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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
Brass and Grilling Fireplace Screen From Art Nouveau period. Circa 1900
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and interesting rfireplace screen is made of bass and grilling. This is a French work from Art Nouveau period. Circa 1900
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Austrian Candle Holder 1910
Located in Čelinac, BA
Vienes Candle Holder 1910s.
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Alpaca

French Pierrefonds vase with blue Crystalline Glaze, Art Nouveau stoneware
Located in BELFORT, FR
A mesmerizing Art Nouveau vase manufactured by the french pottery Pierrefonds, at the beginning of the XXth century, around 1910. Its vivid blue Crystalline Glaze and two-handled sha...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Antique Rosenthal Porcelain Pierrot Clown Figurine No. 436 by A. Caasmann
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique German Jugendstil porcelain figurine. Designed by Albert Caasmann for Rosenthal in 1916. In the form of a Pierrot clown playing an acc...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Furniture

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Porcelain

Vintage Art Nouveau Deco Wrought Iron Tall Floor Candle Holder Stand Candelabra
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Art Nouveau Deco Wrought Iron Tall Floor Candle Holder Stand Candelabra. Item featured has wrought iron construction, clean lines and...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Austrian White Opalescent Kralik/Loetz Art Glass Floral Shaped Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and quality Art Nouveau Austrian or Bohemian opalescent art glass vase modeled as flower stem with a pinched flower shaped top attributed to Kralik or possibly Loetz and d...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Blown Glass

WMF Secessionist Art Nouveau Candle Holders
Located in Melbourne, AU
A pair of Art Nouveau or Secessionist WMF 'Britannia metal' (pewter) and silver plate candle holders. Both marked to the interior of the base 'WMFB' and 'OX'. This finish was used be...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver Plate, Pewter

19th Century French Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th-century French lamp is a captivating example of sculptural artistry and functional design. The lamp features a beautifully detailed figure of a woman in a flowing gown, scu...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Metal

Set of 8 Louis Majorelle Carved Walnut and Sage Green Muslin Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 8 French Art Nouveau side chairs with carved walnut frames, openwork backs featuring a central upholstered section and seat upholstered in a sage green muslin. (LOUIS MAJORELL...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wood, Fabric, Upholstery, Walnut

Pair of Antique English Art Nouveau Candlesticks c.1900, Art Nouveau
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning pair of antique English silver plated candlesticks, quite stunning with a stylized naturalistic design with a definite Art Nouveau flair dating to c.1890/1900. They com...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver Plate

Adolf Loos Art Nouveau Brass Wall Coat Hook, Werkstätte Hagenauer, Austria, 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Art Nouveau brass wall coat hook designed by Adolf Loos, executed by Werkstätte Hagenauer, Vienna, 1910. In good condition with charming patina.
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Rene Lalique Electric Blue Coloured Glass 'Graines' Pendant
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique electric blue coloured glass 'Graines' Pendant. This pattern features a branch with berries. Threaded tassles and necklace. Engraved makers mark, 'Lalique'. Book referen...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

Art Nouveau Round Banquet Dining Table after Majorelle
Located in New York, NY
Impressive round dining table with stylized carved legs having flowers and naturalistic foliate decorative motif. The carving, and quality is reminiscent of the French master Louis M...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Furniture

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Walnut

Emile Gallé, Vase Glycines Wisteria Purple Cameo Acid Etched Glass
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Glycines" (Wisteria) made in multilayer purple and white cameo acid-etched glass. Molded signature. Perfect condition.  height : 33 cm
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass, Art Glass

Asparagus shovel service.
Located in Nivelles, BE
Magnificent asparagus service, composed of a shovel and a small ladle, silver-plated and vermeil metal. In the style of the art nouveau period with this beautiful cutout in the shovel.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver Plate

1910s Antique Vanity Art Nouveau with Original Beveled Mirror in Walnut and Burl
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century, antique vanity or entrance console, oscillating entrance beveled mirror, Art Nouveau, in walnut and burl walnut, restored and polished to wax. Measures cm: H 1...
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1910s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Burl, Mirror, Walnut

Antique La Seynie P & P Limoges 5 Piece Vanity Tray Set
Located in North Palm Beach, 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

