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Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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

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
Period: Early 20th Century
Vase, Sign: Le Verre Francais France, Style: Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1920
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais France 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 S...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Daum Frères Nancy Cameo Vase by Georges de Feure Frieze Figurines 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Daum Frères Nancy / Lorraine / France Rarest Cameo Vase With Frieze Decoration Running Around Made circa 1920-1930 (= Transition Period From Art Nouveau To Art Deco) Design & ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

French Vase, Sign: Muller Freres Luneville, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, liberty
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 Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Monumental Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais France ( Decoration Chêne ), Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais France ( Decoration Halbrans ) acid worked Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made a...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais, France ( Decoration Halbrans ), Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais France ( Decoration Halbrans ) acid worked Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made a...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Footed Floriform Vase, LCT - 1907
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this monumental Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass footed floriform vase. This large vase features a tapered, ribbed...
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Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Herman A. Kähler Art Object Ceramic Flowerpot Denmark Early 20th Century
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Art Nouveau ceramic flowerpot made by Herman A. Kähler ceramic works in Denmark in the period 1925-1935 The flowerpot is decorated by hand with the special cow horn technique. The gl...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Vase ( Chardons plant ) Sign: Le Verre Francais France, Style: Art Nouveau, 1924
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais ( Chardons plant ) acid worked Page: 128 book Charles Schneider Le Verre Francais- Charder Schneider Author: Marie Christine Joulin- Gerold Maier Le Verr...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau Vase Ceramics, Floral Turquoise & Blue Josef Ekberg Sgrafitto 1924
Located in Stockholm, SE
A ceramic vase in lovely art nouveau by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1924. The vase is 21.5 cm (8.6") high and in excellent condition.
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Vase ( Poppies Flowers) , Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Fres 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 who ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Monumental Vase, Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Fres 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 who ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Big Vase, Sign: Muller Freres Luneville, (Roses Flowers) Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Fres 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 who ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Large GOUDA dutch multicolor polychrome Art Nouveau porcelain vase circa 1900
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible big GOUDA porcelain dutch multicolor Art Nouveau vase circa 1900
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Vase, Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Fres 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 who ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais ( Pinsons Decoration ) , 1927
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais France ( Decoration Halbrans ) acid worked Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made a...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Footed Floriform Vase, LCT - 1906
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this monumental Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass footed floriform vase. This large vase features a folded, ruffled...
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Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

big Vase, Sign: Muller Freres Luneville, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, liberty
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 Vases and Vessels

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Art 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 Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Vase (Decoration Azurretes), Le Verre Francais France, Style: Art Nouveau, 1923
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Le Verre Francais France 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 Schnei...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Vase ( Poppies Flowers) , Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Fres 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 who ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Antique A Large Green Mont Joye Enamel art glass Vase
Located in Norton, MA
This is an exceptional example of early French Mont Joye art glass. It is Circa 1910. The vase is large and has a floral enameled motif in the form...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Vase ( Poppies Flowers) , Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, 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 Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Rookwood Art Pottery Vase, 1917
Located in New York, NY
Rookwood Art Pottery vase, with impressed marks for Rookwood, date marks for 1917, and model number 2381, an ochre glazed elongated floriform with petals. Dimensions: 6.75" H x 3.5...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Vase ( Poppies Flowers) , Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, 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 Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Monumental Vase Sign: Le Verre ( Decoration Chêne ), Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Monumental Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais ( Decoration Chene ) acid worked Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art 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 Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

LC Tiffany Pulled Feather Art Glass Favrile Calyx Floriform Vase, circa 1906
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this beautiful, decorated Louis Comfort Tiffany favrile art glass floriform vase with green feather and white opal decoration. This floriform vase features a long stem body ...
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Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Butterfly & Spiderweb Semiramis Vase by RStK Amphora
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3257 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 Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware, Glass

Gold Favrile trumpet vase by Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1900
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Tiffany Studio ribbed flora form iridescent gold Favrile blown glass vase. Etched on the under foot: L.C.T. 8542A American, Queens, New York, 1900.
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Blown Glass

French Vase, Sign: Muller Freres Luneville, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, liberty
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 Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau Fairy Tale Princess Vase by RStK Amphora
Located in Chicago, US
Model #2047 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 Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain, Glass

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 Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

Lidded Art Nouveau Abarello by Galileo Chini
Located in Chicago, US
Lidded Abarello by Galileo Chini.
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

Vase Sign: Le Verre (Decoration Escargots / Snails) , Style: Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Monumental Vase Sign: 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 ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Important Vase Art Nouveau by Moritz Hacker and Johann Loetz Witwe, 1900s
By Johann Lötz Witwe, Moritz Hacker
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Important vase for museum display from the full Art Nouveau period. A large handled vase made of Bohemian glass with metal mount decoration in relief and chiselled in Art Nouveau sty...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal

