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Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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
Sterling Pendant with Hand Painted Landscape on a Butterfly Wing
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Beautiful pendant of a hand painted butterfly wing depicting a tropical scene in an Art Nouveau style sterling silver frame, circa 1920s. Hallmark reads, "Sterling" Measure: 1 1/2...
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1920s American Vintage Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Sterling Silver

Tall Art Nouveau Brass and Mirror Fire Screen
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Tall Art Nouveau Brass and Mirror Fire Screen This is a very decorative Fire Screen it has an ornate brass stand, with a scroll handle and matching feet The screen is set with a new...
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19th Century Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

"November 4th, " Powerful and Poignant World War I Memorial, Sculptural Bronze
By Egidio Boninsegna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and gorgeous, this bronze memorial panel was sculpted by Egidio Boninsegna, one of Milan's most celebrated sculptors in the early to mid-20th cent...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bronze

Large Antique Silver Necessaire De Toilette William Comyns & Sons, London 1909
Located in Vienna, AT
Black covered wooden case with original, cream-colored velvet and silk interior. Contents: a small tray, two glass bottles, a powder box on feet, an oval glass box...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Silver

Vintage parrot coat rack in Bentwood - Thonet Style - Early 20th Century
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Vintage parrot coat rack in Bentwood - Thonet Style Clothes stand - Art Nouveau Measures : 50x50cm H:185cm - (50x50x62 disassembled for packaging) -
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bentwood

French Art Nouveau High Chair
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau walnut childs high chair (signed)
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Cane, Walnut

Ipsens, Denmark, Terracotta, Art Nouveau Pipe Holder
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ipsens, Denmark, model number 50, terracotta, Art Nouveau pipe holder, circa 1910s. Measures: 9.5 cm. x 6 cm. In perfect condition. Stamped.
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1910s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

Flower Pott, Partly Hammered
Located in Wien, AT
Flower pott partly hammered Polished and stove enamelled
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Flower Pott, Partly Hammered
Flower Pott, Partly Hammered
$522 Sale Price
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Collection of British Silver, Objects for Necessaire, Early 1900s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Collection of British silver, objects for necessaire, early 1900s. Stamped. Measures: 18.5 cm. (longest) In very good condition, minor wear.
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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

A Victorian Art Nouveau Painted Glass Fire Screen
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Victorian Art Nouveau Painted Glass Fire Screen This is a most decorative Fire Screen it is set in a heavy steel frame, the Mirror is painted with Birds and Flowers, it has a bras...
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1890s Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Art Glass

Music or Newspaper Stand Thonet Nr.34, since 1904
Located in Praha, CZ
Original state with a pleasant patine of age.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Beech, Bentwood

Seating for Dolls Thonet, circa 1890
Located in Praha, CZ
Manufactured in Austria by the Gebrüder Thonet Company. In the production program was included circa 1890. Newly restored.
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Beech, Bentwood

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Brooch #101 – “moonlight Grapes” Pattern
Located in Bilzen, BE
Georg Jensen brooch, design 101, featuring the elegant “Moonlight Grapes” motif — a hallmark of early 20th-century Danish silver design. Crafted in sterling silver and marked with ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Silver

Important Tobacco Pipe Stand in Repoussé Leather, France, 20th Century
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
We are pleased to present an exceptional item: a repoussé leather tobacco pipe stand, a rare and majestic 20th-century piece, combining high-level craftsmanship with the influence of...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Jugendstil Vintage Duo Two Coat Hooks Wall Hooks Nickel Adolf Loos Vienna c 1916
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil vintage duo or pair of coat hooks wall hooks nickel plated designed by Adolf Loos circa 1916 Vienna. A stunning pair of vintage wall coat hooks...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Nickel

Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Pair of Coat Hooks Nickel Plated circa 1916 Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil vintage pair of wall hooks or coat hooks by Adolf Loos from nickel plated metal circa 1916 Vienna. A wonderful pair of coat hooks from nickel plated metal by Adolf Loos circa 1916, Vienna. The coat hooks are easy to fix. These coat hooks are great to use as a special collector piece delicacy for your anteroom as well as usable coat hooks...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Nickel

A Victorian Brass and Glass Art Nouveau Fire Screen
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Victorian Brass and Glass Art Nouveau Fire Screen This is a most charming Fire Screen in the art nouveau style, it has superb brass finials and is...
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1880s Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Molds, Castings Fire Screen Hector Guimard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This set of 3 plates are the Molds made for Casting the Hector Guimard Fire Screen . They were made off of the Original Antique one ! These were used to produce the Contemporary Cast...
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1990s North American Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Epoxy Resin

Thonet Newspaper Stand, Bent and Stained Beechwood, Austria, circa 1900
Located in Regensburg, DE
Rare Beautiful Jugendstil ( Art Nouveau) / late Gründerzeit newspaper stand with four compartments by Thonet (vignette underneath) from Vienna around 1900. Bentwood in beech, staine...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Beech

