Art Nouveau Furniture

Rare and unusual Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts period figured oak and parcel gilt aquatic motifs wall mirror Circa 1890 Provenance: Estate of a Zigfield Follies, Broadway NYC actress T...

19th Century French Majolica Flowers Jardiniere Onnaing.

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

Art Nouveau table clock, Gustav Becker clockwork, designed by Christian Ferdinand Morawe This exquisite table clock comes from the Art Nouveau era and is characterized by its artis...

We are offering this wonderful and original heavy french art nouveau letter opener. The design dates back to the 1890s to 1910s, the object is made of Bronze, marked at the backside ...

French Majolica Wild Rose Plate Delphin Massier Circa 1890.

Attributed to Lucien Levy Dhurmer for Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which in...

A scarce and stylish antique Austrian art pottery model of a pug dog naturaslistically cold painted and applied with glass eyes and dating from around 1900. The hand modelled terraco...

A stunning antique Thomas Forester hand painted art pottery vase decorated with large flowering blooms dating from around 1890. The lightly potted earthenware vase stands on a narrow...

Late 19th century French faux bamboo mirror. The frame is made of pitch pine, and has hand turned faux bamboo accents turned from cherry. This is a lovely mirror and will update an...

Important Jugenstil Bentwood Stool #715 by Otto Wagner. Designed for the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 by J.J.Kohn. Original upholstery and surface.

Original Art Nouveau Poster for Macaroni and Vermicelle Rivoire et Carret circa 1900. Artist: Anonymous Title: Macaroni – Vermicelle –...

Antique French Art Nouveau Cast Iron Hall Tree Stand attributed to Alfred Corneau. Item features heavy cast iron frame, bird and griffin design to ...

The most beautiful pitcher I have ever seen. You just want to kiss it and hug it. So charming!!! In pristine condition. Ideal to serve water or wine, or as a flower vase. Stun...

Rare large Ø 19.8 inches hand carved alabaster Art nouveau / Art Deco chandelier with floral ring displaying leaves. Straight from France this timeless antique is simply breathtaking...

French Majolica plate with a purple butterfly on the center surrounded by fruits, circa 1890.

This unique hanging shelf is from the Art Nouveau period from Germany around 1895. The shelf is hung on the wall with two original eyelets. The shelf was made of oak and is hand poli...

Art Nouveau Zsolnay porcelain green iridescent centerpiece with female figure holding round tray above head.

French Art Nouveau marquetry "Aux Grenouilles" umbrella stand, by Emile Gallé. This stand for umbrellas and walking sticks incorporates frog (Grenouille) handles and feet in cast bro...

Art Nouveau German Sterling Fantasy Fish Motif Oil Lamp/Cigar Lighter German, Late 19th Century, Unmarked, .800 Silver Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Art Nouveau with this captivating German sterling fantasy fish motif oil lamp/cigar lighter. Dating back to the late 19th century, this piece is a true testament to the creativity and artistry of the era. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, the lamp is a fantastical, caricature-like fish cast and engraved realistically. The fish rests on its back, supported by its fins and dorsal fin, with wide-opened eyes and an open mouth revealing the oil lamp's wick. The turned-up tail serves as the handle for this ingeniously designed oil lamp and cigar lighter. Made of unmarked .800 silver, this piece embodies the quality and craftsmanship of German silversmithing. With dimensions of 4 inches in height, 3.5 inches in width, and 2 inches in depth, this lamp is a statement piece that will captivate any observer. Weighing 3.5 ounces, it exudes a substantial and luxurious feel. Step into the enchanting world of Art Nouveau with this captivating German oil lamp...

Stile Liberty Portrait Vase by Galileo Chini.

Hallmarked in London in 1883 by F. B. Thomas & Co., this attractive, Antique, Victorian, Sterling Silver Water Jug, is in the art nouveau taste, with chased floral decoration to the ...

A very stylish and elegant Hungarian porcelain vase hand painted with Islamic influence floral designs by renowned maker Zsolnay and dating from...

