carved arms. This stylish exampl...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Art Nouveau Vase with Herons and Flowers, J.W. Mijnlieff, Holland Utrecht 1900s
By Faience- en Tegelfabriek Holland
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Exceptional Art Nouveau ceramic vase by Jan Willem Mijnlieff, founder and master ceramist of Fayence- en Tegelfabriek Holland, the iconic Utrecht factory active between 1893 and 1920...
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$1,128 Sale Price
20% Off
DAUM Large vase decorated with acid-etched rosehip flowers, 1910-1915
By Daum
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large French Art Nouveau vase by DAUM (Nancy), France, 1910-1915. Rosehip flowers. Large double-blown glass vase in the shape of a baluster shouldered with an open neck, decorated wi...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Italian New Old Stock 1980s Decorative / Jewelry Silver Art Nouveau Box
By Ottaviani
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Enamel
Josef Rindskopf Art Nouveau Iridescent Art Glass Double Gourd Bud Vase
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period iridescent double gourd art glass bud vase
By Josef Rindskopf
Czech Republic, Circa 1890s
Measures: 3.5"W x 3.5"D x 9"H.
Ve...
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Late 19th Century Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Art Nouveau Soufflé Glass Vase with Birds by Muller Frères Lunéville, France
Located in North Miami, FL
1900s Art Nouveau bulbous frosted soufflé glass vase with trees and birds by Muller Frères Lunéville, France
By: Muller Frères Lunéville, Emile Gallé (i...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Art Nouveau Deer Bimini Style Lauscha Art Glass Sculpture Figure, 1910s
By Bimini Glass, Lauschaer
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early-20th century hand blown Deer Figurine, made probably in the Lauscha Thuringia Area in Germany. Excellent vintage condition, consistent with age and use. A nice addition...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
1930s Metal Dog, St. Bernard, Mastiff Type, or Retriever Type. Solid.
Located in Warrenton, OR
1930s Metal Dog, St. Bernard, Mastiff Type, or Retriever Type. Solid.
UPDATE: Due to agreement with 1stDibs, we'll be staying through the end of the year.
This very handsome guardia...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
French Bronze Miniature Portrait Jewelry Box
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
French Bronze Miniature Portrait Jewelry Box
Beautiful rectangular French jewelry box
with hinged lid with a centered miniature depiction of a lady,...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Animalier Bronze Marble Greyhound Sculpture Desk Paperweight 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A very handsome antique French Animalier bronze greyhound sculpture, paperweight, circa 1900.
The bronze in the style of Emmanuel Fremiet, mad...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Majolica Vase by Gerbing & Stephan, Bohemia circa 1910
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable rare Art Nouveau Majolica vase by Gerbing & Stephan from the early period in Bohemia around 1910. The beautiful shaped grey blue c...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Flowers Antique Italian Art Glass Cabinet Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flowers mosaic Italian art glass decorative cabinet vase / pitcher. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1910-1930. T...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century German Art Nouveau Solid Silver Candelabra, Eugen Marcus, c.1900
By Eugen Marcus
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
20th Century German Art Nouveau silver monumental seven-light candelabra, beautifully modelled, on shaped and beautifully decorated bases, applied with whiplash leaves, the two amazo...
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20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique Set of Three Glass Apothecary Jars, 19th Century, France
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Antique Set of Three Glass Apothecary Jars, 19th Century, France. Lovely amber glass with reverse painted labels and red toleware lids. Original paper label on back of Serpentine De ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Tin
Rare Small Majolica Daisy Cache Pot Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare small majolica daisy cache pot signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Early 1900 by Christopher Dresser SCI Laveno Jugendstill Ceramic Cachepot Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
Purple ceramic cachepot
Perfect condiction.
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Art Nouveau Scorpion Fish Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Pair of Secession Vases by Lajos Mack for Zsolnay
By Lajos Mack, Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, US
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...
