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Art Nouveau Furniture

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
Bronze French “Snake” Table Lamp
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage golden bronze French table lamp dates from the early 20th century. A realistically rendered sculpted bronze coiled snake is holding the top ring of a hand hammered lamp ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Danish Art Nouveau chandelier made of brass, copper and ceramic around 1910
Located in Hannover, DE
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,...
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1910s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass, Copper, Iron

Set of 6 Crystal Art Nouveau Bowls Hand Painted with Flowers Attr. to Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely set of 6 crystal bowls, attributed to the French manufacturer Daum Nancy. The bowls are beautifully painted with flowers and gold-coloured accents, entirely in Art Nouveau s...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Crystal, Enamel

Antique Italian Brass Bed Art Nouveau Period
Located in Buxton, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Stunning Liberty Brass Bed This Antique Italian Brass Bed from the Art Nouveau Period, combines elegance and s...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Jugendstil lantern by Adolf Loos
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Lamp in cubic shape with cutted glass and bronze connections designed by Adolf Loos circa 1915.
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Art Nouveau Red, Gray, and Cream Wool Persian Rug, 6' x 9'
Located in New York, NY
Evoking underwater views, this contemporary Art Nouveau carpet entitled Convergence measures 6’1” x 9’1” and belongs to the Orley Shabahang Art Nouveau Collection. Crafted using Orle...
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2010s Persian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wool

Magnificent Viennese Art Nouveau Silver Caviar Stand, By Würbel & Czokally, 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent original Viennese Art Nouveau centerpiece around 1900: A wide, round, trumpet-shaped silver pedestal, curved at the bottom, tapering upwards, on four lion's paw feet with f...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver

1900-1904 Turquoise Nautilus Argonaut Shell Bowl
Located in Louisville, KY
Created by Northwood, a leader in unique glassware, this stunning turquoise nautical shell bowl is a stunning example of what Northwood was producing in 1904, when this piece was cre...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

Original Ashwood Sheepskin Willow Chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Cassina
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Introducing the epitome of elegance and craftsmanship: the Black Stained Ashwood Cassina Chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. This exquisite piece, featuring a reupholstered seat cush...
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20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sheepskin, Wood

Art Nouveau Style Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Bowl - Hallmarked in 1905
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1905 by Fenton Brothers Ltd., this handsome, Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Bowl, features Art Nouveau influenced detailing. The bowl measures 4"(10cm)...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Vintage Chandelier Or Lantern Frosted Glass And Brass Ceiling Light
By Aimé Millet
Located in Bastogne, BE
Frosted glass pendant light in brass fittings. The frosted glass give a lovely, soft glow whilst the ribbed, floral design adds interest. Belgium, circa 1950s. Lighting is an inte...
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20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

GROSFELD HOUSE Armchairs Pair Antique
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
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1940s Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Walnut

GROSFELD HOUSE Armchairs Pair Antique
GROSFELD HOUSE Armchairs Pair Antique
$1,496 Sale Price / set
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Pair of âte-de-Verre DAUM "CACTUS" Goblets
Located in Mérida, YU
A set of 2 Daum Pâte-de-Verre Cactus Goblets Designed by Hilton McConnico, 20th century Each signed Hilton McConnico, inscribed Daum France to the underside.
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Late 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Crystal

Moonage Daydream Modular Sofa Black Timeless Leather and brushed brass
Located in Milano, IT
Moonage daydream is a modular sofa. The configurations can be made by choosing from four elements: central module, terminal module, wide terminal modu...
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2010s Italian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Leather

Exceptional French Art Nouveau Marbled Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase -Orchids
Located in Worcester Park, GB
An exceptionally elegant and vibrant orange and brown Emile Galle cameo orchid vase predominantly in orange and brown layers but with a very rare mottled 'marbled' layer -giving the ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

