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
Large Art Nouveau Teak Frame for Mantelpiece Mirror or Picture, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
Art nouveau french frame made circa 1920.
The frame can be used to highlight a painting or to support a mirror.
In both cases we will supply the chopsticks to hold whatever you choos...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
French Art Nouveau Pair of Large Terracotta Vases, circa 1910
Located in Traversetolo, IT
A stunning French Art Nouveau pair of large vases with female figures of the era, circa 1910.
Category
1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
$658 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Emile Galle (1846-1904) Nnancy Vase Balaustre
By Émile Gallé
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Emile Galle (1846-1904) Nnancy Vase Balaustre
In colorless glass with inclusion of sandy glass powder
Cammeowork with floral decor
Cammeo signature
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Gabriel Argy Rousseau Pate De Verre Knight
Located in Dallas, TX
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau Pâte de Verre Chevalier Paperweight, Circa 1920 Art Nouveau - Art Deco period mottled glass is shades of red, pink, orange and purpl...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$1,480 Sale Price
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Alexandre / Belgium Vase green glazed terracotta decorated with Fish in relief
Located in Verviers, BE
Signed: Alexandre / Belgium Vase green glazed terracotta decorated with Fish in relief
Alexandre Gempfenstein (Alexandre de Wemmel) (Ukrainian Be...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Hand Painted Ceramic Wedgewood Marsden Vase with Floral Patterns
By Wedgewood
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Nouveau vase was realized in the England by the storied maker Wedgwood circa 1890. It features Art Nouveau stylized foliate patterns in caramel and crimson with an i...
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1890s English Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Antique Austrian Loetz Styled Iridescent Art Glass Vase with Metal Covered Rim
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique art glass vase is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Austria and dates to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Table Box floral miniature fire-enameled on guilloche and stripes Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with fine floral miniature fire-enamelled on guilloche, enamelled edge with vertical stripes. Viennese Art N...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Pair of art nouveau Mettlach pottery vases with incised markings to underside
By Mettlach
Located in San Francisco, CA
each double-handled urn painted with meandering foliate design on a blue-gray ground; with incised marks to the underside
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Late 19th Century German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$2,080 Sale Price / set
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Vase in brass mount Bohemian Glass Loetz Krasnik Pink ca. 1900 Vienna
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Small but elegant glass vase in a polished brass mount.
The vase was designed by Antoinette Krasnik (School of Koloman Moser).
The vase was produced by the Bohemian glass manufacture...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Josef Ekberg, Sgraffito Vase, Gustavsberg 1920, Sweden Art Nouveau
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Josef Ekberg sgraffito vase for Gustavsberg., Sweden Art Nouveau.
Signed Gustavsberg 1920 JE
In good condition, smaller signs of age and wear.
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
1899 Art Nouveau Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland Gouda “Violetta” Vases, Pair
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This delicate and finely crafted pair of PZH Gouda “Violetta” vases dates back to 1899, as marked by the B date code on their bases. Created by the renowned Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holl...
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1890s Dutch Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
$832 Sale Price / set
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Clément Massier Vase
Located in New York, NY
Clément Massier vase design by Lucien Levy Design .
Glazed ceramic.
Signed and stamped at the bottom.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$14,000
Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Ruby Papillon, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, Ca 1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Bohemian Art Nouveau Glass Vase:
Mould blown glass on a flat stand, gently widening conically and forming a steep shoulder, slight constriction to a wide opening with a ground...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Large Antique American Edwardian Art Nouveau Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Large Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Lebkuecher in Newark, ca 1910. Rectangular window in curvilinear shaped surround. Corner frames inset and entwined ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lötz Witwe Glass Vase Decoration Phenomen Rosa Iridescent, Bohemia, circa 1902
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Rare Lötz Witwe Glass Vase with Decoration "Phenomen Rosa" out of the famous workshops in Bohemia around 1902. The beautiful mould-blown pink glass body shows an amazing looking irid...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Max Blondat French Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Vide-Poche
By Max Blondat
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau gilt bronze vide poche by Max Blondat. Titled "An Embrace". The vide poche features the heads and torsos of a man and a woman, sweeping up from the sides of the dish. Each of the lovers has an arm around the other. Circa 1900. Pictured in: Dynamic Beauty: Sculpture of Art Nouveau Paris, by Macklowe Gallery, The Studley Press, 2011, p. 57.
