Art Nouveau Lighting

Art Nouveau pendant light circa 1905 in copper and brass in the spirit of Was Benson. This one was produced by General Electric France. 4 lights, electrified in very good condition...

According to the famous pendant-lamp for the dining room and the entrance hall at the Purkersdorf Sanatorium designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1903, this table lamp matches perfectly. M...

Baroque style wrought iron and bronze hanging lantern with distinctive bronze decorative plaques and original chain and hardware. Dating from the 1890's - 1910, this beautifully craf...

Lovely Art Nouveau Art Glass Grape Pendant Light of European origin with 2 sets of art glass grape clusters in yellow and uranium green glass. Elab...

Bring timeless character, history, and artisanal craftsmanship into your interior with this extraordinary handcrafted chandelier, made in France around 1900–1910, during the influent...

The essence of Art Nouveau is embodied in this exquisite gilt sconce, inspired by nature with chestnut leaves and two husks of its fruit that open to let both points of light sprout....

Exquisite & rare! This French Art Nouveau floor lamp in patinated bronze displaying a Heron between Leaves & Lilly pads, dated early 1900...

The "Newell Post" lamp by Tiffany Studios New York, features three gold Favrile glass shades with purple iridescence, suspended from a gilt bronze “Wilson”...

Ceiling light with ten opaline glass bulbs, total drop custom made. Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser were using these designs! Glasses with colored spots with an additional charge o...

Stunning and rare Art Nouveau chandelier. Striking French design from the 1900s. Original gilt brass frame with original floral decorative elements. Five original candle holders for ...

Immerse yourself in the magic of yesterday with these exquisite hand-linked crystal chandeliers, a blend of elegance and Art Nouveau opulence. Carefully restored in Berlin, these cha...

Incredibly stylish and great quality table lamp. This antique bronze table lamp is probably gilt, but we are not a hundred percent sure. Wha...

Chandelier from the big entrance-hall at the Looshaus, one of the most controversial buildings at that time as it opposites the imperial Palace in the heart of Vienna. Total drop is...

Larger version of the Henneberg Hohe Warte lamp from Josef Hoffmann 1901 enlarged by Woka Lamps. All components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL...

c1890 French Antique Art Nouveau Crystal Micro Beaded Chandelier. This chandelier is exquisite!. Crystal micro beaded amethyst and verde flowers and petals climbing the chandelier vi...

Rare and beautiful Art Nouveau, three light pendant light. This rare and wonderfully stylish Art Nouveau pendant dates from the earlier days of European, indoor lighting. This larg...

Lamp in cubic shape with cutted glass and bronze connections designed by Adolf Loos circa 1915.

Wall light with three lights. The inspiration in nature motifs present in the lampstands out: the base of the wall resembles leaves, andhas a series of intertwined stems that visuall...

French “Clichy” pink colored reeded glass pendant lamp 2 meter black cotton flex E14 bulb holder Weight : 0.50 kg / 1.1 lb E14 bulb holder. Priced per individual item. All lamps h...

Beautiful and rare flush mount ceiling light from the Art Nouveau period, circa 1900. The intricately embossed brass canopy features elegant organic motifs typical of early Jugendsti...

Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...

Muller Frères, chandelier with 4 tulips and central basin. The 5 glass paste pieces are signed. Wrought iron frame decorated with roses. In very good condition and electrified. Tota...

Mid-20th century Art Nouveau-style painted ceramic sculptural floor lamp of Maenad holding grapes signed by P. Oltolini, Argentina By: P. Ontolini Material: ceramic, clay, paint, m...

Art Nouveau Hector Guimard Bronze sconce

1920 designed Josef Hoffmann chased brass lamp base, different finishes available. Hand sewn Lamp Shade with a Josef Frank fabric, different patterns available. Sample book of the Wi...

A large German 12 -light dark bronze mermaids chandelier, circa 1920s. This beautiful and stunning light fixture is made of solid bronze with torch-...

This is a beautiful Art Nouveau Slump Glass Chandelier. The metal work is very well done in an ornate floral style using curved metal and appl...

