Four Chairs in the Thonet Style, circa 1900
$992 / item
Four Chairs in the Thonet Style, circa 1900
By Thonet
Located in Mouscron, WHT
4 Chairs in the Thonet style, circa 1900.
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Chairs
Beech
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
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.
$992 / item
Four Chairs in the Thonet Style, circa 1900
By Thonet
Located in Mouscron, WHT
4 Chairs in the Thonet style, circa 1900.
Beech
$1,033Sale Price|20% Off
Children's Stool from Thonet for the Barber Shop
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Vienna, Austria
Children's stool for a barber shop, made in beech wood from the company Thonet. Adjustable from the minimum seat height of 69 cm to the maximum seat height of 80 cm. The stool has ...
Beech
Art Nouveau Armchair 'Model Stössler', Design by Adolf Loos, Vienna, circa 1900
By Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
Adolf Loos (1870 - 1933) designed the chair model shown here in 1899 based on an English model as part of his earliest work as an interior designer for the dining room in Eugen Stössler's apartment in Vienna. The omission of the front supports of the armrests and the backwards curved legs lend the early chair a touch of elegance. Instead of the turned legs of the English model, Loos used smooth round wood with brass feet to protect the carpet. So these ankle cuffs fulfill a practical purpose and at the same time have a decorative effect. They thus correspond to Loos' demand for a 'unity of form and function'. Beautifully shaped furniture made by hand in high quality, solid walnut and veneered, shellac hand-polished, upholstered seat and covered with leather, brass nails and brass shoes. Execution: Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, circa 1900 Model number 6865 The model was produced by the company F. O. Schmidt and was also in their offer at the time. This explains why this chair model, specially designed by Loos for one of his interiors, can also be found on the art market. Measures: Total height: 82.0 cm / 32.28 in Seat height: 47.0 cm / 18.50 in Width: 57.0 cm / 22.44 in Depth: 50.0 cm / 19.68 in Bibliography: - The dining room in the Stössler apartment was published in 1900 in the Viennese arts and crafts...
Brass
Pair of Libertys London Style Art Nouveau Chesterfield Brown Leather Armchairs
By Liberty of London, Archibald Knox, Liberty & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare pair of Victorian Chesterfield library armchairs with Liberty’s of London style Art Nouveau carved frames What a pair of...
Leather, Oak
2 Art Nouveau corner chairs, designed by J.M.Olbrich / M. Niedermoser (Vienna, 1
Located in Purkersdorf, AT
Two rare Art Nouveau corner armchairs made of solid maple, designed by Josef Maria Olbrich and executed around 1902 by Michael Niedermoser, Vienna. Outstanding craftsmanship. The Nie...
Maple
Scandinavian Art Nouveau Skönvirke Chairs in Carved Oak, Denmark, 1930s
By Martin Nyrop, Thorvald Bindesbøll
Located in Odense, DK
Charming set of 4 Danish Skönvirke chairs in solid carved oak and wool upholstery fitted with nails. Skönvirke is the Danish parallel to Art Nouveau and Art Nouveau in continuation...
Oak
German Art Nouveau Solid Oak Chair with New Upholstery, circa 1900
Located in Darmstadt, DE
German Art Nouveau chair in solid oak, circa 1900. The chair features a restrained and functional design typical of the period, with a straight back, three vertical splats and subtly...
Fabric, Oak
Vienna Chair, circa 1875, Jacob & Josef Kohn. Bent, Turned and Stained Wood
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Vienna Chair, circa 1875, Jacob & Josef Kohn. Bent, turned and stained wood. Back and seat decorated with mascaroni and mythological creatures. Old label, Jacob & Josef Kohn. Wax pol...
Wood
$2,301Sale Price|20% Off
Art Nouveau Folding Children's Chair, Beech & Spruce, Germany, c. 1900
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Practical children's chair that can easily be placed at a normal table. The chair dates from the Art Nouveau period and is made of beech wood / spruce wood and upholstered with hand-...
Leather, Beech, Spruce
$1,291 / set
Chaises J&J Kohn
Located in Moutier, CH
Superbe lot de quatre chaises bistrot signées Jacob & Josef Kohn, véritables témoins du design viennois du début du XXᵉ siècle. Fabriquées en bois de hêtre courbé, elles présente...
Wood, Beech
Adolf Loos F.O. Schmidt 1898-1900 Jugendstil Corner Chair
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Brescia, IT
Extremely rare corner armchair designed by Adolf Loos (1870-1933) Manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, Austria, circa 1900. Very good condition Seat in excellent con...
Straw, Wood
Original Otto Prutscher by Gebrüder Thonet Chair, 1908
By Otto Prutscher, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
An extremely rare Thonet chair, designed by Otto Prutscher for a Villa in Jägerndorf - Literatur: Innendekoration 1917 - Measure: Seat height 50cm.
Bentwood
Church Chair Faldstool Art Nouveau Santo Antonio Cathedral, wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century church chair Art Nouveau kneeling stool from St. Anthony's Cathedral In walnut and shaped seat, polished with wax. Measures cm: H 46/...
Walnut, Beech
Antique Asolana Chair from the Early 1900s, Walnut with Straw Seat, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Ancient Asolan hand-made chair, with straw seat, from the early 1900s, full of charm The Asolana chair is normally used as a "single" element to define the style of a corner or as a status symbol to declare one's passion for the world of creative design. About Asolo and Bassano del Grappa...
Walnut
$4,227 / item
Chair Thonet Nr. 404, Marcel Kammerer in 1905
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Marcel Kammerer
Located in Praha, CZ
Extremely rare chair Thonet Nr. 404. Probably designed for the wine bar of the Municipal House in Prague in 1910 by a minor modification of a chair designed by Marcel Kammerer possib...
