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
Zuid-Holland, Gouda. Unique Art Nouveau vase in glazed ceramic.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Zuid-Holland, Gouda.
Unique Art Nouveau vase in...
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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
Antique French Tramp Art Box Knick-knack Trinket Jewelry Case Folk Art Collector
Located in Poperinge, BE
Antique tramp art box, jewelry box or trinket box, called a trinket box, lined with wallpaper, made in France around 1900.
A beautiful form of folk art, anyone could make a tramp ar...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Pug Dog Musician Austrian Vienna Bronze Miniature Figure
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s Vienna bronze figurine. This polychromed cold painted bronze is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze collector. Found at an estate sale in Vienna...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Two yellow ceramic cats, Emile Gallé (1846-1904)
By Émile Gallé
Located in Paris, FR
Emile Gallé (1846-1904) was one of the greatest French glassmakers and ceramists of the 20th century. The son of a master glassmaker, he came into contact with the art world at an ea...
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1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$20,583 / set
Loetz Witwe Glass Vase Rubin Phänomen Genre 6893 Iriscident, Bohemia, circa 1899
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Very rare Loetz Witwe glass vase decoration Rubin Phänomen Genre 6893 out of the famous workshop in Klostermuehle/ Bohemia, circa 1899. This ver...
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Late 19th Century Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Signed E Rossi Art Nouveau Life Size Bronze Sculpture of a Woman
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 75in W: 37in D: 20in
This Italian signed Eduardo Rossi (1867-1926) Art Nouveau life size bronze sculpture of a woman is an exceptional sc...
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20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Girl with Wheat Bronze Sculpture by Hippolyte Moreau
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Girl with Wheat bronze sculpture by Hippolyte F. Moreau. He is famous for his bronze statues of young women. He is also the son of another renown French sculptor named Jean Baptiste Moreau. It depicts a young lady with long curly hair who is dressed with a see-through robe. She is holding a basket of wheat with one arm and some branches of them with the other one. She appears to be in the countryside and is observing a pair of doves that are on the ground. The bronze sculpture is standing over two...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,200 Sale Price
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Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Bust (Titled Lys) by Julien Caussé (1869-1914)
Located in Petaluma, CA
This bronze bust is a fine example of the art nouveau movement. Besides that , she is beautiful with the 2 color patina adding to the rich look. Julien Caussé was known for his love...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Rare 19th Century Majolica Rose Cache Pot Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Rare French Majolica pink rose cache pot jardinière Delphin Massier, circa 1880.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They produced an...
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1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Loetz Art Nouveau vase whit Colered Details of Irradiated glass 1900s
By Loetz Glass
Located in Verviers, BE
Loetz Art Nouveau vase whit Colered Details of Irradiated glass 1900s
Beautifully decorated whit Irradiated glass
Rare to find with original condition
The piece is in good conditio...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Gallé Cameo Glass Anemone Vase, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Galle Cameo Glass Anemone Vase, circa 1900 Art Nouveau
Marks: Gallé
Height: 9.5 inches (24.1 cm)
Diameter: 4.5
Condition: Vase features red and pink anemones over a white to yellow...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Art Nouveau Majolica Vase by Sarreguemines, France
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This antique Art Nouveau double-handled majolica ceramic vase features a beautifully embossed floral motif and was made by the famous French manu...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$656 Sale Price
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Glass Vase Tin Mounting Gilt Loetz Austrian Jugendstil Rainbow Colors circa 1900
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Glass vase manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe Tricolore decoration tin metal mounting designed by Bitter & Gobbers ca. 1900 Austrian Jugendstil gilt mould-blown reduced and iridescen...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Antique Sterling Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case by Robert Chandler
Located in Newark, England
Sterling Silver Birmingham Hallmarks
From our Silver collection, we are delighted to introduce this Art Nouveau Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case by Robert Chandler. The Silver and ...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Tiffany Studios Gold Favrile Glass Trumpet Vase with Leaf and Vine Decoration
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Introducing a magnificent 1915 Tiffany Studios Favrile Vine and Leaf vase, a stunning embodiment of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s innovative artistry and mastery of form and color. This ex...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
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
Zsolnay "Japanese Cosmos" Glazed Ceramic Vase
By Zsolnay
Located in New York, NY
This evocative Japonist vase was designed by Sándor Apáti Abt for the Hungarian ceramic factory Zsolnay. The vase features a radiant background of gold, green, and orange, and is ado...
