Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
In 1880, polymath designer William Morris declared: “If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” His words encapsulated the Aesthetic Movement, which prized beauty above all and blurred the lines between fine art and the decorative arts, particularly through lavishly crafted furniture pieces.
The Aesthetic Movement, whose major proponents included author Oscar Wilde, flourished from the 1860s to the 1880s and was mostly popular in England and the United States. Design expositions like the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia, as well as the publishing of how-to books for interior design, helped disseminate Aesthetic Movement bedroom furniture, serveware, coffee tables and other items, especially to the middle class.
The establishment of new art museums, art clubs and a rising passion for collecting at the time contributed to a growing appreciation for art. Morris’s founding of Morris & Co. in 1862 and the commercializing of this “cult of beauty” by the Liberty store in London, starting in the late 19th century, further disseminated the idea of a domestic space that was thoughtfully and floridly designed.
Leading Aesthetic Movement furniture designers included E.W. Godwin, who drew on Japanese influences and whose work reflected a wider enthusiasm for imported East Asian art. British designer Christopher Dresser created textiles, ceramics and more that were also inspired by Japanese decorative art but were representative of additional diverse design sources that ranged from Egypt to Mexico.
The Aesthetic Movement’s eclecticism resulted in dazzling interiors. Japanese fans were positioned on Renaissance-inspired cabinets with brass hardware, while mantels made of rich walnut or finely carved ebonized wood and adorned with painted Minton tiles mingled with cast-iron chairs against a backdrop of floral wallpaper. In 1881, in New York City, stenciled checkerboard motifs and painted floral murals could be found under an opalescent glass chandelier in a luxurious dressing room designed by German émigré cabinetmaker-decorator George Alfred Schastey. Amid the rise of the industrial age, the style’s promotion of art in everyday life would inform the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau.
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Style: Aesthetic Movement
Untitled Diptych. Unique embroidery artwork. From the Durero series
By Ana Seggiaro
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakened her fascination for the works of Durero and Piranesi. This leads her both to recover the language of engraving itself through other me...
Category
2010s Argentine Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Textile
Large Orientalist Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large, early 20th century orientalist painting. Oil on canvas. No trace of signature.
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Early 1900s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century French Hand Painted Framed Porcelain Tile
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A gorgeous hand painted porcelain tile in original giltwood frame. The tile with hand painted blue birds and wildflowers in an elegant original giltwood...
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1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
European Stone Lithographic German Poster by Franz Stuck Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This 1911 German authentic and original European original stone lithograph custom framed poster is by Franz von Stuck. The paper has gold leaf on it. This is a rare poster and very f...
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Early 20th Century German Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Olive Tree" by Scott Duce
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower left and titled and inscribed on reverse.
b.1956 Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collections include Random House, General Electric, IBM, Pfizer, Inc., Capital Holding Corporation, McGraw-Hill Corporation, Petroplus Holdings, Switzerland, Seagrams-Montreal, Canada, and the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. Among his awards and honors he received a National Endowment for the Arts/SECCA artist grant. Duce’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, with several solo exhibitions in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and internationally in Paris, France; Florence, Italy; and Lima, Peru. He has had many commissioned works, including Bell South...
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Early 2000s American Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Painting By H. Coulon-19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
oil on canvas representing a still life with fruits, flowers and game in a wooden frame signed H.Coulon
Large model
In good condition and beautiful patina
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19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Antique Framed Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique framed landscape oil painting on canvas is a Classic pastoral but oriented on the vertical allowing the stream to gently Meander thro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Demure Watercolor of Woman In Thoughtful Pose
Located in Round Top, TX
An enigmatic portrait of a demure woman in a thoughtful pose.
Deep, rich gouache and watercolor original painting, framed in the mid-20th century. Artwork appears to be slightly old...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper, Wood
Pair of Signed Allen Wedgwood Hand Painted Porcelain Plaques of Children
By Wedgwood
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This exquisite pair of hand-painted Wedgwood porcelain plaques, painted by Thomas Allen, is a beautiful example of the Aesthetic Movement. The delicate, intricate designs and vibrant...
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1890s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Enamel
Stained Glass Rectangular Wood Framed Window
Located in Guaynabo, PR
An old stained glass window designed as a bell shaped arc that is decorated in the center with a green leave wreath with flirtatious pink ribb...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
Antique Oil Painting on Board of Shoemaker at Work
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique oil painting on board depicts a humble shoemaker's shop. Called a cobbler in Europe after the 13th century, such tradesmen usual...
Category
1890s Dutch Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Mahogany
Painting . Brasilia, modern
Located in Nice, FR
Brazilia 
Artist : Chebisiem
Tribute to a country that I have kept in my heart... Oscar Niemeyer (Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida de Niemeyer Soares) participates in the creation of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Acrylic
French Oil on cardboard “View of the Villefranche coast”Rene Charles Edmond His
Located in Valladolid, ES
This Amazinf and beautiful work by René His transports you to the Villefranche coast, an idyllic corner of southern France, where nature is displayed in all its splendor. The painti...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
$3,035 Sale Price
34% Off
Vintage Brunschwig & Fils Victoria & Albert Bird Song Hand-Printed Wallpaper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Adorable and rare Brunschwig & Fils hand-printed wallpaper border inspired by Victorian design from the Victoria & Albert Museum. Have not been able t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$200 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Pair 18th Century Framed Oil Paintings by P. J. Boquet
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 18th century framed oil paintings by P. J. Boquet (1751-1817) represents two of the four seasons framed in the round. Reframed in the early 20th century, each work shows how Boq...