Vintage French Art Nouveau Scrolling Wrought Iron Wooden Slat Garden Patio Bench
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Art Nouveau Scrolling Wrought Iron Wooden Slat Seat Garden Patio Bench. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 19.5" H x 51" W x 13" D.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Kralik Loetz Art Nouveau Iridescent Glass Inkwell
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique iridescent purple glass inkwell by Kralik in the "Pampas" decor, i.e. a Kralik decor shift on Loetz Pampas. Lobed square form with typical trailed...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Antique French Faux Grain Painted Pine Pantry Door with Landscape Scenes
Located in Centennial, CO
A gorgeous turn of the century French armoire or cupboard door with original grain paint to replicated wood grain. Top and bottom medallions frame beautifully painted landscape scene...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wood, Paint

Jugendstil mantel clock by Junghans Darmstadt
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil mantel clock by Junghans Darmstadt. Professionally stained and repolished.
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Silver Plated and Glass Honey Pot Bee by Mappin & Webb, England, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Silver Plated and Glass Honey Pot Bee by Mappin & Webb, England, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver Plate

Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Double Doors, Set of 3
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Rare set consisting of 3 identical French Art Nouveau double doors from around 1900. Unrestored condition. Solidly made of pine wood in frame construction with 3 panels each and p...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Pine

French Figural Bronze Lamp with a Lady Reading This is a charming piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
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...
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1970s Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Tin

Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Pate de Verre “Noisettes” Vide Poche
By Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
A very rare Art Nouveau Daum Nancy pate de verre 'Noisettes' vide poche in orange, reds, greens and yellows. Daum in Nancy was integral is ori...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

French Art Nouveau pewter vase, ca 1900
Located in Delft, NL
French Art Nouveau pewter vase, ca 1900 A French Art Nouveau vase, made of pewter in beautiful Art Nouveau scene of flowers, raised on 4 legs. A tapered, but rounded model with two ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Pewter

Art Nouveau Georg Hulbe Tooled Leather Three Panel Screen, Nautical Motif, 1900
By Georg Hulbe
Located in New York, NY
Large Georg Hulbe Art Nouveau tooled leather three panel screen The central panels featuring a Sailing motif with superbly detailed tooled leather seagulls upper panels and classic ...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

1940's Art Nouveau Meets Art Deco Hall Tree, Mirror With Coat Hooks and Shelf
Located in Culver City, CA
Say hello to the most stylish way to check your look before heading out the door! This seriously fabulous vintage Art Nouveau hall tree mirror is...
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1940s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Daum, Nancy Pâte de Verre Vase, Early 20th Century, Art Nouveau.
By Daum
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Daum, Nancy pâte de verre vase, early 20th century, Art Nouveau. A Daum, Nancy, Art Nouveau vase, 1900, in acid-etched pâte de verre. H: 27cm, D: 18cm
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

Art Nouveau Bronze Guimard Chandelier
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Nouveau Guimard chandelier with bronze nickel finish and dark blue glass.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Modernist French Desing Footed Trumpet Frosted Glass Broad Vase by André Groult
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century Modernist footed trumpet frosted glass broad vase by french decorator and designer André Groult By: André Groult Material: glass Technique: glazed, cast, unglazed...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

19th Century Large Japanese Satsuma Vase, Ric.048
Located in Norton, MA
Meiji period, Large Satsuma Porcelain vase, decorated with dragon and floral pattern.  
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19th Century Japanese Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Porcelain

Jugendstil Austrian Bronze Oriental Woman with Bowl Sculpture by Franz Bergmann
Located in North Miami, FL
1900s Jugendstil cold-painted bronze sculpture of an oriental woman with a fruit bowl by Franz Bergmann, Austria By: Franz Bergmann Material: bronze, copper, tin, metal, paint Techn...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Metal, Bronze, Copper, Tin