Gilt bronze and crystal chandelier. Austria, early 20th century.

Wall-lamp, designed by Josef Hoffmann for the Purkersdorf Sanatorium in 1903, then manufactured at the historical Wiener Werkstätte All components according to the UL regulations,...

Take a look at this fantastic and very rare Art Nouveau chandelier from the beginning of the 20th century around 1905. This lamp is something special, early Scandinavian Art Nouveau,...

Art Nouveau table lamp made in Austria in 1910s. Restored: cleaned, polished, rewired 1x40W, E25-E27 bulb US plug adapter included

Modernistic pendant-light. Important design for the underground lines of the Wiener Stadtbahn. There he combined visible structural details with contemporary elements of arts. The me...

French wall lamp Holophane clear glass shade Cast Iron wall piece, copper and brass arm diameter brass wall mount: 10,5 cm / 5” Weight: 2.30 kg / 5.1 lb Priced per individual item...

Jugendstil hanging lamp by Adolf Loos in very nice original condition.

This desk lamp by Tiffany Studios, dating from circa 1910, features a damascene favrile glass shade on an adjustable patinated bronze harp base. With dichroi...

Five-arm chandelier for the Welz Family in Vienna. Lit.: WW Archive at the MAK in Vienna. A three-arm version will cost about 2/3 of the five-arm version Length custom Most componen...

Each bronze wall fixture with three arms each supporting an art glass Lily, signed L.C.T. Electric is UL Certified

Very rare wall lamp with a beautiful natural patina. Brass with marks: Rosenmarke and "Wiener Werkstätte," designer monogram "JH" Josef Hoffmann Literature: Compare Wandlampe for Lan...