Signed, "MAX-BLONDAT" Founder mark "Siot...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Fortini Cast Bronze Figural Relief Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cast hollow bronze figural sculpture carved in relief (ca. early 20th Century Italy). No chips or losses; light patina throughout. Masterful work and appealing subject matter. Can be...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Steuben Glass Gold Aurene, Calcite, Bowl / Centerpiece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful gold shining bright bowl by the well known Steuben glass Co.
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Antique German Art Nouveau Brass Decorative Tray C.1910’s
Located in Lutz, FL
Decorative Brass Art Nouveau Tray/Console Bowl/Decorative Dish. Likely German c.1910’s, beautiful stylized leaf and vine details around the edges and inside of tray with woman’s face...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique Art Nouveau Gilt Plaster Portrait Bust Sculpture of Woman, Circa 1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Art Nouveau sculpture offers gilt plaster depicting portrait bust of a woman on plinth, unsigned, c1910
Measures: 23.5" H x 11" W ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
$600 Sale Price
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Antique Danish Silver Bowl, 1920s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Antique Danish Silver Bowl, 1920s.
Elegant bowl in hammered silver made in Denmark in the 1920s. Originally used a sugar or candy bowl.
Stamped...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
French Hand Blown Blue Opaline Glass Vase Cornucopia France Art Deco 1920 - XXth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Blown white and brown opaline vase from the Portieux Vallerysthal crystal factory representing a hand holding a cornucopia and dating approximately from the 1920s
“Cornet” vase or “M...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Opaline Glass
Round carved wooden box with its key - Beethoven profile medallion - 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Louis XVI style carved wooden jewelry treasure box. The wood is carved in relief with foliage decoration all around, and the profile of Beethoven is very nicely and finely carved on the lid,
This profile in a circle and the play of colors and textures of the wood gives a medallion in the taste of the bronze work of Jean Bertrand Andrieu.
The interior is in green silky fabric.
La Boite is also in the style of T. Hingre's bronze work. Louis-Théophile Hingre (sometimes known as Théophile Hingre) is a sculptor, modeler and medal engraver.
The wood of this pretty round box is beautifully and finely carved. Beethoven's profile like the scrolls are sculpted with great precision and delicacy.
Ludwig von Beethoven is a German composer, pianist and conductor, born in Bonn on December 15 or 16, 1770 and died in Vienna on March 26, 1827 at the age of 56.
The last great representative of Viennese classicism (after Gluck, Haydn and Mozart), Beethoven prepared the evolution towards romanticism in music and influenced Western...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Majolica Swan Jardinière Planter Style of Imperiale Nimy, Belgium 1900s
Located in Verviers, BE
Majolica white swan jardinière Nimy, circa 1900.
A real treasure for the ceramics' collector.
Small chip to top rim not visible during use see photo.
Please don't hesitate to get i...
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Early 1900s Belgian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Josef Ekberg "Sgraffito" Vase for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1922, Art Nouveau
Located in Göteborg, SE
This elegant sgraffito vase by Josef Ekberg was made for Gustavsberg in 1922 and remains a beautiful example of early Swedish ceramic artistry. The vase features a soft turquoise gla...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Forged Iron Torchère, Taidetakomo Hakkarainen, Early 20th Century
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Forged iron torchère, manufactured by Taidetakomo Hakkarainen, Early 20th Century. Forged iron frame with copper detail. Marked. Good vintage condition, minor patina consistent with ...
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Early 20th Century Finnish Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Iron
Pair of Art Nouveau Kralik Loetz-Type Rigaree Art Glass Vases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Loetz type art glass vases.
Attributed to the Kralik Glassworks.
Similar to the Loetz Nautilus Pattern.
Both with applied bands of rigaree to sides. The rigaree ha...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Acid-Etched Glass Vase, Amarantes Model by Charles Schneider, Art Nouveau, 1900.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Acid-etched glass vase, amarantes model by Charles Schneider, Art Nouveau, 1900.
Art Nouveau vase by Charles Schneider, circa 1900, for French glass, acid-etched, amarantes model.