Tiffany Studios New York "Damascene Harp" Desk Lamp
Located in New York, NY
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...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bust Entitled "Cendrillon" by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in London, GB
An attractive late 19th Century Art Nouveau French bronze bust exhibiting deep multi-hued patination and excellent detail. The beautiful character wearing a head dress and a loosely draped blouse representing ’Cinderella’ from the famous French opera. The bronze is signed E Villanis and titled to the fore on its integral bronze base. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 30 cm Width: 19 cm Depth: 12 cm Condition: excellent original condition Circa: 1890 Materials: Bronze Book Ref: Emmanuel Villanis by Josje Hortulanus-de Mik Page No: 35 SKU: 8773 ABOUT Villanis Cendrillon Emmanuel Villanis was an industrious man. He is believed to have created some 200 to 250 pieces. His oeuvre pre-eminently consisted of busts and full body statues...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Dining room table by Maison Krieger, Art Nouveau, circa 1900, France
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
By Krieger, a important Parisian cabinetmaking, one of the most important of the time. Maison Krieger was created in 1826 by Antoine Krieger and his brother Nicolas in Paris. It fir...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wood, Oak

Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture entitled "Standing Terrier" by Edith Parsons
Located in London, GB
An endearing early 20th Century patinated bronze study of a standing terrier with excellent textured surface detail and colour, raised on a bronze base and signed PB Parsons ADDITI...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Austrian Erotic and Naughty Bronze "Treasure Seeker" Carl Kauba, Boy Finds Gold!
Located in Petaluma, CA
This whimsical and sexy bronze (titled Treasure Seeker) was done by the noted Austrian Sculptor of many unusual and sexy and erotic bronzes, Carl Kauba. Signed on the base, and hav...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Thonet Mundes chairs Vienna Austria 1925
Located in Den Haag, NL
Thonet Mundes dining chairs Beech wood. Wicker seat. Design David Fischer for the Gebr Thonet Vienna Austria 1880.
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wicker

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 Furniture

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Ceramic

Eichwald Secessionist Majolica Centerpiece Pedestal Bowl
Located in Doylestown, PA
Striking antique majolica pedestal bowl hand-painted in yellow, pink, green and black glazes by Eichwald, early 20th century. It features classic art nouveau decorative elements with...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Majolica

Original of the Time, Rare J.&J. Thonet Stool, Late 19th Century, 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Wonderful and rare Thonet stool, published already in the 1888 Thonet Catalogue on page 23 as Salon-Stockerl Nr 5 zum Polstern Material Beechwood black stained with gold colored not...
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1880s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Fabric, Beech

Exceptional Quality Egyptian Revival Puma Raised Bi-Metal Desk Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional quality Art Nouveau Egyptian revival Continental brass and copper desk stand raised on four puma feet and dating from the early 20th Century. Probably French the heavi...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass, Copper

Art Nouveau engraved Tea Table
Located in Malibu, CA
A rare and important French Art Nouveau tea table with two shapely shelves. Engraved with lily pads petals & leaves. Decorative bronze handles.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Hardwood