Emile Gallé, 1846-1904 A French Art Nouveau tray table crafted in walnut. Table top features exquisite floral marquetry woodwork in fruitwood and different wood species. With cabinet...

Elegant stepped desk in mahogany and mahogany veneer. Gilt bronze frame opening with a drawer inlaid with leaf and flower stems. The front features a draw...

Very rare Loetz Witwe glass vase decoration Rubin Phänomen Genre 6893 out of the famous workshop in Klostermuehle/ Bohemia, circa 1899. This ver...

Unusual bentwood armchair produced by the famous company of Thonet at the end of the 19th century around 1895 in Vienna. This rare Austrian Art Nouveau armchair impresses with absout...

Antique set of living room furniture from the end of the 19th century, Northern Europe. Furniture in very good condition, professionally renovated. The furniture has been covered wi...

A wonderful D'Argental cameo art glass vase, France, late 19th century. San Giorgio Island scene with gondola and Palazzo San Giorgio in the background. Milky glass with shades of or...

A 19th century antique French patinated bronze tri-pod vase or urn featuring cherubs, foliage and torches. The vase rim or mouth is finely crafted in acanthus motif. Timeless and cla...

Friedrich Goldscheider (1845 - 1897). Bust of Moor. Polychrome terracotta. Marked reserved and numbered reproduction. circa 1890.  

Stunning late 19th century French majolica St Amand et Hamage Nord Art Nouveau pitcher, in the nouveau taste, with striking designs of flowers and scrolling foliage in teal, highligh...

A stunning antique Bohemian enameled art glass hinged lid jewelry casket - table box by renowned luxury glass maker Moser. Exquisitely hand-made in Bohemia (present day Czech Republic) in the late 19th century, artistic Art Nouveau period opulence, featuring very fine quality hand-blown polished...

19th century Italian Majolica Dog Pitcher Nove Di Bassano. signed Giovanni Battista Viero GBV.

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Rare small majolica daisy cache pot signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890. 6.5 by 3.5 inches , H / 4 inches.

Rare pair of large decorative elements in carved wood and wrought iron, originally they were balusters of the ceremonial staircase of a Napoleon III castle. Composed of a medallio...

We are art nouveau lovers as one might be able to see looking at our inventory. Lamps are always at the top of our "want list". We found a beauty here. She is gracefully standing in a leafy plant base as she holds ups a stem with leaves. The quality casting and rich warm patina all are present. The artist Jean Baptiste Germain...

An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...

A stunning and fully documented Loetz Phaenomen Vase. This example is documented Phaenomen pattern PG 6893 and the colouring is called Mountain blue (green over a blue ground) - The ...

Oversize Majolica purple pansy wall pocket Massier, circa 1880.

Gorgeous Antique mahogany wall cabinet etagere wall shelf display rack Japanese Chinese woodCarved 1890 1900 art nouveau rare Gabriel Viardot style ...

Sign: Galle Gallé World Famous for his innovative work in several areas of the decorative arts, including glass, furniture & ceramics, Emile Galle` (1846-1904) was born and died in t...

This is an Emile Galle small urn shaped landscape cameo vase. It has a frosted yellow glass background highlighted by different shades of brown color. The brown color get darker at the round base and covers it completely. The landscape cameo depicts a countryside scenery with trees, a lake and a small barn fence. Some of the trees are reflected in the lake. The glass vase is signed Galle. The urn vase comes with a round wood pedestal.

This is an antique cushioned stool. An English, ebonised mahogany footstool with Art Nouveau taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1895. Striking ebonised appearance wit...

Modernist centerpiece. Tin, metal. Victor Saglier, late 19th century. With marks. Flowers not included. Centerpiece with an oval-shaped interior metal tray, with legs finished in ...

French Majolica daisy plate Orchies unsigned, circa 1890.

Beautiful antique pot with lid, barbotine or majolica pottery, the pot has the shape of a tree trunk and the handle of a branch, typical of the organic shapes and colours that are ty...

This Art Nouveau terracotta sculpture clock and lamp was created around 1887 by the renowned Friedrich Goldscheider manufactory in Vienna. The piece portrays an allegorical scene of...