H...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Inusual Vase, Sign: Muller Freres Luneville, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Freres Luneville
acid worked
Muller Feres
The heart of the company was formed by five brothers (Henri, Desire, Eugene, Pierre, Victor) from a glass making family wh...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
20th Century Pate de Verre Glass study entitled "Papillon" by Daum Glass
By Daum
Located in London, GB
An attractive mid 20th Century pate de verre glass study of butterfly rested on a rose with excellent detail and very fine vibrant colour, signed Daum France
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Late 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Pair of Pewter Vases by WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Pair of silver plated pewter and turquoise glass vases. Manufactured by WMF-Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (1853 - present). Signed WMF.
Germany, CIRCA 1900.
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
$30,000 / set
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Mosaic Antique Italian Art Glass Pitcher Plate
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown large Millefiori Murrina flower mosaic Italian art glass water pitcher and under plate. Documented to the Fratelli...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
$1,120 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Picture Frame White flowers hand painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture Frame is in 925/1000 sterling silver and gold plated 24 carats.
Picture Frame has white fired enamels on guilloché.
Picture Frame has an hand-painted floral miniature by the ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Franz Iffland Bronze Sculpture of a Cupid Boy Ice Skater, ca 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Bronze depicting a young boy (cupid) ice skating, by Franz Iffland (Berlin 1862-1935). A boy in fur-trimmed cape, holds a cupid-like feathered arrow with...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Edgar Böckman 1920s Slender Art Nouveau Vase
Located in Copenhagen, DK
100-year old Swedish Art Nouveau vase handmade by artist Edgar Böckman in the 1920s. Warm grey, rose, magenta colored lustre glaze covering the slender shape with large organic decor...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Iridescent Glass Bowl by WMF from the Myra Range
Located in Verviers, BE
Iridescent glass bowl by WMF from the Myra range
Small WMF Myra
Measures: Diameter 13 cm, height 6 cm.
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1930s German Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Erik Magnussen for Ipsens. Art Nouveau dish in hand-painted ceramic. 1920s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Erik Magnussen for Ipsens, Denmark.
Art Nouveau dish in hand-painted ceramic modeled with vine and foliage.
Model number 135.
From the 1920s.
In perfect condition.
Stamped.
Dimensio...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$288 Sale Price
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Horse Shoe Leg Vienna Bronze Letter Opener, Antique Austria 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1920s Austrian letter opener. It has a nice patina.
I did not clean it, so the next owner can decide what he wants to do with it.
This highly collectible vintage piece ...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Art Nouveau Centrepiece
Located in New York, NY
This ravishing Art Nouveau silver plated centrepiece is decorated with butterflies, flowers, and budding tendrils, and retains the original applied patina and cobalt-blue-glass liner...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
$5,000
Lamp "La Bonne Soupe" by Victor Rousseau, Art Nouveau, circa 1900
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important patinated spelter lamp representing a young boy, probably a butcher boy, drinking his soup accompanied by his pit bull / bulldog type dog.
The boy is leaning against a gallows holding an electrified green lantern.
By Belgian sculptor Victor Rousseau (1865-1954).
Art Nouveau / Belle Epoque style.
Plate with inscription "La Bonne Soupe par Rousseau" ("The Good Soup by Rousseau") on the front, signature "Rousseau" on the side and stamp "Fabrication française...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Spelter
$4,701 Sale Price
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Pair of French Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Art Nouveau gilt bronze vases with handles with floral design and female heads. (PRICED AS PAIR).
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$12,500 / set
Pair of American Art Nouveau Vases "Satyr & Maenad" by Roman Bronze Works
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A PAIR OF ART NOUVEAU BRONZE VASES DEPICTING A SATYR AND MAENAD
Cast by Roman Bronze Works of New York circa early 20th century
Item # 411SXU18A
A fabulous pair of vases with natur...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Art Nouveau Blown Glass and Enamel Vases by Legras, France
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Pair of large Art Nouveau hand blown and hand enameled glass by François Theodore Legras in France, circa. 1890.