Art Nouveau engraved Tea Table
Art Nouveau engraved Tea Table
$1,836 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Glass "Hearts and Vines Vase" by Louis Tiffany
Located in London, GB
An impressive early 20th Century American iridescent glass vase of slender form with green hearts shining through an attractive golden iridescence, signed L C Tiffany Favrile and numbered to base. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 23 cm Condition: Very Good Condition Circa: 1905 Materials: Iridescent Coloured Glass SKU: 6667 ABOUT Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists, which included Lockwood de Forest, Candace Wheeler, and Samuel Colman. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewellery, enamels and metalwork. Early Life He was born in New York City, New York, the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company; and Harriet Olivia Avery Young. He attended school at Pennsylvania Military Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Eagleswood Military Academy in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His first artistic training was as a painter, studying under George Inness in Eagleswood, New Jersey and Samuel Colman in Irvington, New York. He also studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1866-67 and with salon painter Leon-Adolphe-Auguste Belly in 1868-69. Belly’s landscape paintings had a great influence on Tiffany. Career Louis started out as a painter, but became interested in glassmaking from about 1875 and worked at several glasshouses in Brooklyn between then and 1878. In 1879, he joined with Candace Wheeler, Samuel Colman and Lockwood de Forest to form Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated American Artists. The business was short-lived, lasting only four years. The group made designs for wallpaper, furniture, and textiles. He later opened his own glass factory in Corona, New York, determined to provide designs that improved the quality of contemporary glass. Tiffany’s leadership and talent, as well as his father’s money and connections, led this business to thrive. In 1881 Tiffany did the interior design of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut, which still remains, but the new firm’s most notable work came in 1882 when President Chester Alan Arthur refused to move into the White House until it had been redecorated. He commissioned Tiffany, who had begun to make a name for himself in New York society for the firm’s interior design work, to redo the state rooms, which Arthur found charmless. He worked on the East Room, the Blue Room, the Red Room, the State Dining Room and the Entrance Hall, refurnishing, repainting in decorative patterns, installing newly designed mantelpieces, changing to wallpaper with dense patterns and, of course, adding Tiffany glass to gaslight fixtures, windows and adding an opalescent floor-to-ceiling glass screen in the Entrance Hall. The Tiffany screen and other Victorian additions were all removed in the Roosevelt renovations of 1902, which restored the White House interiors to Federal style in keeping with its architecture. A desire to concentrate on art in glass led to the breakup of the firm in 1885 when Tiffany chose to establish his own glassmaking firm that same year. The first Tiffany Glass Company was incorporated December 1, 1885 and in 1902 became known as the Tiffany Studios. In the beginning of his career, he used cheap jelly jars and bottles because they had the mineral impurities that finer glass lacked. When he was unable to convince fine glassmakers to leave the impurities in, he began making his own glass. Tiffany used opalescent glass in a variety of colors and textures to create a unique style of stained glass. He developed the “copper foil” technique, which, by edging each piece of cut glass in copper foil and soldering the whole together to create his windows and lamps, made possible a level of detail previously unknown. This can be contrasted with the method of painting in enamels or glass paint on colorless glass, and then setting the glass pieces in lead channels, that had been the dominant method of creating stained glass for hundreds of years in Europe. (The First Presbyterian Church building of 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is unique in that it uses Tiffany windows that partially make use of painted glass.) Use of the colored glass itself to create stained glass pictures was motivated by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and its leader William Morris in England. Fellow artists and glassmakers Oliver Kimberly and Frank Duffner, founders of the Duffner and Kimberly Company and John La Farge were Tiffany’s chief competitors in this new American style of stained glass. Tiffany, Duffner and Kimberly, along with La Farge, had learned their craft at the same glasshouses in Brooklyn in the late 1870s. In 1889 at the Paris Exposition, he is said to have been “Overwhelmed” by the glass work of Émile Gallé, French Art Nouveau artisan. He also met artist Alphonse Mucha. In 1893, Tiffany built a new factory called the Stourbridge Glass Company, later called Tiffany Glass Furnaces, which was located in Corona, Queens, New York, hiring the Englishman Arthur J. Nash to oversee it. In 1893, his company also introduced the term Favrilein conjunction with his first production of blown glass at his new glass factory. Some early examples of his lamps were exhibited in the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. At the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, he won a gold medal with his stained glass windows The Four Seasons He trademarked Favrile (from the old French word for handmade) on November 13, 1894. He later used this word to apply to all of his glass, enamel and pottery. His first commercially produced lamps date from around 1895. Much of his company’s production was in making stained glass windows and Tiffany lamps, but his company designed a complete range of interior decorations. At its peak, his factory employed more than 300 artisans. Recent scholarship led by Rutgers professor Martin Eidelberg suggests that a team of talented single women designers – sometimes referred to as the “Tiffany Girls” – led by Clara Driscoll played a big role in designing many of the floral patterns on the famous Tiffany...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

Josef Hoffmann Silver Brooch Austrian Jugendstil Embossed Leaves 1912
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Silver Brooch Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte Austrian Jugendstil Embossed Leaves 1912 Josef Hoffmann, a member of the Vienna Secession, was both the co-founder and one of the mo...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver

