Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Art Nouveau furniture designers did not intend to revive past styles but rather to create something innovative that reflected the climate of the time. The style originated in France and Britain in the early 1880s before taking shape as a vastly popular movement in the United States and elsewhere in the years that followed. In furniture, jewelry-making and graphic design, Art Nouveau (“New Art”) designers embraced the inherent beauty of the natural world, freeing themselves from the stiff and stuffy confines of Victorian-era decorative arts.
Fittingly, Art Nouveau furniture makers — such as architects Victor Horta and Antoni Gaudí — were fluent in multiple media, freely producing handcrafted walnut tables as frequently as they worked in metal. Industrial materials, such as iron and glass, were utilized in concert with new methods of bending and shaping wood. Art Nouveau furniture mixed curved and geometric contour lines and is rich in details and adornments.
There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse the ever-expanding selection of original antique Art Nouveau style furniture at 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.
1890s English Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic, Faience
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Paper
1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Late 19th Century German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Porcelain
1920s European Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
1910s English Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Pottery
1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
1930s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic, Faience
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Faience, Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Early 1900s Danish Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Paper
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Wood, Paper
1890s Danish Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Porcelain
1890s Danish Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Paint, Paper
1920s European Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Bone
1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1920s European Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Majolica
20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Canvas
2010s Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Wrought Iron
Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Metal
Early 20th Century Sicilian Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Giltwood
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Bone
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Brass
1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Majolica
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Wood, Paper, Gouache
1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Majolica
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Paper
1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Majolica
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Brass
1880s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Paper
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Silver Leaf
Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Other
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic, Faience
1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Paper
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Paper
1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Brass, Iron
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Paper
Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
1930s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Majolica
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Majolica
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Parchment Paper