A Large Art Nouveau Enameled and Gilt Art Glass Vase
Located in Norton, MA
A Large Glass vase of Art Nouveau style with Enameled and Gilt Art Glass Vase in a frosted body formed a very elegant shape with subtle curved lines. Th...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Monumental Vase Sign: Le Verre ( Decoration Chênes ), Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Monumental Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais ( Decoration Chene ) acid worked Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Large Solefleur Uralin Nancy glass Art Nouveau circa 1900
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible and tall Uralin solefleur Nancy glass Art Nouveau vase circa 1900.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Murano Glass

Art Nouveau Vase w/Stylized Trees by Paul Dachsel for Ernst Whaliss Turn-Teplitz
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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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais and french flag (mûriers rouges / Red Mulberrie)
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais (French) 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 ...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Vase Sign: Charder Le Verre Francais France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Charder Le Verre Francais France 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 Schn...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Hand-Painted / Gilt Porcelain Vases
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Discover the allure of a bygone era with this exceptional pair of early 20th century German Art Nouveau porcelain vases. Imbued...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Gold

Antique Tall Chinese Organic Decor Vase, Early 20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large antique Chinese porcelain vase decorated with green, white and pink organic motifs with golden accents. Stylized art nouveau decorations of branches, leaves, roots and butterflies. Manufactured between 1890 and 1920 - possibly Famille Verte. Stamped under base. Beautiful vintage condition. China...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Loetz Austria 1900 Art Nouveau Miniature Cabinet Vase Blue Iridescent Art Glass
Located in Miami, FL
Miniature glass vase designed by Loetz. Gorgeous and very beautiful antique miniature cabinet glass vase, created by Loetz. Made in Bohemia, Aust...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Small French Art Nouveau Barbotine Jardiniere, 1900s
Located in Köln, NW
Small french Art Nouveau Barbotine Jardinière in the style of Hector Guimard. Very finely worked. Delicate form. very rare. Numbered and marked on...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Majolica

Art Nouveau Ewer in the Shape of Stylized Tree by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
Located in Chicago, US
Austrian ceramist Paul Dachsel designed this unusually shaped pitcher, made of hard earthenware and covered in a light green glaze. Its slim and elongated body gives the piece an ele...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

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 Vases and Vessels

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Glass, Earthenware

Holger Busch Jensen for Bing & Grøndahl Vase with Purple Crystal Glaze ca. 1900
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Drop-shaped vase with slender slim neck designed by Holger Busch Jensen for the Danish porcelain manufacturer Bing & Grøndahl. Made in the beginning of the 20th century. The vase is...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Surrealist Art Nouveau Bird Ewer by Sándor Apáti-Abt for Zsolnay
By Sándor Apáti Abt, Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, US
Zsolnay introduced its patented shiny metallic glaze, known as eosin, in 1893. The small family ceramics workshop begun in Pecs, Hungary by Miklos Zsolnay in 1853 had evolved into a ...
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Early 1900s Hungarian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

Art Nouveau Pterodactyl Vase by RStK Amphora with Gilt Handles, Iridescent Glaze
Located in Chicago, US
Model #2059 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 Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain, Glass

1912 René Lalique Perfume Bottle Rosace Figurines Frosted Glass Grey Patina
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Perfume Bottle “Rosace Figurines” made in frosted glass with grey patina by René Lalique in 1912. Acid-stamped signature on bottom. Perfect condition. Superb patina. Height: 11 cm ...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Blown Glass