Pair of Tall Tiffany Studios Bronze Candlesticks, Early 1900's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A beautiful pair of tall Tiffany Studios patinated bronze candlesticks. The candlesticks are both signed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1213. These are an early pair and have the original ...
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Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

LALIQUE - 'Muguet' - Frosted & Clear Crystal Plate - France - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
LALIQUE - 'Muguet' (Lily of the Valley) - Vintage Art Deco style luxury crystal plate - featuring a striking frosted finish to the molded flowers from th...
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Late 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Crystal

20th Century Signed Still Life Pencil Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful, evocative Pencil Drawing Still Life with Flowers and Butterfly Early 20th century Signed at lower right The painting is embellished by a beautiful nineteenth-century la...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wood, Paper

Amalric Walter and Daum Nancy "Crabe" Pâte de Verre Glass Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite “Crabe” pâte de verre glass paperweight, by Amalric Walter and Daum Nancy is decorated with a relief of a reddish-brown crab poised upon a bright contrast of green and...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

Loetz Art Nouveau Iridescent Vase with Leafing Silver Overlay
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau glass vase with engraved silver overlay by historic Loetz, ca 1900. Baluster with silver meandering leafing branch. Glass iridescent gold and purple with vertical oleagin...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver

Georg Jensen Acorn Sterling Silver Bottle Opener Short Handle 271
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen sterling silver and stainless steel bottle opener, item #271 in the Acorn pattern, design #62 by Johan Rohde from 1915. Additional ...
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20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Toulouse Lautrec Divan Japonais Silkscreen Print
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage silkscreen print by Toulouse Lautrec, "Divan Japonais" circa 1960s framed without glass nice paper condition not faded.
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Furniture

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Paper

Roy Lichtenstein The Paris Review, 1992 (Lichtenstein 1992)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Roy Lichtenstein The Paris Review: 1992 The Paris Review book, featuring an interior spread of Roy Lichtenstein's "__" (1992). Imagery features 8 detailed segments of this esteemed 1...
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1990s Art Nouveau Furniture

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Paper

Rare Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Bronze Table or Desk Lamp with a Marble Base
Located in Lisse, NL
Incredibly stylish and great quality table lamp. This antique bronze table lamp is probably gilt, but we are not a hundred percent sure. Wha...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Large antique silver art nouveau condiment set made by Mappin & Webb in 1924
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1924 by Mappin & Webb, this attractive, Antique, George V period, Sterling Silver Condiment Set, comprises 4 mustard pots with mustard spoons, 4 pepper po...
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1920s English Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Large French majolica planter cache pot by Orchies Art Nouveau
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Large French majolica planter cache pot by Orchies. It represents a basket in osier with flowers. It has 2 handles. The inside is blue. So decorative. In good condition with a sligh...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Faience

1900s Art Nouveau Sicilian Terracotta Head of a Young Woman
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This Terracotta Head of a Young Woman on a new iron base is a striking piece of sculptural art, blending the organic forms and stylized motifs characteristic of the Art Nouveau movem...
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Early 20th Century Sicilian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Terracotta

Art Nouveau Silver and Glass Mounted Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
Art Nouveau silver and glass mounted walking stick French, c. 1900 Height 91cm, diameter 2.5cm Dating back to late 19th century France, this exceptional walking stick reflects the ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver

Otto Wagner Metro Stations Vienna Jugendstil Pendant, Re-Edition
Located in Vienna, AT
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...
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2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Delicate and Elegant Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstaette Chandelier, Re-Edition
Located in Vienna, AT
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...
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2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

A Fine Pair of 3 Light Wall Sconces, by Tiffany Studios
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Each bronze wall fixture with three arms each supporting an art glass Lily, signed L.C.T. Electric is UL Certified
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Early 1900s North American Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

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Find a broad range of unique Art Nouveau furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Nouveau furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Georg Jensen, Woka Lamps, Johan Rohde, and Josef Hoffmann. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $25 and tops out at $1,000,000 while the average work can sell for $2,122.

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