Georg Jensen Large Sterling Silver Centerpiece Bowl 501
Located in Hellerup, DK
A large and heavy sterling silver Georg Jensen oval "Cherry" centerpiece bowl. This is one of Georg Jensen's later designs, from a brief period in 1925-1926 when he lived in Paris. T...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Elegant Art Nouveau Oil Lamp in Brass from Böhlmarks Lampfabrik in Sweden
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very Elegant Art Nouveau Oil Lamp from Böhlmarks Lampfabrik (1872-1977) in Stockholms, Sweden. Made in brass and glass during the early 20th Century in a very period design and is ...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Kralik Art Nouveau Vintage Iridescent Mother-of-Pearl Glass Vase
Located in Bolton, GB
Here we have a beautiful Bohemian mother-of-pearl glass vase, from the late 19th century art nouveau period. Has a stunning oily, iridescent finish. Most likely made by Kralik. Size...
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1890s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

French Majolica Purple Daisy Plate Orchies, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica purple daisy plate Orchies, circa 1890.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic

Beautiful Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Vase Having a Trefoil Shaped Base
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful, graceful, Art Nouveau Period, sterling silver vase, having a trefoil-shaped base, Sheffield, England, year- hallmarked for 1903, William Mammatt and Son - makers. Measures...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Satava Studios Pulled Feather Art Glass Vase Richard Gibbons 1982
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Art Glass vase with pulled feather design, soft iridescent colors, footed. The vase is signed Satava Studios, Gibbons and dated 1982. Dimensions: 4 1/2" W x 9 3/4" H Condition: good,...
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Late 20th Century American Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

Aqua Turquoise Majolica Turtle Clement Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Aqua Turquoise Majolica Turtle Clement Massier, circa 1890.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic, Faience

Art Nouveau Gemstone Painting after Alphonse Mucha Spring
Located in Somis, CA
A rare gemstone artwork in the art nouveau style modeled after Alphonse Mucha's "Spring". The painting was done on the back of glass and applied with quartz to create the iridescent background. The Goddess finely painted, delicately inlaid with natural gemstones. She wears a long mermaid...
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20th Century Art Nouveau Furniture

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Multi-gemstone

Art Nouveau A. Delbaux Brass Enameled Bowl, Made in France
By Delvaux Paris
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Art Nouveau A Delbaux brass enameled catchall, vide poche, change holder, footed bowl. Hand-painted flowers, chased designs, made in France, circa 1940s.  
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Claude Linossier, Bronze Dish, 1920s
Located in Firenze, IT
Wonderful bronze plate with copper inlays and geometric decoration, created by Claude Linossier in the 1920s. Features engraved signature.
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze, Copper

Rare Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Gorham Martele Footed Inkstand with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous, rare, sterling silver (.950) Art Nouveau, Martele inkstand with ball feet and hinged lid, the Gorham Manufacturing Corp., Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1905. According to the PTB mark on the underside, most probably, the Gorham silversmith who made it...
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1890s American Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Carved wood wall mirror, Art Nouveau period. France, early 20th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carved wood wall mirror, Art Nouveau period. France, early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Wood

Charles Schneider La Verre de France Art Nouveau Epinettes Cameo Glass Vase
Located in Mexico City, MX
A ca. 1920's French Art Nouveau "Epinettes" cameo glass vase by La Verre Français. The acid engraved yellow and maroon glass shows "epinettes", flowers resemb...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

Maison Antoine Bastet Antique Carved Oak Hall Side Chairs, Pair
Located in North Miami, FL
Maison Antoine Bastet of Lyon, France (Labelled to underside of both chairs) created these exquisite hand carved oak Hall chairs with wonderful reliefs of chestnuts, foliage and bamb...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Oak

Antique Majolica Tobacco Jar Munich Child in Hofbrauhaus Keg, Germany 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for an antique figural tobacco jar featuring the Munich Child on a keg from Munich's famous Hofbrauhaus. The jar reads "Tabak" (german fo...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Majolica

Christopher Wray English Desk Lamp Adjustable Brass, circa 1960s
By Christopher Wray
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a classic desk or table lamp, handmade by Christopher Wray, London England. The lamp has a classic traditional design in the Art Nouveau st...
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1960s British Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Lalique Crystal Champs-Elysees Bowl Vase
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lalique Crystal Champs- Elysses medium size oval bowl vase. It depicts multiple horse chestnut leaves arranged around a circular center base. Below the base, it is the acid...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Crystal

Antique French Majolica Plates by Salins, Set of 2, c. 1900
Located in Ross, CA
Set of two antique French majolica plates made by Salins in France around 1900. The plates in an art nouveau style feature flowers and pa...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic

