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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
Period: 1910s
Daisy Makeig-Jones Wedgwood Blue Lustre Fish Bowl
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A light blue lustre bone china bowl designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood circa 1915, beautifully decorated with an aquatic scene. When examinin...
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1910s English Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Porcelain

Jugendstil side table by Adolf Loos
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil side table by Adolf Loos professionally stained and repolished.
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Antique La Seynie P & P Limoges 5 Piece Vanity Tray Set
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Antique La Seynie P & P Limoges 5 Piece Vanity Tray Set. The large tray is signed G. Dodge on the upper right side. The smaller tray bears the manufac...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Porcelain

A pair of Art Nouveau beech stained side tables with clover leaf style tops
Located in London, GB
A pair of Art Nouveau beech stained side tables with clover leaf style tops supported with whiplash uprights beside shaped aprons, flowing with elegant legs finishing on little pad f...
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1910s English Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Beech

1910's Danish Art Nouveau Handcrafted Sealion Bowl - Ash Tray by P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Knebel, DK
1910's Danish art nouveau handcrafted sealion bowl - ash tray by P. Ipsens Enke The handcrafted art nuveau bowl featureing sealions designed in 1915 by Miss...
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1910s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic

Jugendstil stool no.715 by Otto Wagner for J.J.Kohn
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil stool no.715 by Otto Wagner designed for Paris World Exhibition in 1900 for J.J.Kohn. Professionally stained and repolished.
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Beech, Bentwood

Carved Wooden G.Tart Liege Antique Belgium Barometer with Thermometer, 1910s
Located in Verviers, BE
Carved wooden G Tart Liege antique Belgium Barometer with Thermometer, 1910s Unusual antique carved wooden barometer in a lovely carved case, working order. With best Wishes, Geert...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Fruitwood

Pair French Art Nouveau Carved and Patinated Fruit/ Flower Form Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair Large Art Nouveau Expertly Carved and Patinated Wood Wall Sconces. Polychrome tones, fruit, flowers. French Estate sale acquisition.
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wood

Antique Glass & Sterling Vanity Jars, Set of Five
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of five antique sterling silver and glass vanity jars. Various repoussè floral designs. each sterling lid is stamped sterling. Large j...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Saint Louis Crystal blue cut to clear bowl with Sulphide c1910
Located in Worcester Park, GB
An exceptional intricately, cut to clear, bowl by Saint Louis - Rarely this bowl has a sulphide to the front depicting a courtier. The bowl is cases in blue and finely cut to clear t...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Crystal

Set of 2 1910 Antique Art Nouveau French Crystal Beaded Table Lamp Fixtures
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1910 Beautiful Pair Antique Art Nouveau Beaded Crystal Basket Form Wall Lamps. Set of 2. One Basket is one inch smaller than the other.
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Crystal

Art Nouveau brass coupe / centerpiece / vide poche, France 1910s
Located in Firenze, IT
Important Art Nouveau centerpiece / coupe / vide poche France 1910s brass, bronze H 14.5 cm x 24 cm diam. Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use. Wonderful patina. Int...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

French Hand-Blown Glass and Bakelite Absinthe Glasses Set, 3 pieces, 1910s
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic set of three French Absinthe glasses manufactured by Franckhauser in Lyon circa 1910. These heavy glasses were used in French Bistros, Bars, or Cafes in the ritual of drinking the addictive beverage called "la fée verte" (the green fairy...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Blown Glass, Bakelite

Set of Four Coat Hooks by Adolf Loos For Café Capua Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of four steel nickel-plated coat hooks designed by Adolf Loos 1913 for Café Capua in Vienna Austria. Ref.: Eva B. Ottilinger, Adolf Loos (Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe / Livi...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Steel, Nickel

Art Nouveau huge candle holder brass 5 arms
Located in Weiningen, CH
Art Nouveau huge brass candle holder brass 5 arms with beautiful typical Art Nouveau design
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Art Nouveau Fireplace Mirror in Oak, France, circa 1910
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Beautiful overmantel / fireplace mirror in solid oak with beveled mirror. Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts style, France, circa 1910-1920. In the style of Mathieu Gallerey's productions....
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Mirror, Wood, Oak

Original Jugendstil Kleintisch um 1910, im Stil von Anton Pospischil
By Anton Pospischil
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Kleintisch Entwurf: unbekannt, angelehnt an Anton Pospischil, Wien um 1901 Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: unbekannte Kunstmöbeltischlerei, verm. Ungarn um 1910 Maße in cm (H x ...
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1910s Hungarian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Tall Galle Cameo Magnolia Vase c1910
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tall Gallé magnolia vase Date : c1910 Origin : Nancy, France Bowl Features : Two colour cameo depicting magnolia Marks : Galle cameo signed to ...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau pine wardrobe by Danish Architect Hans Karl Kristensen, Denmark 1910
By Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, Axel Einar Hjorth, Thorvald Bindesbøll
Located in København K, 84
This unique and remarkable Danish Art Nouveau pine cabinet, a creation of architect Hans Karl Kristensen during the years 1910-1920 in Ry, Denmark, stands as a captivating exemplar o...
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1910s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Pine