Art nouveau lamp circa 1910. Brass and copper base. Iridescent glass tulip signed Quezal. In perfect condition and electrified. Total height: 38.5 cm Base diameter: 15.5 cm Width: 30 cm Quezal Art Glass Quezal Art Glass – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2003 By Malcolm Mac Neil Some of the most beautiful and alluring art glass made in America during the early part of the 20th Century was made by the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company. Often in the shape of blossoming lilies with brilliant gold interiors and colorfully decorated with floral and other motifs inspired by nature, Quezal art glass ranks right alongside the iridescent glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frederick Carder. Quezal artisans created an extensive range of decorative and useful items, including vases, compotes, finger bowls, open salts, candle holders, and shades for lighting fixtures, which are equivalent in terms of beauty and quality of craftsmanship to Tiffany’s Favrile and Carder’s Aurene glass. In recent years, glass collectors have discovered anew the special charms and appeal of Quezal art glass, and collector desirability for this lovely glassware has increased dramatically. The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company was incorporated a century ago, on March 27, 1902. It was founded by Martin Bach, Sr., Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Bach, Lena Scholtz, and Adolph Demuth. The factory was located on the corner of Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Maspeth, Queens, New York. In October 1902, the trademark “Quezal” was successfully registered. By 1904, roughly fifty glassworkers were employed at the works. Martin Bach, Sr. was the president, proprietor, and guiding force behind this successful company. Born in 1862 in Alsace-Lorraine to German parents, he emigrated to the United States in 1891. Before his emigration, Bach worked in Saint-Louis, France, at the Saint-Louis Glass Factory. After Bach arrived in this country, he was hired by Louis C. Tiffany as the latter’s first batch-mixer or chemist at the newly established Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, in Corona, Queens. After a period of about eight years, Bach left Tiffany and established his own glassworks. By this time, Bach had already started his small family. He and his German-born wife, Anne-Marie Geisser, whom he married in the fall of 1889, in Paris, France, had three children. Two daughters, Jennie and Louise, were born in France and a son, Martin, Jr., was born in Corona. Bach was assisted by Thomas Johnson, an English immigrant, and Maurice Kelly, a native of Corona, both of whom were gaffers or master glassblowers. Johnson and Kelly helped pave the way for Quezal’s early accomplishments and later recognition. Thomas Johnson, like Bach, was a founding member and also previously employed by Louis C. Tiffany. Johnson’s association with Quezal, however, was relatively short lived. Around 1907, Johnson left for Somerville, Massachusetts, where he became involved in making Kew Blas glass, under William S. Blake at the Union Glass Company. Maurice Kelly’s tenure with Quezal was also brief. Kelly worked at Quezal from January 1902 until July 1904, but by November 1904, he was making Favrile glass at Tiffany Furnaces, where he would happily remain until 1918. To this day, the belief still exists that there once existed a man named Quezal, who worked for Louis C. Tiffany, and it is after him that Quezal glass is named. In truth, however, the founders of the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company named the company and its products after one of the world’s most beautiful birds, the elusive and rare quetzal, which dwells in the treetops of the remote tropical forests of Central America. A rare company promotional brochure provides a vivid description of the quetzal: Of all the birds of the America’s, it is the most gorgeous. No more splendid sight is to be seen in all the world than a quezal, flying like a darting flame through the depths of a Central American forest. Its back is of a brilliant metallic green, so vivid it shines even in the twilight of the woods like a great emerald and its breast is a crimson so deep and bright that every motion of the wonderful creature is a flashing of rubies among the trees and giant creepers. It bears a true golden crown upon its head – a helmet of bright yellow and green, shaped just as the helmet of old Aztec kings were shaped. Its tail is composed of lacelike plumes, extending more than two and one-half feet beyond its body. The quezal was certainly an appropriate designation for the company’s resplendent glassware. One of the most prized characteristics of Quezal art glass is the shimmering and dazzling brilliance reflected in the iridescent surfaces on the interior as well as exterior of the glass. The radiant rainbow colors in metallic hues, including gold, purple, blue, green, and pink, to name only a few, were certainly inspired by the quetzal and its feathers. Not surprisingly, lustrous feathers, in shades of opal, gold, emerald, and blue, are among the most common decorative motifs encountered on Quezal glass. The enduring hallmark of Quezal art glass is its unique expression of the Art Nouveau style, based on organic shapes and naturalistic motifs coupled with technical perfection in the execution. Vases, compotes, drinking vessels, and shades for lighting fixtures were often fashioned to resemble flowers such as crocuses, tulips, calla lilies, casablanca lilies, and jack-in-the-pulpits. Variously colored inlaid threads of glass, pulled and twisted by hooks, simulate naturalistic floral and leaf patterns, lily pads, clover leafs, and vines. Opal, gold, and green colors prevail and the glass is generally opaque. Red is the rarest color of all. Compared with Tiffany’s Favrile glass, the crisp, vivid, and colorful decoration of Quezal art glass is distinctively precise, symmetrical, and restrained. Other Quezal wares recall shapes and styles favored in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome, as well as the Italian Renaissance and the Georgian period in England. This is especially true of classic-shaped vases and bowls of translucent amber glass, which have a single surface color such as iridescent gold or blue. Still, others were inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese forms. The Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Alvin Silver Manufacturing Company in Sag Harbor, Long Island, purchased Quezal art glass, which they in turn embellished in their shops with silver overlay decoration in the fashionable Art Nouveau style and later resold. Gorham’s silver overlay designs mostly include stylized floral motifs. Alvin’s silver designs are wonderfully organic. One sumptuous design is of a group of sinuous iris blossoms with carefully articulated petals surrounded by attenuated meandering vines. Collectors should note that not all silver-deposit pieces are marked with a maker’s mark since the silversmith had to be quite careful not to damage the glass underneath. A rare 1907 retail catalog survives from Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Company, a luxury goods retailer in Philadelphia, which reveals original retail prices of Quezal art glass. A surprising revelation provided by this catalog is that Quezal art glass was nearly twice as expensive as comparable French imported glass made by such renowned firms as Gallé and Daum. Hock glasses, a stemmed glass used primarily for drinking German white wine, were sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $75. Fingerbowls were also sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $100. These high retail prices were nearly the same as those charged for Tiffany’s Favrile glass, and suggest Quezal art glass was also marketed towards the high-end or luxury market. Electricity was a brand new invention in the late 1800s and American glass manufacturers developed novel approaches for concealing the electric light bulb, which was rather harsh to the eye and perhaps unflattering to the domestic interior. Tiffany, Steuben, and Quezal responded to this need with the most extraordinary and beautiful art-glass shades, all of which were  hand-made and exquisitely fashioned. Many other companies also made art glass shades for table and floor lamps, electroliers, hallway fixtures, and wall sconces, but it was Quezal that excelled in this area and was the most prolific. Quezal art glass shades were available in an infinite variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and decorations. Some shades are formed and decorated as lilies while others are bell-shaped and have ribbed or textured decoration. Rims are usually plain but sometimes are notched or ruffled. Common motifs include feather or hooked feather, leaf and vine, applied flowers, drape, fishnet, King Tut, and spider webbing. The workmanship shown on most Quezal shades...