Category
1790s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Original Large Francisco Franco Painting
Located in North Miami, FL
This very large (5 x 4 feet) oil on canvas with variations of blue tones which is simple and elegant, framed with a clean oak frame as done by artist. Shown here in vertical but can ...
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Mezzotint Two Nudes on the Seashore by Alessandro, Mastro Valerio
Located in Toledo, OH
Mezzotint two nudes on the seashore lounging on a rock by Alessandro - Mastro Valerio 1887-1953. Signed lower right. Number 27/35. Hinged to backerboard...
Category
20th Century North American Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
19th Century Continental School Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Continental, likely German, 19th century. Oil on canvas, housed in a gilt oval frame. A town scene, unsigned.
Category
19th Century German Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
19th Century Pair of KPM Attributed Porcelain Painted Plaques of Woman & Boy
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century Pair of KPM Attributed Porcelain Painted Plaques of Woman & Boy
Dimensions : Frame - 16" Tall X 14" Wide X 2" Deep Porcelain 6.5" Tall
This gorgeous pair of KPM Attrib...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Large Screen with a Hand Double Painting
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/781 - Interesting large hand painted on wood high screen : from France, mid '800.
It can be the background of an entire wall: an imaginary garden with flowers' triumph; on the o...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Ludovic Janssen
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique framed oil painting on canvas by Ludovic Janssen (1888-1954) is an unusual work being a landscape in a square format. Janssen has used the emerging spring growth of the fores...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Mid-Century set of 4 Large Scale Four Seasons Paintings
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-Century set of 4 Large Scale Four Seasons Paintings were designed for a French bakery, and beautifully and colorfully represent the Four Seasons, with the seasons' names painted ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$4,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Paintings Set of Four Seasons for a Dining Room
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5542 - What to say about this rare set of four large paintings ? It's certainly an idea for wall decoration: inside a boiserie (wooden panels) or with golden frames. in the dini...
Category
Early 20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$21,340 / set
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Board by Windel
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Board by F. Windel depicts an intriguing perspective of an impressionistic harbor scene at dawn wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Clair Seglem Watercolor Painting of Marble Torso on Magenta Background
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small still life water color painting of an alabaster torso accented with flowers and limes on a bright magenta background.
This piece is by the late Oklahoma artist and retired Air Force man Clair...
Category
20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by De Kok
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed oil painting on canvas by De Kok showcases the artist's firm grasp on creating the tranquility of an intriguing landscape composition using color and contrast resultin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Gilded Wood Frame
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Italian antique wooden gilded frame: suitable for a painting or mirror. It's perfect.
ref. O/6726.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Fruitwood
$1,422
Vintage French Bronze Frame Gold Dore Miniature Painted Portrait
Located in Toledo, OH
Hand painted miniature portrait of a woman in a yellow gown. French bronze frame with gold dore finish. Image measures 1.69" W x 1.69" H and Overall Dimens...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Hand-Painted Ceramic Plaques Seascapes 2-DM Birds
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This huge pair of "Barbotine" ceramic plaques have all the bells and whistles. Completely hand-painted with inviting seascapes, each one is surrounded with paste flowers and realisti...
Category
19th Century Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair 19th c. Wedgwood Aesthetic Movement Porcelain Plaques Thomas Allen
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This pair of unusual porcelain plaques depict two young women in period dress against gold background panels. The acid etched panels are decorated with an all-over Aesthetic Movement motif depicting peacock feathers and surrounded by sheaves of wheat. The painting of the women is finely done and very detailed in a thick enamelled application. One is playing with a stick-toy doll and the other with wheat and a toy broom.
Unsigned but attributed to Thomas Allen...
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19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Pair of Fern Wall Brackets
Located in New York, NY
American, circa 1850-1880.
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), with wire armature and composition ornament, gessoed
and gilded.
Measures: 14 1/8 in. high, 16 5/16 in. wide (at the sh...
Category
19th Century American Antique Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$55,000 / set
Modern Watercolor Female Portrait
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
ST/736 - Watercolor and tempera modern female portrait: simple but unusual.
An interesting item..., simply to frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Painting with Roses in a Crystal Vase
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/8157 - Old French painting with a beautiful bouquet of roses in a vase on a table. It almost seems to smell it...
If you want, You can use the elegant frame for a mirror, leaving the picture free...
Category
Early 20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
20th Century Oil on Canvas of Romanticized, Woodland Waterfall
Located in Van Nuys, CA
An unsigned, unframed, oil painting on canvas. This painting is peaceful, charming and in very good condition. It is tacked to its original wood stretcher bars.
Category
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Aesthetic Movement wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Aesthetic Movement wall decorations 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 wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Aesthetic Movement wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Belgium pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Saint Clément, Wasmuel Majolica, Haviland & Co., and Gien. 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 wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $180 and tops out at $55,000 while the average work can sell for $1,195.
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