A beautiful example of fine majolica from the Art Nouveau period in France in the coveted dragonfly pattern. The Colors are stunning in shades of red, gold, olive green, mint green a...

An exquisite pair of 19th century leaded stained glass windows. Features a large rectangular frame with arched area beneath a transom that opens via hinge to allow fresh air in. Each...

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

A rare original Viennese Art Nouveau period beechwood child's cradle, attributed to Austrian furniture maker and interior designer J. & J. Kohn (Jacob & Josef Kohn Company). Exqu...

Magnificent and rare pair of Art Nouveau side chairs. Design by Emile Gallé. Striking French design from the 1890s. Solid oak frames with original sycamore decorations of flowers in ...

A large and impressive late 19th Century bronze study of the famous Venus de Milo sculpture of antiquity with excellent rich brown patina and good hand finished surface detail, inscribed F.Barbedienne foundry ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 95 cm Width: 28 cm Depth: 28 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1890 Materials: Bronze Foundry: F.Barbedienne SKU: 7741 ABOUT The Barbedienne Foundry is a famous 19th century bronze foundry, whose statues and art objects became rapidly very renowned. This bronze studio co-worked with other trades, and put his name to a great variety of works, such as furnishing in particular. Attending every World's Fair of its time, the Barbedienne Foundry was regularly awarded, notably at the World's Fair of 1855 where it was awarded the Great Medal of Honor. A Parisian bronze maker and caster, Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892) creates a firm in 1839 in collaboration with Achille Collas, the inventor of the mechanical method to obtain copies of sculptures at a smaller scale. With this groundbreaking proceed, they facilitated an unprecedented production. Under the “Collas et Barbedienne” name, they specialized in Antiquity copies and perfected new chemical methods for the color and patina finish of their bronzes. As a true Romantic, Ferdinand Barbedienne is committed to democratization of arts, he thus realizes numerous Antiquity copies and stimulates his contemporaries’ works broadcasting. A great deal of famous sculptures are hence cast by the Barbedienne Foundry. All his life, Barbedienne co-worked with the greatest artists, sculptors or designers of his time, such as Edouard Lievre, Ferdinand Levillain, Attarge, Aizelin, Barye or Fremiet. Statues aside, he products a great deal of decorative artifacts, such as clocks, vases, mirrors, etc. Since 1855, Ferdinand Barbedienne collaborates with the famous decoration designer Louis-Constant Sévin (1821-1888). Joining the firm as a sculptor-designer, he stays loyal to it his life long, always finding more new designs for daily objects, which hence become true art works. Sevin’s creations, specialized in the “Neo-Greek” style, were particularly appreciated for antiquity reference in decorative arts, just like the great mirror preserved by the Orsay Museum. He also teams up with enamelers including Alfred Serre, and develops a set of “cloisonnés” enamels that made the headlines at the World's Fair of 1862 in London, which was the very beginning of the art of enamel’s return. In collaboration with Serre, Barbedienne realized between 1878 and 1889 the Monumental Clock in Renaissance style, decorated with enamels, which is preserved in the Paris City Hall. Venus de Milo Facts about Venus de Milo sculpture. For much of the world, the mystery of the Venus de Milo lies in her missing arms. But there’s much more to this iconic statue than a couple of absent appendages. 1. Venus de Milo‘s title is a bit misleading. It’s popularly believed that this Grecian statue depicts the Greek Goddess of love and beauty, who was often rendered half-naked. However, the Greeks would have called this deity Aphrodite. Nonetheless, the Roman-inspired Venus de Milo caught on. 2. She’s named in part for where she was discovered. On April 8, 1820, a farmer named Yorgos Kentrotas came across the statue in pieces within the ruins of an ancient city on the island of Milos (formerly known as Melos). 3. Alexandros of Antioch is credited with her creation. A sculptor of the Hellenistic period, Alexandros is believed to have carved this masterpiece between 130 and 100 BCE. The inscription on the plinth—the slab on which the statue rested—that identified him as Venus de Milo‘s creator was lost nearly 200 years ago. 4. She might not be Venus. Some have suggested the sculpture is not Aphrodite/Venus, but Amphitrite, the sea goddess who was particularly adored on Milos. Still others have proposed she’s Victory, or perhaps a prostitute. With her arms long missing, would-be context clues have been lost for centuries. A spear could have meant one thing, a spool of thread another. If she held an apple—as some reports claim—it could mean she was Aphrodite, holding the award given to her by Paris before the Trojan War began. To this day, it’s a matter of passionate debate. 