Oak Art Nouveau File Cabinet with Roll Top Door, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Nouveau file cabinet. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid oak base with original roll top door. Original patinated brass handle and lock plate. The lock...
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Early 1900s Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Oak

Early 20th Century Pug Dog Musician Austrian Vienna Bronze Miniature Figure
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s Vienna bronze figurine. This polychromed cold painted bronze is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze collector. Found at an estate sale in Vienna...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Georges DE FEURE French Art Nouveau Glass Pitcher, Ca.1910
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Nouveau glass pitcher by Georges DE FEURE (Paris), France, ca.1910. Height : 6.9"(17.5cm), Width : 6.9"(17.5cm), Depth : 5.9"(15cm). Signed "G. de Feure" at the bottom (se...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

Antique German Cast Iron Christmas Tree Stand with Holly and Berry Motif
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique German cast iron Christmas tree stand features a charming holly and berry motif, beautifully hand-painted in green and red with...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Iron

1960s Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Coffee / Tea pot, hand-painted, 1st-sorting
Located in Skien, NO
Vintage Porcelain Coffee Pot with hand-painted, under-glazed decoration of the Blue Fluted pattern from Royal Copenhagen, Denmark. Item: Coffee / Tea Jug / Pot Medium: Glazed Porce...
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1960s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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Porcelain

Early 20th Century Russian Silver 84 Clutch Purse with Horses Moscow
Located in San Mateo, CA
Russian silver clutch or evening purse. This has repousse horse heads with outstanding detail in the left corner. The clutch is .875 fine silver. There is a glass cabochon for the cl...
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1910s Russian Vintage Art Nouveau Furniture

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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

Materials

Brass

Walnut Art Nouveau Tea Cabinet with Serving Tray, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Nouveau tea cabinet. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid walnut frame with four original drop-leaf doors. All four doors have the original beveled gl...
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Art Nouveau Rectangular Silver Plate Jewelry Box, France
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This French rectangular silver box is heavily decorated in the typical styles of this Art Nouveau period. The box has vintage red velvet interior and the original hardware with a wor...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Silver Plate

Daum Nancy "Fleurs et Abeilles" Enameled and Etched Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau enameled and etched "Fleurs et Abeilles" glass vase by Daum Nancy features an unusual and wildly undulating form that is countered neatly by the tightly executed landscape that decorates its organic curves, bulges, dips and valleys. Climbing from a deeply, darkly colored base upward to the bright, nearly translucent bright yellow rim of the vase are a field of ultra-finely rendered red orchid blooms with framing leaves...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

Victor Saglier and Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Carafe
Located in NANTES, FR
Decanter engraved with acid with floral decoration around 1900 attributed to Daum Nancy and Victor Saglier for the setting. Signature at the bottom of the carafe. Note a slight defor...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Metal

Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstatte, Moldauer Silk&Brass Table Lamp, Re-Edition
Located in Vienna, AT
For the residence of the Banker Dr Dietrich moldauer material patinated brass, silk, all other colours are possible. Originally manufactured at the Wiener Werkstatte Atelier, now cus...
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2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Josef Hoffmann Pendant/ Chandelier Re-Edition for the Apptm. Gustav Pollak
Located in Vienna, AT
For the appartment Gustav Pollak, in Vienna 1040 Total drop is custom made
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2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Brass

Gallé Signed, Large Acid Etched Overlay Banjo Form Vase, France, 1890
Located in Rijssen, NL
This exquisite Art Nouveau vase by Émile Gallé in Nancy is statement pieces in the room. Signed E. Gallé. Large Flattened banjo form cabinet vase with red currant decoration in clea...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

Rare Majolica Pink Flower Wall Pocket Delphin Massier, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica pink flower wall pocket signed Delphin Massier, circa 1880.
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1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Ceramic