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 Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern
Located in Kumhausen, DE
A giving joy beautiful French Fayence Floor Vase fantastic Art Nouveau pattern - Impressing Colours Manufacturer unknown - marked Design Period 1915 - 1925 Country of Manufacture : France H / height: 46 cm ~ Gew. / weight: 4550 grs DM / diameter max: 28 cm ~ DM oben / diameter inner rim: 19.8 cm .... an ode to Southern France A Legend of Provence by Adelaide Anne Procter (30 October 1825 – 2 February 1864) The lights extinguished, by the hearth I leant, Half weary with a listless discontent. The flickering giant-shadows, gathering near, Closed round me with a dim and silent fear. All dull, all dark; save when the leaping flame, Glancing, lit up a Picture's ancient frame. Above the hearth it hung. Perhaps the night, My foolish tremors, or the gleaming light, Lent power to that Portrait dark and quaint, — A Portrait such as Rembrandt loved to paint, — The likeness of a Nun. I seemed to trace A world of sorrow in the patient face, In the thin hands folded across her breast: — Its own and the room's shadow hid the rest. I gazed and dreamed, and the dull embers stirred, Till an old legend that I once had heard Came back to me; linked to the mystic gloom Of that dark Picture in the ghostly room. In the far south, where clustering vines are hung; Where first the old chivalric lays were sung; Where earliest smiled that gracious child of France, Angel and knight and fairy, called Romance, I stood one day. The warm blue June was spread Upon the earth; blue summer overhead, Without a cloud to fleck its radiant glare, Without a breath to stir its sultry air. All still, all silent, save the sobbing rush Of rippling waves, that lapsed in silver hush Upon the beach; where, glittering towards the strand The purple Mediterranean kissed the land. All still, all peaceful; when a convent chime Broke on the mid-day silence for a time, Then trembling into quiet, seemed to cease, In deeper silence and more utter peace. So as I turned to gaze, where gleaming white, Half hid by shadowy trees from passers' sight, The Convent lay, one who had dwelt for long In that fair home of ancient tale and song, Who knew the story of each cave and hill, And every haunting fancy lingering still Within the land, spake thus to me, and told The Convent's treasured Legend, quaint and old: — Long years ago, a dense and flowering wood, Still more concealed where the white convent stood, Borne on its perfumed wings the title came: " Our Lady of the Hawthorns " is its name. Then did that bell, which still rings out to-day, Bid all the country rise, or eat, or pray. Before that convent shrine, the haughty knight Passed the lone vigil of his perilous fight; For humbler cottage strife or village brawl, The Abbess listened, prayed, and settled all. Young hearts that came, weighed down by love or wrong, Left her kind presence comforted and strong. Each passing pilgrim, and each beggar's right Was food, and rest, and shelter for the night. But, more than this, the Nuns could well impart The deepest mysteries of the healing art; Their store of herbs and simples was renowned, And held in wondering faith for miles around. Thus strife, love, sorrow, good and evil fate, Found help and blessing at the convent gate. Of all the nuns, no heart was half so light, No eyelids veiling glances half as bright, No step that glided with such noiseless feet, No face that looked so tender or so sweet, No voice that rose in choir so pure, so clear, No heart to all the others half so dear, So surely touched by others' pain or woe, (Guessing the grief her young life could not know,) No soul in childlike faith so undefiled, As Sister Angela's, the " Convent Child. " For thus they loved to call her. She had known No home, no love, no kindred, save their own. An orphan, to their tender nursing given, Child, plaything, pupil, now the Bride of Heaven And she it was who trimmed the lamp's red light That swung before the altar, day and night; Her hands it was whose patient skill could trace The finest broidery, weave the costliest lace; But most of all, her first and dearest care, The office she would never miss or share, Was every day to weave fresh garlands sweet, To place before the shrine at Mary's feet. Nature is bounteous in that region fair, For even winter has her blossoms there. Thus Angela loved to count each feast the best, By telling with what flowers the shrine was dressed. In pomp supreme the countless Roses passed, Battalion on battalion thronging fast, Each with a different banner, flaming bright, Damask, or striped, or crimson, pink, or white, Until they bowed before a newborn queen, And the pure virgin Lily rose serene. Though Angela always thought the Mother blest Must love the time of her own hawthorn best, Each evening through the years, with equal care, She placed her flowers; then kneeling down in prayer, As their faint perfume rose before the shrine, So rose her thoughts, as pure and as divine. She knelt until the shades grew dim without, Till one by one the altar lights...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Art Nouveau Enameled and Gilt Art Glass Vases
Located in Norton, MA
A Pair of Green Glass vases of Art Nouveau style with Enameled and Gilt Art Glass Vases formed very elegant shapes with subtle curved lines.
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Jo Hahn Locher for Bing & Grøndahl. Large and impressive Art Nouveau vase.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jo Hahn Locher for Bing & Grøndahl. Large and impressive Art Nouveau vase in porcelain. Openwork at the top and lid. Ca. 1900. Model number 412. In exc...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

19th Century Majolica Chesnut Jardinière Saint Clement
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Chesnut attributed to Jardinière Saint Clement.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Art Nouveau Red Crocus Vase by Vinsce Wartha for Zsolnay Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt
Located in Chicago, US
By Vinsce Wartha for Zsolnay Zsolnay introduced its patented shiny metallic glaze, known as eosin, in 1893. The small family ceramics workshop begun in Pecs, Hungary by Miklos Zsol...
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Early 1900s Hungarian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

Loetz Art Nouveau Glass Vase Phenomenon Genre 1/104, Austria-Hungary, Ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Bohemian Art Nouveau Glass Vase: Blown into shape of raised body on a round ground plan, triple depressed wall with mouth rim formed into trefoil, polished pontil, with groun...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Art Nouveau vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Art Nouveau vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases and vessels created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Nouveau vases and vessels made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases and vessels, popular names associated with this style include Loetz Glass, Emile Gallé, Daum, and Le Verre Français. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases and vessels differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $55 and tops out at $800,000 while the average work can sell for $2,107.

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