Style > Art Nouveau
The Art Nouveau artists expressed a strong desire to break from the traditional forms and define a new modernity, while going back to Nature and its symbols. Art Nouveau deliberately focused on the decorative arts, architecture and interior decoration. Flowing lines, arabesques, smoke or plant like volutes are the emblematic features of this style.
Glass, in all its forms (cameo glass, stained glass windows, jewellery) was the key material of the style. The town of Nancy was the hub of Art Nouveau creativity: Galle, Daum, Majorelle are among the style’s great artists.
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Two iron drain pipes by Hector Guimard with an Art Nouveau decor of foliage and floral ornaments. In his global view of architecture Hector Guimard paid much attention to every detail which he treated as ess…
Height : 4' 1'' ⅝
Green marble fireplace mantel designed for a house built and entirely decorated by French architect Louis Sorel circa 1910. This dark green mantel was set in the entrance hall. The decoration of the house as…
Width : 6' 2'' ¾ Height : 7' 6'' ½
This flambé glazed tile mantel is typical of the Gréber workshop, as the signature on the piece implies. The artist has created a hooded mantel, inspired by the past, and covered with ceramic tiles …
Width : 5' 7'' ⅜ Height : 8' 3'' ¼
Stock venue : Outside Paris
Large and colourful stained glass window from the Atelier Thomas Vitraux, founded in 1878, in Valence. The knowhow of the Thomas was transmitted from father to son and the company is still active today. This…
Width : 6' 8'' ¾ Height : 9' 8'' ½
Pink marble stone mantel in the Art Nouveau style from Biarritz in the South West of France. Its curves and arabesques are typical of the Art Nouveau style. However the design continues the 19th century line…
Width : 5' 10'' ⅞ Height : 6' '' ⅞