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Large Art Nouveau Cameo Vase 'Pommier en Fleurs', Daum Nancy, France, 1900/1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Baluster-shaped vase, on a round base set off by a nodus, widening in a trumpet shape and narrowing to a drawn-in rim, colorless glass with flaky yellow, orange-reddish, and violet p...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Loetz Oil Spot Glass And Gilt Metal Art Nouveau Compote Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Oil Spot Glass And Gilt Metal Art Nouveau Compote Vase
Czech Republic
Circa. 1900 Art Nouveau
Height: 11.75 Inches X Diametter 8.28 inches.
Cond...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Burza 'The Storm' by Boleslaw Biegas - Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture
Located in Chicago, US
Boleslaw Biegas was one of a large number of Polish artists working in fin-de-siecle Paris. There he found a more kindred artistic environment in which...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted Art Nouveau style floral miniature
Located in Firenze, FI
Discover an authentic artisanal treasure with this refined oval pill box. Made of gold-plated 925/1000 silver, this piece is embellished with translucent enamels fired on guilloché ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century Large Austrian Parrots & Flowers Cache Pot
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Large Austrian Parrots & Flowers Cache Pot.
Height / 12 inches.
Diameter / 12 inches.
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Glass "Red Sunset Vase" by Daum Frères
By Daum
Located in London, GB
"Red Sunset Vase" by Daum Frères
A striking and unusual early 20th Century cameo glass vase enamel painted with a green forest landscape against a fiery yellow and orange field, Sig...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Marigold Dugan Carnival Glass Tulip Vase - Opalescent - Orange - Art Nouveau
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
A beautiful tulip vase in opalescent pinkish-orange marigold carnival glass.
The glass is almost iridescent.
The color has marigold iridescence. It is wonderful.
This vase is very de...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Large Art Glass Vase with Applied Grapes, after Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Art Glass Vase with Applied Grapes, after Daum Nancy
Behold our exquisite large art glass vase with applied grapes, a stunning late 20th Century exam...
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Late 20th Century European Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$1,516 Sale Price
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Charles Korschann Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Nude
Located in Dallas, TX
Charles Korschann Czechoslovakian
Art Nouveau Gilt-Bronze Figural Bud Vase. Cast from a model by Charles (Karl) Korschann, circa 1899, of urn form, with a handle in the form of a...
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1890s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Two Columns with Heron and Planter in the Style of Delphin Massier
Located in Antwerp, BE
This column surmounted by a vase decorated with flowers is reminiscent of the Mediterranean Majolica tradition. This piece is typical in the style of Delphin Massier’s, established i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Ceramic Vase Stamped 0507 Austria Excellent Condition
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau ceramic vase stamped 0507 Austria 1920s.
The Pictures missing to show the beauty of this Vase.
The piece is in excellent condition and a real beauty!
A real treasure fo...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Henri-Laurent DESROUSSEAUX (1862-1906), L'Isle Adam: French Art Nouveau Vase
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Henri-Laurent DESROUSSEAUX (1862-1906), L'Isle Adam: Art Nouveau vase in terracotta with an enamel finish, featuring a relief decoration of branches and hazel leaves with a bronze pa...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Art Nouveau Kralik Iridescent Green Glass Vase with Fan Designs, circa 1905
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Art Nouveau green iridescent glass vase by Kralik applied with fan designs in opaque golden iridescent glass. The rounded squat ...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Pair of Art Nouveau Fine Sterling Overlay Perfume Bottles signed Steuben
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite pair of Art Nouveau perfume bottles, crafted by the esteemed Steuben Glass Company around 1910, exemplifies the elegance and innovation of the period. Each bottle show...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Baccarat, Art Nouveau Cactus Vase, France 1909
By Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and extremely rare Baccarat Cactus scroll vase in acid etched and gilt uraline crystal glass from the art nouveau period circa 1909. A vase of the same model but in transparen...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Peacock or Pheasant Bird Desk Letter Mail Holder
Located in New York, NY
A desk letter or mail holder with a peacock or pheasant bird design, in the Art Nouveau design style, circa early to mid-20th century. A desk letter mail holder with beautiful bird d...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Aqua Turquoise Majolica Turtle Clement Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Aqua Turquoise Majolica Turtle Clement Massier, circa 1890.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Pair of French Majolica Swans Vase Delphin Massier, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare pair of French Majolica swans vases signed Delphin Massier, circa 1880.