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1890s Hungarian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Bernard Moore Flambe Glazed Large Art Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning English Art Nouveau large art pottery bowl decorated in flambe glazes by renowned artist Bernard Moore (British, 1850-1935) and dating from around 1910. The lightly potted...
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1910s English Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
French Terracotta Sculpture Nude Woman "Premiere Faute" - by LAMI - Art Nouveau
By Stanislas Lami
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Female nude in terracotta.
Signed "St. Lami" on the base. Stanislas Lami is a French sculptor.
Stamp mark "Terracotta - R. D'ARLY Paris".
This work inspires purity and delicacy.
The sculpture represents a kneeling naked woman, the features are fine and pleasant. The work is neat and delicate. The position of the woman calls for calm and tranquility.
Our terracotta proof is a reduction of Stanislas Lami's marble entitled "Première Faute" which earned him the second medal at the Salon of 1891. The work represents a young woman kneeling, her arms modestly covering her face with closed eyes. At the dawn of the 20th century, this elegant statuette was part of the symbolist movement and announced the Art Nouveau movement.
This beautiful work was included in the second edition of the artist's catalog raisonné.
Related literature:
Grégoire de Thoury, Stanislas Lami (1858-1944), catalog raisonné of sculptures, Paris, 2014, model listed under number FA12.
More widely known for his masterful literary work, Stanilas Lami is an artist as much as a scholarly amateur.
Son of the sculptor Alphonse Lami, grandson of the neoclassical painter Bidauld, son-in-law of the art dealer Charles Sedelmeyer, he benefited all his life from an environment favorable to the promotion and commissioning of his written or sculpted works.
While he wrote his famous dictionaries of sculptors of the French School throughout his career, over around forty years, he also exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes français between 1882 and 1942.
Wonderful decorative piece.
Beautiful dimensions.
France - Art Nouveau - 1891
Stanislas Lami, born in 1858 in Paris and died in 1944, was a French sculptor and art historian. He is the grandson of landscape painter François-Xavier Bidault and the son of sculptor Alphonse Lami.
Some of his works are kept in museums, especially in Spain. In Paris, at the Musée d'Orsay, there is a marble sculpture of the Danish Dog...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculptural Tray Indoor Fountain with Nude by Suzanne Bizard
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Nouveau bronze sculptural tray indoor fountain with seated nude holding a vase signed by Suzanne Bizard.
Patinated bronze on impressive marble tr...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Style WMF Art Nouveau Brass and Copper Flowerpot with Levers and Organic Details
Located in Verviers, BE
Style WMF Art Nouveau brass and copper flowerpot with levers and organic details
Hand-hammered out of one piece of copper.
Brass handles with Organic style details
With original...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century Eduard Stellmacher for Amphora "Lily of the Valley" Maiden Vase
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This late 19th century porcelain vase was designed by Eduard Stellmacher for Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel Amphora of Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia. The piece has a Classic Art Nouveau form and features a dimensional nymph partially encased in the leaves of a lily of the valley plant. The maiden's body is accented by two delicate arched tendrils finished in gilt which bear small white lily of the valley blossoms, also accented in gilt. The remainder of the piece is painted in shades of light green and ochre with gilt highlights.
An example of this shape with similar painted decoration can be seen on page 37 of Richard L. Scott's 'Ceramics From The House Of Amphora 1890-1915.' As an antique item, the vase shows appropriate signs of age consisting of wear to the gilded decoration along with a shallow chip on one of the ridged leaves on the back of the piece. The foot is 4" in diameter and bears the red RStK mark reading "RStK TURN Teplitz...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Iridescent Loetz Glass Vase with Flower Opening, 1940s
By Loetz Glass
Located in Milano, MI
Vase in Austrian iridescent Loetz glass, with a shape with a flower opening and colors from purple to beetle, made in the 1940s
Measures: Ø cm 18 h cm 11
The production of Loetz glass began with Johan Loetz (1778-1848) in the 18th century through the takeover of the Klostermühle glassworks.