A so called "Pentagondodekaeder" a ball made from 12 flat pentagons, made for the famous taylor-shop Knize in Vienna, Paris and Berlin" Measures: 35cm diameter, a larger version is a...

French Figural Bronze Lamp with a Lady Reading This charming piece has a good colour, the lovely lady is sitting beneath the flower shade to light up her book The lamp is in good co...

These small sized lights have been rewired for USA. Wall or ceiling light with opaline glass, pictured in brass, designed for the Viennese trams. We are selling them individually in ...

Old chandelier with love and professionally restored in Berlin. electrical wiring works in the US. Re-wired and ready to hang. not one missing. Cabling completely renewed. Crystal, h...

Art Nouveau Guimard chandelier with bronze nickel finish and dark blue glass.

Jugendstil Table lamp with opal glass shade and glass sticks vienna around 1910s Brass polished and stove enameled Original opal glass shade The glass sticks are replaced ( new )

Cameo Glass Lamp Émile Gallé Circa 1900 This stunning cameo glass lamp displays the unparalleled artistry of the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé, one of the most highly regarde...

Ornate and beautifully made Danish, 1920s desk lamp with frame and base of patinated copper and brass. Its mounted with a black steel shade that may h...

The Cherry Lamp reflects a timeless design philosophy, blending the romantic charm of the past with the sophistication of modern living. Its velvet lampshade exudes vintage allure wi...

Table-lamp, hammered brass-sheet, nickel-plated, other finishes are offered. The additional images shows the lamp in the background of a Wiener Werkstaette showroom enlightened. Avai...

Art Nouveau stained glass lantern, France, 1890-1900. This magnificent Art Nouveau stained glass lantern, dating from 1890-1900, combines vibrant stained glass panels with an intrica...

A beautiful variation of a table lamp from the very early period of the Wiener Werkstätte Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list ...

Jugendstil ceiling lamp vienna around 1908 ( floral ) Brass polished and stove enameled The glass sticks are replaced ( new ) Wood white painted on top.

Big Jugendstil nickel wall lamp with opaline glass shade vienna around 1910 Very beautiful opaline glass shade Rare model

Outdoor luminaire from Josef Hoffmann 1904 for the Sanatorium Purkersdorf. Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and label our fi...

Rivière Studios Grapevine Pattern Early Art Nouveau panel Lamp Made in the style of Tiffany Studios. The lamp glows nicely on any table. A rare find.

MARE from Waves of Light Light is not just about seeing, it’s about feeling. The "Waves of Light" collection is inspired by the vibrating movements of light, the curving shadows of ...

Brass jugendstil hanging lamp. Wear consistent with age and use.

Five-arm chandelier for the Welz Family in Vienna. Lit.: WW Archive at the MAK in Vienna. A three-arm version will cost about 2/3 of the five-arm version. Available in different fini...

A pair of 1970s French wall sconces, crafted in a conical shape with fascinating, free-flowing edges and an opulent brushed gold finish. Accented with vivid blue glass cabochons and ...

The Anglo-Austrian Bank, founded 1864 with british capital, was an austrian Bank in Vienna. In 1913, the bank had 43 branches. In 1914, Adolf Loos was commissioned with the renovati...