Rare Art Nouveau chestnut document cabinet 1910 Italy
Located in Palermo, Sicily
rare and distinctive wall-mounted document cabinet made of solid chestnut, with shutter doors with pull-out drawers, you can also make good use of it in the kitchen.
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1910s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Chestnut

Swedish Designer, Candlestick, Steel, Sweden, 1917
Located in High Point, NC
A steel candlestick with engraving designed and produced in Sweden, dated 1917. fits 0.85” diameter candles
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1910s Swedish Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Steel

Porcelain Group 'Capriccio' Boy on Ibex Rosenthal Selb Germany Circa 1914
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable Art Nouveau Figure Group by Rosenthal. Naked faun-like boy sitting on the back of an ibex, straining his upper body backwards and supporting himself with both arms on the h...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Porcelain

Pair c1910 French Maison Bagues Bronze Vines & Crystal Petal Floral Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair of Large c1910 Art Nouveau Bronze with Ruby Red/ Cut Clear Crystal Floral Form Wall Sconces. Crystal Petals on Bronze twist vines. Manufactured by Maison Bagues Paris. These ant...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Crystal

Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Pair Snowball Thrower & Girl, A. Koenig, c 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very charming Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurines: Boy in dark blue jacket, under it a brown vest, striped pants and lace-up shoes, on his head a green cap with a wide brim, a white scarf around his neck, with his right arm reaching far back to throw a snowball at the girl, with his left hand holding more prepared snowballs to his chest. The boy is supported from behind by a small toboggan and is based on round snow base. The girl in purple flowered dress...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Porcelain

Antique Sterling Silver Repoussè Hand Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique sterling silver repoussè hand mirror. Stamped sterling, as shown in photos. Beveled inset mirror is possibly not original.
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Art Nouveau Wall Mirror With Flowers And Cupids by Michael Powolny Vienna c 1913
Located in Vienna, AT
Oval mirror framed by a dense coloured floral wreath formed of ceramic, on the upper rim two winged putti, between them a bird in the middle. By Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954) Nowada...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic

Antique Tall 1910 Italian Topiary Type 48" Chippy Paint Floral Table Lamp 2 Bulb
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Very Beautiful c1910 Italian Art Nouveau Metal Chippy Paint Topiary Form Table Lamp. 2 lights 48 inches tall.
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1910s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Metal

Early 20th Century Sterling Silver Circular Reticulated Mirror with Etched Folia
Located in Louisville, KY
This ornate sterling silver framed circular mirror has detailed floral and foliate carvings/etchings in the silver with reticulation that makes this wall mirror exceptional. The piece is finished on the back with original green felt with a formed hanging clip. It is marked on the back Sterling 722 Hodgson Kennard & Co. Boston. A stunning addition to a wall grouping...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Ceramic 1910, Sign: 7104 Austria, Julio Dressler established
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: 7104 Austria Julio Dressler established the unit in 1888 in Bela or Biela Bohemia. This town used to be in Austria, but changed to Czechoslovakia ...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Majolica

Tiffany Studios Jeweled Colonial Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios New York "Jeweled Colonial" Table Lamp Circa 1910 Leaded glass, patinated bronze Shade impressed "Tiffany Studios, New York, 1593" Base impressed "Tiffany Studios, New York, 29733" and with the Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company monogram Dimensions: 22.5 inches high, Shade: 16 inch diameter. Provenance: Property from a Massachusetts Collection Condition: The shade with 11 single hairline cracks dispersed throughout, mostly in the bottom border panels. The base in excellent overall condition and retains the original sockets. Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios in New York City, by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a team of other designers, including Clara Driscoll...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

1913-1927 DATED HAND HAMMERED STERLING SiLVER ART NOUVEAU LIBERTY'S STYLE VASE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning Antique 1913-1927 dated and initialed to the base, Art Nouveau Liberty's London style hand ham...
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1910s English Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Thonet chair 1910s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Thonet chair no.335
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bentwood

Art Nouveau Ginko Leaf Vase Attrib to Paul Dachsel For Czechoslovakian Amphora
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 Czech Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Earthenware

Stunning owl tobacco box, ceramic marked, 1910 Art Nouveau most possibly Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Gorgeous, very rare tobacco tin in the shape of an owl, made around 1910, most probably in Austria or Bohemia. The tobacco tin is made of ceramic, in the shape of an owl - the top l...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic

Silver Art Nouveau Centerpiece With High Legs & Plastic Putti, France Circa 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional and elegant silver jardinière of elliptical basic form on high curved volute legs with attached fully plastic putti as torchbearers and feather leaf rests on the rolled f...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver

Stunning, rare early floral abstract vase, ceramic, Art Nouveau, 1910 Belgium
Located in Wien, AT
Stunning flower vase, ceramic, made in the Art Nouveau period around 1910 in Belgium. This beautiful unusual vase is designed with an exquisite running glaze, and three vertical st...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Daum Cameo Glass Vitrified Monnaies du Pape Round Coupe, Rare Find
By Daum
Located in Bochum, NRW
Daum Cameo Glass Bowl, France, circa 1910. A rare Art Nouveau Daum cameo glass vitrified Monnaies du Pape round coupe (Honesty). Very finely acid etched, wheel carved decor of Honest...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