In the second half of the 19th century, his nephew took charge of the modernization of the glassworks, introducing, thanks to the assistance of the inventor Eduard Prochaska, new processing techniques: thus new processes were born with glass in imitation of semi-precious stones, veins and the decoration. , which during processing includes hot coils or colored glass pads.
Finally, at the end of the 19th century, the creation of the first glass iridescences with metallic reflections began, up to the creation of Phänomen in glass with applications and inserts of partially metallized glass filaments, similar to Tiffany glass and the famous Papillon glass...
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1940s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$707 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau Good Quality Enamel Decorated Brass Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality Art Nouveau enamel decorated rectangular box dating from around 1900. Possibly Austrian, the box is made in brass with a hinged overlapping cover the top applied with ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Art Nouveau Porcelain Vase by Ernest Chaplet
Located in Chicago, US
The Venus of Willendorf if she were a pot; this diminutive size is perfectly suited for holding in your hands. This pot is meant to be caressed. Its rather buxom top narrows at the w...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Henri GAUQUIE The Sower French Sculpture, ca.1910
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French bronze sculpture by Henri Désiré GAUQUIE (1858-1927), France, ca.1910. The sower. Height : 18.25"(46.4cm), Width : 7.9"(20cm), Depth : 8.1"(20.5cm). A sharp line, an indisputa...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Iridescent Art Nouveau Golden Bees Vase by Delphin Massier
Located in Chicago, US
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Art nouveau Kintsugi vase PIERRE PERRET VALLAURIS
Located in MEAUX, FR
This exceptional 33.5cm tall piece, dating from the early 20th century, captures the timeless form of a calabash and boasts a stunning turquoise glaze reminiscent of Chinese porcelai...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Glazed Ceramic Woman Bust, Art Nouveau Period, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Glazed ceramic woman bust, Art Nouveau period, France, early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
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Ceramic
$7,200 Sale Price
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Monumental Art Nouveau Ribbed Vase by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
Located in Chicago, US
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Bohemian Egermann Cut to Clear Vine and Hunt Scene Vase, 19th Century
Located in Bochum, NRW
This Bohemian crystal glass vase was crafted in the late 19th century by Fredrich Egermann manufactory. This splendid glass vase has been finely engraved with the grindstone to depic...
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1880s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Cristallerie de Pantin Early Acid Cameo Vase with Silver Mounts, c1890
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Cristallerie de Pantin Early Acid Cameo Vase with Silver Mounts, c1890
Additional information:
Date : c1890
Origin : Paris, France
Bowl Features : Tall, slender plants with four-pe...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Technicolor Thistle Art Nouveau Vase by Clement Massier
Located in Chicago, US
An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Amphora Vase in the Shape of Geometric Cone by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
René Lalique an early glass perfume bottle "Ambre D’Orsay"
By René Lalique
Located in Aachen, DE
A good early perfume bottle Ambre for the perfume company D'Orsay, designed by René Lalique and made in his glassworks, likely those located in Combs-la-ville, which was before he op...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Art Nouveau Pearlescent Czech Glass Rose Bowl, Kralik c.1900s
Located in Glasgow, GB
An Art Nouveau rose bowl vase, crafted by the renowned Czech glassmaker Kralik circa 1910.
A perfect example of the organic elegance and style of the...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
1900's Two Danish Hand-Crafted Art Nouveau Vases by P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Knebel, DK
1900's Two Hand-Crafted Danish Hand-Crafted Art Nouveau Vases by P. Ipsens Enke
The hand-crafted Danish art nouveau Lybian styled vases by P. Ipsens Enke were designed in 1875 and ...
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1870s Danish Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Art Nouveau Pink Frilly Edged Glass Vase, Austria circa 1900
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Lovely, early 20th century glass vase with frilly edge coming from the famous Art Nouveau period in Austria around 1900. The mouthblown light pink flashed...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
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