Georg Jensen Beaded Sterling Silver Grapefruit Spoon Slender 074
Located in Hellerup, DK
This is a sterling silver Georg Jensen grapefruit spoon, item 074 in the Beaded pattern, design #7 by Georg Jensen from 1916. Additiona...
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20th Century Art Nouveau Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Art Noveau Style Large Crystal Vase Engraved With Butterflies And Dragonflies
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Before describing the object under consideration, we must make an important clarification; the artifact, one of many that we will publish over time, is part of the museum collection of a historic Florentine crystal grinder that unfortunately closed recently. It is the Marcello Galgani & Sons company, whose completely manual and artisanal work has not withstood the disproportionate advance of mass-produced mechanical processes! Marcello Galgani began his craft as a grinder and restorer in 1960; as the years went by, Marcello mastered and became familiar with particular techniques and shapes, resulting in the production of objects that manage to retain the freshness of grinding and engraving, the warmth and softness of light, and the inimitable flavor of unique artifacts. After several years, his son Lorenzo, who grew up among crystals, also entered the business and immediately became passionate about this ancient craft with skill and ability. Stimulated by the aesthetic sense of the past, father and son, set up a workshop in which the shapes they researched and created themselves are mouth-blown by traditional Tuscan glassmakers in Empoli, then ground and engraved using ancient sixteenth-century techniques, with motifs born from the Galgani's inexhaustible imagination or culturally inspired by designs of objects seen and studied in Florentine museums (Uffizi, Galleria Palatina, Museo degli Argenti, etc.). Marcello and Lorenzo Galgani were also Masters in the difficult art of restoration, bringing rare and precious objects back to life. As mentioned the company recently closed and disposed of all its last production, and only Marcello's old private museum collection remained, which includes unique and special objects created over time, a collection that the craftsman made available to us for a planned sale. All of the objects were made entirely by hand with old grinding wheels, but there were mainly two tools that allowed the creation of masterpieces: the right hand and the left hand of the master craftsman. Ancient glassmaking techniques were used for all the ground and engraved products: first, the object was ground with an emery wheel fed continuously by a jet of abrasive sand and water, then re-polished with a very fine-grained sandstone wheel also fed with water; the engravings were done freehand using as many as 10-15 small stone wheels for each design (flowers, branches, animals, etc. ); then the object was polished and shined; we must make, at this point, an important clarification on these last two operations: towards the end of the 1960s acid crystal polishing was devised, the object was immersed and rotated in a solution of sulfuric acid, fluoridic acid and water and in a short time all the defects left by the previous processes were eliminated, it was a fast, industrial operation that allowed to lower costs considerably, with discrete but not excellent results. But for Galgani's products polishing is done with a cork bark wheel wet with water and pumice, to make the surfaces more transparent, and finally polishing was achieved with a felt wheel wet with a paste of water, iron oxide, and cerium oxide. This series of processes takes an average of two days of work( sometimes much longer) for each object, each engraving or grinding is the result of the creative inventiveness of the two artisans, inventiveness that transforms crystal into reality material of the highest aesthetic value and inestimable value. All the items in the entire collection have never been used; they were part of the exhibition. Large crystal vase with a black base; the decorations, purely Art Noveau, represent graceful butterflies and dragonflies in a peaceful lake landscape. The object is "one-of-a-kind" signed by the Master; it was created in Marcello Galgani's workshop in 1982 and made with the techniques (grinding, engraving, and polishing) we explained in the description; for the shape, the Master was inspired by a vase found in a painting, preserved in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence by the 16th-century painter Jacopo Ligozzi...
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Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Crystal

Early 20th century danish pedestal in cast bronze with botanical decor elements.
Located in København K, 84
This exquisite early 20th-century Danish Art Nouveau pedestal in cast bronze is a striking example of the era’s organic elegance and masterful craftsmanship. Designed with a dismantl...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Art Nouveau Lamp Attributed to Majorelle
Located in NANTES, FR
Art nouveau lamp circa 1900. Gilded bronze, alabaster shells. Electrified and in perfect condition. Height: 44 cm Shell diameter: 22 cm Weight: 4.5 kg French cabinetmaker and desig...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Alabaster, Bronze

Gallé Mushroom Glass Lamp Shade with Butterfly, Art Nouveau, 1904
Located in Lisbon, PT
Emile Gallé glass lamp shade in mushroom form, featuring acid-etched cameo decoration with a butterfly motif on a soft yellow opaque ground. Crafted circa 1904, this exquisite piece...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Furniture

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Art Glass

Early 20th Century Pug Dog Musician Austrian Vienna Bronze Miniature Figure
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s Vienna bronze figurine. This polychromed cold painted bronze is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze collector. Found at an estate sale in Vienna...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Furniture

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Bronze

Antique Moser Art Nouveau Amethyst Vase with Gilded Gold Freize
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful Moser amethyst vase with gold gilded frieze. Hand blown purple crystal with a wide band of gold around the body, decorated with a cameo...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Furniture

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Glass

French Art Nouveau Bust of a “Breton woman” alabaster wood
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful and very refined alabaster bust depicting a young woman with her head slightly bowed, in a reflective or prayerful attitude, made around 1900 in France. It is part of the ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Furniture

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Alabaster

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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