Rare Find and Highly Collectible Edmond Rigot Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase
Located in Bochum, NRW
A lovely Art Nouveau vase by Edmond Rigot is a rare find and a must-have for any glass collector. Inscribed on the wall: E. RiGOT H: 7.5 cm, Ø 8 cm From an important private collecti...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Blown Glass

Antique A Large 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 has a floral enameled motif in the form of pansies l...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

Very rare armchairs nr.813 /1F by Josef Hoffmann for Jacob Josef Kohn
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Very rare armchairs nr.813 /1F by Josef Hoffmann for Jacob Josef Kohn in original vintage condition.
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Beech, Bentwood

Large Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Urn Vase, LCT, circa 1918
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this large Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass vase. This vase features a tapered urn design with deep shoulders and cylindrical neck and flared mouth in...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

Jugendstil longcase clock
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil longcase clock in very good original condition, working.
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Arts & Crafts Gouda School Art Pottery Stylized Floral Soliflor Stem Vase Azurea
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Antique Gouda Soliflor Stem Vase - Art Nouveau Elegance from the Netherlands This soliflor stem vase, crafted from hand-painted, matte-glazed ceramic, is an example of ceramic art f...
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1910s Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic, Faience

William Moorcroft Tudric Pewter Mounted Tazza c1915
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : A William Moorcroft Pomegranate Pattern Pewter Mounted Tazza Date : c1915 Period : George V Marks :The pottery tazza is signed with impressed marks and blue monogram. The ...
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1910s British Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Pottery

Art Nouveau Flowerstand (Vienna, circa 1910)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Blumenkästchen / Etagere Entwurf: unbekannt, Wien um 1910 Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: unbekannte Kunstmöbeltischlerei, Wien um 1910 Maße in cm (H x B x T): 111 x 43,5 x 43,5...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Art Nouveau Writing Desk with 9 Drawers (Vienna, 1910)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Schreibtisch Ausführung: unbekannter Hersteller, Wien um 1910 Maße in cm (H x B x T): 79 x 125 x 78 Material: Messing, Eiche furniert (ebonisiert), Leder Zustand: guter Zusta...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

LC Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Decorated Opal & Pastel Green Bon-Bon Bowl 1915
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this outstanding Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile pastel green and opalescent decorated iridescent clear art glass footed "bon bon" bowl. This bow...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass, Opaline Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass "Cauldron" Salt, LCT circa 1910
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass salt dish. This dish features a "cauldron" design with four pulle...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau Diningroom Set, Rosewood (Table, 4 Chairs, 2 Armstools), Vienna 1910
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Essgruppe (1 Tisch ausziehbar, 2 Armlehnstühle, 4 Sessel) Entwurf: unbekannt, Wien um 1910 Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: unbekannte Wiener Kunstmöbeltischlerei, um 1910 Maße i...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

American Art Nouveau Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Beautiful brown with touch of green finish bronze art nouveau table lamp with three pull chain sockets and fitted with black lampshade.
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Le Verre Francais ( Decoration Halbrans ) Style: Art Nouveau, Jugendstil
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Le Verre Francais Page: 99 book Schneider Maître Verrier Author: Olivier Ador acid worked Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. I...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

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 Furniture

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Pottery

French Art Nouveau Lustre Colored Glass & Bronze Ceiling Pendant, late 19th C
Located in Labrit, Landes
Art Nouveau chandelier or lustre, French Colored glass and bronze Made in the late 19 th century, it is a luminaire designed to operate on gas which has been electrified in the 20th ...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

Edwardian Display Cabinet Mahogany Art Nouveau
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Edwardian display cabinet in mahogany with finely carved decoration The carved decoration in black very intricate and features art nouveau motifs and floral sprays Also features a gl...
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1910s Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Mahogany

Art Nouveau Dressingtable from Thonet Brothers, Model 23045 (Vienna, 1910)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Schminktisch Entwurf: Gebrüder Thonet, Wien um 1910 Modell-Nummer: 23045 Ausführung: Gebrüder Thonet, Wien um 1910 Maße in cm (H x B x T): 148 x 91 x 47 Material: Buchenbugho...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Vintage Authentic Dutch Stone LIthographic Poster Tttled Lauren Custom Framed
Located in North Miami, FL
This delightful authentic original stone lithographic Dutch poster is from 1915 and custom framed. It is signed Willy Sleuters on top and is a more obscure poster from the time perio...
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1910s Dutch Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wood, Paper

Jugendstil coffee table by Adolf Loos for F.O.Schmidt
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil coffee table by Adolf Loos for F.O.Schmidt in original vintage condition with signs of use.
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Vase Cats, Le Verre Francais, Style: Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1918
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase 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 the Schneider de...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

Materials

Art Glass

Art Nouveau furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

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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