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1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Chesnut Jardinière Saint Clement
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Chesnut attributed to Jardinière Saint Clement.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp on Circular Fluted Base, New York. Circa 1920
Located in Charleston, SC
Tiffany Studios bronze desk lamp with original iridescent shade, scrolled bulbous harp, and resting on circular fluted base with the original five bal...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Wire
Small Majolica Cache Pot Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French purple Majolica Cache Pot Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1890.
Height / 3.8 inches.
Diameter / 5.8 inches.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau "Vase with Water Plants and Bats" by Paul Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Amphora, Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) French Art Nouveau Glass Vase « Pavots » circa 1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
French Art Nouveau Caméo Glass Vase «Pavots » circa 1910
Multi-layered glass
Triple overlay, green, red and yellow glass
Acid-etched cameo decoration of poppi...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Art Nouveau Photo Album or Book with Brass Stand Up Frame
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique standing photo album is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The album is compo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Art Nouveau 3D Silver Overlay Vase, Alvin Mfg
Located in Riverdale, NY
Exceptionally rare silver overlay vase by Alvin Mfg Co. of Providence Rhode Island from the late 19th century.
This vase is a tour de force of Art Nouveau silver work on glass. The intricate sterling floral base design is overlaid onto the emerald green glass and is finely etched and detailed. Then, above these swirling Art Nouveau florals which wrap around the vase, are vines sprouting three dimensional blown out poppies throughout. Even the vines are treated in three dimensions as they wrap around the central cartouche (conjoined Victorian monogram...
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1890s American Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Art-Nouveau Silver Overlaid Vase 1900s in Loetz Style
By Loetz Glass
Located in Örebro, SE
This is the silver overlayed 1900s Bohemian Art-Nouveau vase in uranium glass, not to mix-up with pieces from Loetz.
Just to get this straight from the beginning; Loetz did not apply metal or silver to its glass. Loetz only sold blanks and special commissioned glass...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Studios New York "Damascene" Favrile Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
This arresting Damascene Favrile Glass Vase bears a swirling pattern of blue and purple iridescence and ochre glass. The vase's pattern is based upon Damascus steel, whereby near eas...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Aristede De Ranieri Signed Art Nouveau Sculptural Mantel or Table Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Thia antique mantel or table clock was made by the well known Italian born sculptor Archimede de Ranieri, who did much of his work in France and made this in approximately 1900 in th...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Guglielmo PUGI Young Gipsy with Tambourine Sculpture, 1880s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Genuine tall alabaster sculpture by Guglielmo PUGI (1858-1941), Florence, Italy, 1880s. Young girl with tambourine, perhaps a gypsy. On its base. Direct carving. With base - Height...
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1880s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Art Nouveau Kayserzinn 4611 Pewter Bowl by Hugo Leven with Stylized Wheat Motif
By Kayserzinn 1
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite Art Nouveau pewter bowl by Kayserzinn, designed by Hugo Leven, showcases the fluid, organic aesthetics of the Jugendstil movement. Crafted circa early 20th century, th...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
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Pewter
Lalique Crystal Champs-Elysees Bowl Vase
By Marc Lalique
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lalique Crystal Champs- Elysses medium size oval bowl vase. It depicts multiple horse chestnut leaves arranged around a circular center base. Below the base, it is the acid...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$2,800 Sale Price
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Art Nouveau Glass Vase by Gallé, France, 20th Century
By Émile Gallé
Located in Lisbon, PT
An early 20th-century French cameo glass vase by Émile Gallé, featuring rich green and earth-toned hues with delicate foliage motifs in high relief.