Decorated in a clear Art Nou...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Cameo Glass Vase With Florals Signed Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in Norwood, NJ
Floral Art Nouveau cameo glass style vase signed Galle. Lavender color art glass vase.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$731 Sale Price
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Charles Théodore Perron 1900 Paris Art Nouveau Sculptural Pitcher In Pewter
Located in Miami, FL
Sculptural pitcher designed by Charles Théodore Perron (1862-1934).
The beautiful antique art nouveau pewter jug pitcher. Made in France around the 1900 by the sculptor Charles Théodore Perron (1862-1934). Crafted in solid pewter and decorated with a reclined naked lady similar to a mermaid, a mask and art nouveau organic motifs, all in high relief. The pitcher is in perfect condition without any damages or repairs. The neck is the face of what looks like a captain of a ship.
Period: Art Nouveau, Circa 1900.
Material: Pewter
Weight: 6 Pounds (2.73 Kg).
Measurements: 241 mm by 179 mm by 153 mm (9.5 x 7 x 6 Inches).
Hallmarks Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "CH PERRON".
Charles Théodore Perron
He was a French sculptor that born in Paris in 1862. He was the pupil of Falguière, Roy Lequel and Louis-Auguste Hiolin...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
$1,888 Sale Price
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Letter opener, solid bronze floral laburnum decor, Jugendstil Art Nouveau France
Located in Wien, AT
Very nice example of a letter opener, made out of solid bronze, from the famous Jugendstil - Art Nouveau period, around 1900.
This object is a beautiful desk accessory made of high...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Rare Loetz Art nouveau glass
By Loetz Glass
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rare Loetz Art nouveau glass
Artist Loetz (has another signature for export to other markets)
Origin Austria Crica 1900
Excellent condition without r...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Pill Box shaped Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted striped Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent 2-color striped fire enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings in Viennese Art Nouveau style, second half...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Jef Lambeaux (1852-1908) “THE SOWER”
By Jef Lambeaux
Located in Ixelles, BE
Jef Lambeaux (1852-1908) “THE SOWER”
Artistic Description:
"The Sower" depicts a vigorous young man, bare-chested, in the act of sowing seeds. The sculpture captures with precision...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Swedish Art Nouveau Brass and Copper Two-Arm Candelabras, Pair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of antique Swedish Art Nouveau brass and copper three-light candelabras
Sweden, Circa Early 20th Century
Each measures: 10.5"W x 6.25"D x 15.38"H.
Good original vi...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut G.Tart Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Liege Belgium by G.Tart.
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual design ...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
Colossal Antique Emile Gallé Vase in Frosted and Orange Art Glass, 1890s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Colossal antique Emile Gallé vase in frosted and orange art glass carved in the form of flowers and foliage. Japanism, 1890s. Museum quality.
Measures: 45.5 x 16.2 cm.
In excellent...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$4,000 Sale Price
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Antoni Gaudi Calvet Hanger Metal Wood Jugendstil
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Calvet Hanger designed by Antoni Gaudí, 1903
Manufactured in 2019 made in Spain.
The Calvet Hanger.
An originaldesign by Antoni Gaudí dating ba...
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2010s Spanish Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$2,025 / item
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$367 Sale Price
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Antique Art Nouveau Small Cast Iron Figural Butterfly Door Stop Bookend
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Art Nouveau Small Cast Iron Figural Butterfly Door Stop Bookend. Circa Early 1900s.
Measurements: 5.5" H x 6" W x 1.75" D.
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Early 1900s Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Art Nouveau Silver Centerpiece, Jardinière With Glass Insert, Vienna Circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Simple, elegant silver centerpiece in elongated form with vertical walls on four flared feet, the straight long sides slightly protruding and the semi-circular sides overhanging, cir...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau French Letter Opener, w/ Beautiful Girl, ca. 1900
By Émile Pinedo
Located in Petaluma, CA
We believe this to be the best letter opener we have ever offered, especially if art nouveau appeals to you. The quality of the casting is superb right down to the to include her ear...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Daum Nancy, France, Art Nouveau Vase in Mouth Blown Art Glass
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Daum Nancy, France.
Art Nouveau vase in mouth-blown art glass with hand-painted snowy landscape.
Early 20th century.
Measures: 16 x 11.5 cm.
In very good condition. Minor paint...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$1,040 Sale Price
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