5. She became a gift to the King of France. When Kentrotas called upon a French naval officer to help him unearth the spectacular sculpture, he began a chain of events that would eventually lead to the Marquis de Rivière presenting Venus de Milo to Louis XVIII. In turn, the ruler gave the statue to the Louvre, where it is on display to this very day. 6. The loss of her limbs is the fault of the French. Kentrotas did find fragments of an arm and a hand when he uncovered the statue in the ruins, but as Venus de Milo was being reassembled, those arms were discarded for having a “rougher” appearance. Modern art historians believe that the variation of finish does not mean those arms did not belong to Venus, but both the arms and the original plinth have been lost since the piece moved to Paris in 1820. 7. The original plinth was ditched on purpose. Sight unseen, early 19th century art historians decided the newly discovered Venus must have been the work of Greek artist Praxiteles, and publicized the work as such. This attribution would have placed the piece in the Classical period (5th through 4th centuries BCE), which was more respected artistically than the Hellenistic period. To save face and better promote Venus de Milo—even at the cost of misinforming the public—the plinth was removed before it was presented to the King. 8. Venus de Milo was meant to make up for a national embarrassment. During his conquests, Napoleon Bonaparte had plundered one of the finest examples of Greek sculpture, Venus de’ Medici, from Italy. In 1815, the French government returned that beloved sculpture, but in 1820, France embraced the chance to fill the hole its absence left in the French culture and national pride. As such, Venus de Milo was promoted as being even greater than Venus de’ Medici upon her Louvre debut. The ploy worked, and the piece was met with almost universal praise from artists and critics. 9. Renoir was not impressed. Perhaps the most famous of Venus de Milo‘s detractors, the celebrated Impressionist painter dismissed this delicate depiction of grace and female beauty as “a big gendarme.” 10. She went into hiding during World War II. By the autumn of 1939, war threatened to descend on Paris, so Venus de Milo along with some other priceless pieces, such as Winged Victory of Samothrace and Michelangelo’s Slaves, were whisked away for safekeeping at various châteaux in the French countryside. 11. She’s been robbed! Venus is missing more than just her arms. She was originally draped in jewellery including a bracelet, earrings and a headband. These flourishes are long lost, but the holes for fixing them to the piece remain in the marble, giving clues to the missing accessories. 12. She lost her colour. While it’s easy for today’s art admirers to think of Greek statues as white, the marble was often painted in the style of polychromy. However, no trace of the original paint scheme remains on Venus de Milo today. 13. She’s taller than most people. Even with her slight slouch, Venus de Milo stands at 6 feet 8 inches tall. 14. She could be a copy. Art historians have noted that Venus de Milo bears a striking resemblance to Aphrodite of Capua, which is a Roman era copy of a possibly late 4th century BCE bronze Greek original. That would be at least 170 years before Alexandros carved his goddess, leading some to speculate that both statues are actually replicas of an older statue...

Beautiful musicienne par flora sculpt of Female playing the violin. Bronze on marble base signed "musicienne par flora sculpt" having beautiful patina.

Set of 6 antique luncheon or salad plates features an abstract flower decor in gold and moss green colors. The decor appears to be a variation of the iconic Dammouse pattern that wa...

Three 19th Century Cobalt Blue Glass Decanters or Serving Bottles c1860 for display purposes. These rare bottles have a unique look with the...

19th century faux bamboo tall chest of drawers from France. The chest is made from pitch pine, which has the wonderful warm color and graining that you can't find in any other pine!...

A pair of gilded and lacquered wood wall candelabra hand-crafted in Tuscany in late 19th century. They are in original conditions, the back part has been recently reinforced.