Signed "Gallé" near the base, th...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$7,738 Sale Price
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Serving Tray Woman Art Nouveau Metal, WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Stockholm, SE
A serving dish in metal in lovely Art Nouveau-style designed at WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik in Germany. It is 35 x 16...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
René Lalique, France, Rare Domremy Art Glass Vase in Emerald Green, Ca 1926
Located in København, Copenhagen
René Lalique, France.
Rare Domremy art glass vase in emerald green with thistles in relief.
Approx. 1926.
Marcillac n. 979.
In excellent condition.
Signed.
Dimensions: H 22.8 x...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
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
The Linke Grand Regulator World's Fair Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Grand Regulator World's Fair Clock
François Linke
Circa 1900
Widely regarded as the greatest sculptural clock ever created, this monumental régulateur by François Linke was conceived as a statement for the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition, a moment when the world’s finest artisans competed on an international stage. Linke, the most celebrated ébéniste of the Belle Époque, was awarded the prestigious gold medal for his display, which critics described as “the biggest event in the history of furnishing art in the year 1900.” Designed in collaboration with the sculptor Léon Messagé, the clock exemplifies Linke’s ambition to elevate furniture and timepieces to the realm of fine art.
The clock represents over a decade of design and craftsmanship. Only six examples of this model were ever completed due to the extraordinary labor and cost involved. Building just one had a production cost of 22,966 francs, the equivalent of approximately eight years' wages for the average French worker in 1900. The clock is illustrated on the spine of Christopher Payne’s definitive monograph on Linke. Mahdi Al-Tajir, one of the world’s most important collectors, later acquired the present model. Another is located at Whitehall, the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. It was acquired by Rockefeller’s partner, Henry Flagler...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Art Nouveau Nautical Themed Brass Photo Frame with Putto Angel
Located in Torquay, GB
A delightful art nouveau nautical themed photo frame.
Solid brass with scrolled edges and 1 putto angel.
Very beautiful frame.
Will hold a 10cm x 8cm photograph.
Excellent condition
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Very Rare De Vez Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Etched Floral Decor
By Devez
Located in Bochum, NRW
An attractive early 20th-century cameo glass vase acid cut and hand etched with birds, floral and foliage decor in a deep brown against a pink background, exhibiting excellent hand-f...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Art Nouveau Copper Cicada Vase with Opal by Ludwig Karl Maria Vierthaler
Located in Chicago, US
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Created while a lead designer for J. Winhart & Co., Ludwig Vierthaler’s cicada themed copper vase showcases the design principles which he developed at J. Winhart in the pre-war years, where emphasis was placed on craftsmanship and the characteristics of the material itself. The vase’s ambiguous quality and use of allegory also shows his uncanny understanding of the dual nature of German life at the time. On the one hand, under Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany was asserting herself strongly in the Weltpolitik through alliances with other central-European powers and in making grand plans to grow in military strength. With hindsight, Vierthaler’s vase is all the more remarkable for his prescience in the twilight of an empire.
By presenting a cicada, he evokes a conundrum. Is this cicada a strong adult, newly emerged from a long dormancy? Or is this the cicada...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Majolica Lily Flower Vase Jerome Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica Lily vase Jerome Massier, circa 1900.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They produced an ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Monumental 24’ Emile Galle Four Color Cameo Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Large and finely carved Four color Gallé Cameo glass floral floor vase, circa 1910, art Nouveau.
Marks: Gallé
Measures: Height: 24.35 inches (62 cm)
Diameter: 9.75 inches
Condition: Very good with no damage or repairs.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Antique La Pierre American Art Nouveau Green Silver Overlay Vase
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau glass vase with engraved silver overlay, ca 1900. Baluster with gently flared mouth and round foot. Vertical overlay pattern in form of flowers with leafing and budding s...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
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