Art Nouveau 1920s, Italy Coat and Hat Rack Thonet Manner Bent Beech Lacquered
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Nouveau, Italian original 1920s coat and hat rack Thonet style in bent beech lacquered Measures cm: H 190, diameter 50.
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Beech

Early 20th Century Sterling Silver Openwork Filigree Yad or Torah Pointer
Located in Norwalk, CT
The intricate openwork floral and scroll motifs of this Torah pointer - known as a Yad - indicate the work of a master silver artist. Yad is stamped "925" an...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Sterling Silver

Berger's Germania-Cacao Storage Tin 1900-1930
Located in Oirlo, LI
Discover the charm of times gone by with this authentic Berger's Germania-Cacao storage tin. A unique piece of history, dating from the period 1900-1930, that is not only a beautifu...
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1920s German Vintage Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Tin

Art Nouveau 19th Century Velvet Wall Hanging
Located in Doha, QA
Magnificent very thick hand-woven velvet wall hanging with unique and typical Art Nouveau design. This beautiful decorative piece of art has a heav...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Velvet

Rare Gilded Room Divider/Screen with Gustav Klimt's "The Embrace"
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare four panel screen with Gustav Klimt's "The Embrace" prominently featured. The art is dimensional (with carvings) and painted in vibrant colors along with gilding. The back of t...
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1970s French Vintage Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Metal

Royal Doulton Kingsware Tobacco Box with Lid
Located in Mexico, DF
Kingsware was developed by Charles Noke and produced between 1898-1939. No other factory in the world has been able to recreate the same lustrous finish, which makes Kingsware a uniq...
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Early 1900s British Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Ceramic

Thonet Vienna Art Nouveau Music, Newspaper or Magazine Rack, Model 33, Black
Located in Vienna, AT
High-quality handwork, shapely bentwood, stained black Manufactured by THONET BROTHERS, Vienna, around 1900 - original THONET sticker on the underside Model number 33 Beech wood, s...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Beech, Bentwood

Geometric Black Stained Viennese School Selette, Austria, 1910
Located in Brussels, BE
Vienna school blackened oak selette with a geometric cut on each side. Austria around 1910.
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Oak

Important Pendant In Yellow Gold Cameo Old "Oval" pendant in 18k 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Pendant In Yellow Gold Cameo Old "Oval" pendant in 18k set with claws decorated with a shell cameo representing the profile of a young woman. Weight: 25.5g Dimensions: 5x...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Gold

ANTIQUE CIRCA 1880 LIBERTY LONDON ART NOUVEAU SMOKERS PIPE BOX + PERIOD PIPEs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning Libertys of London Art Nouveau Smokers pipe box including two original antique pipes A very w...
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1880s English Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Oak

Art Nouveau Brass Coat Hook
Located in Vienna, AT
Cast brass made in Austria about 1900 up to three available
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Bookend Sign: Czechoslovakia , 1900, Style: Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Czechoslovakia We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the bu...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau Mahogany magazine rack with fruitwood & mother of pearl inlay C1900
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Beautiful Art Nouveau Magazine Rack This very attractive furniture, Art Nouveau magazine rack in mahogany, having elegant, brass supports and inlaid and slatted side united by under...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Art Nouveau Advertising Tile Poster from Codorniu's Cellar, Spain
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
Art Nouveau advertising tile poster from Codorniu Cellar, Spain Ceramic tiles measurements: 15x15 cm (6x6 in). Codorníu is synonymous to th...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Ceramic

Vintage Art Nuveau Bedside Tables in Cherry, Set of 2
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Pair of Art Nouveau cherry wood bedside tables, early 20th century. Excellent workmanship and beautiful design. Not counting the riser, they ...
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1890s Italian Antique Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Marble

Artistic Vintage Israeli Bezalel Rug. 3 ft x 4 ft 8 in
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificently Artistic Vintage Israeli Bezalel Rug, Country Of Origin / Rug Type: Israeli rugs, Circa Date: Mid 20th Century. Size: 3 ft x 4 ft 8 in (0.91...
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Mid-20th Century Israeli Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool

Antique Large Tiled Advertising Panel for Codorniu Cava, 1930s
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
This large advertising panel for Codorniu cava was designed during the 1930s and it clearly symbolises Art Nouveau design. It consists of 20cm by 20c...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Coat Stand done in Wrought Iron // France 1910s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a gorgeous Art Nouveau standing coat rack. This magnificent and very rare piece is done in wrought iron, with beautiful sculptural hooks...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wrought Iron

Jugendstil Umbrella Stand
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil umbrella stand with brass base, professionally stained and repolished.
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Art Nouveau more furniture and collectibles for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Art Nouveau more furniture and collectibles for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage more furniture and collectibles created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Nouveau more furniture and collectibles 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 more furniture and collectibles, popular names associated with this style include Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Thonet, Michael Thonet, and Adolf Loos. 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 more furniture and collectibles differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $524,703 while the average work can sell for $1,386.

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