Bentwood
1900s Pair Antique Tyrolean Stool Chair in Hand-Carved Walnut Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Original artistic Art Nouveau antique pair Tyrolean stool chairs in hand-carved walnut, wax polished
Walnut
Gebrüder Thonet Folding Chair No.1, circa 1867
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Praha, CZ
Manufactured in Austria by the Gebrüder Thonet company. First view of the chair is in the sales catalog from 1867. Newly reupholstered and finished with shellac.
Upholstery, Wood, Fabric
$4,437 / set
Dining Chairs No.81 by Thonet Debrecsen
By Thonet
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Dining chairs no.81 by Thonet Debrecsen executed in 1980s. Excellent original condition.
Fabric, Bentwood
Pair of Antoni Gaudi, Modernist, Solid Varnished Oak, Batllo Spanish Chairs
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Batllo chairs designed by Antoni Gaudi, circa 1906. Manufactured by BD furniture in Barcelona. Solid varnished oak Measures: 47 x 52 x 74 H cm.
Wood
Jugendstil Vintage Bentwood Chair No 248 a by J. & J. Kohn, circa 1901, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil bentwood chair Model No. 248 a J. & J. Kohn designed 1901 and first for sale in 1902. This chair 248 a is a variant of the Loos designed model and features function in a s...
Beech
$1,261Sale Price|20% Off
Art Nouveau Solid Beechwood Swivel Chair, Height Adjustable, circa 1900
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This Art Nouveau swivel chair from around 1900 is made of solid beechwood and impresses with its sculptural form and functional elegance. The seat height can be individually adjusted...
Beech
Art Nouveau Pair of Side Chairs in Walnut, Restored & New Upholstered
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century Art Nouveau elegant robust couple of side chairs in blond walnut, new upholstered, restored and polished to wax. Measures cm: H 45/100, W 40, D 43.
Walnut
Calvet Bench, by Antonio Gaudi, Model artisan crafted, Modernist, Spanish
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Barcelona, ES
Solid varnished oak. A company that has always attributed such great importance to the author of the designs could never forget the great figures in history. That is why the BD cat...
Oak
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Carved Mahogany Chair, Leatherette Seat
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century French Art Nouveau carved mahogany chair with leatherette tobacco color seat with springs. Restored and polished to wax. Precious chair also for a modern desk. P...
Leather, Mahogany
Suite of 4 Cherry Wood Chairs Decorated with Flowers and Plants.
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice set of 4 chairs is made of cherry wood and decorated with flowers and plants. This is a French work from the Art Nouveau period. Circa 1900
Cherry, Fruitwood
Early 20th Century Set of Four Chairs Art Nouveau in Walnut, Original Upholstery
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century set four Italian chairs Art Nouveau in walnut, original upholstery in good conditions, restored and polished to wax. Chairs, 19th century, with velvet upholstery ...
Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Ebonized Chair sculturby Giacomo Cometti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant Italian Art Nouveau (Liberty) chair, dating to the early 20th century and attributed to Giacomo Cometti, whose name is finely carved into the central cartouche of the backres...
Walnut
Jugendstil Vintage Maple Tree Adolf Loos Corner Chair or Chair Vienna circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil vintage corner chair from maple tree by Adolf Loos and executed by F.O.Schmidt. A wonderful chair or corner chair or side chair by Ado...
Maple, Rope, Wood
Set of four antique bistro chairs from the late 19th/early 20th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This set of four antique bistro chairs dates from the late 19th century and was designed in the Art Nouveau style by Jakob & Josef Kohn in Vienna, Austria. Crafted from beautifully b...
Wood
Swivel side chair / office chair with a cognac-coloured cow leather seat
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This beautiful swivel Schuitema chair/side chair/desk chair is part of the Shaker series and features a cognac-coloured genuine leather seat. Our desk chairs combine functionality w...
Leather, Wood
Set of 3 swivel side / office chairs with a cognac-coloured cow leather sea
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This beautiful set of three swivel Schuitema chairs/side chairs/desk chairs is part of the Shaker series and features cognac-coloured genuine leather seats. Our desk chairs combine ...
Leather, Wood
Bench by Antonio Gaudi model "Calvet" artisan crafted modernist Spanish design
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Barcelona, ES
Solid varnished oak. A company that has always attributed such great importance to the author of the designs could never forget the great figures in history. That is why the BD cat...
Oak
Set of Eight Art Nouveau Chairs Model 639 by Thonet, Cotton - Czechoslovakia
By Josef Hoffmann, Thonet
Located in Girona, Girona
Set of eight bistro chairs, completely restored, French polish, mottled greige cotton upholstery. Model 639. Attributed to Josef Hoffmann. Thonet Fabrique' en Tchecoslovaquie (lab...
Cotton, Wood
Jugendstil Otto Wagner Chair Beech 1902 Postal Saving Bank Vienna Thonet
By Thonet, Otto Wagner
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil Otto Wagner One ( 1 ) Chair Side Chair Chocolate Brown Beech Österreichische Postsparkasse 1902 for Thonet 1904/1906 Vienna. An iconic chair or side chair by the famed Aus...
Beech
Otto Wagner Jugendstil One Chair Beech Postal Saving Bank Vienna 1902 Thonet
By Thonet, Otto Wagner
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil Otto Wagner One (1) Chair Side Chair Chocolate Brown Beech Postal Saving Bank Vienna - Oesterreichische Postsparkasse 1902 for Thonet 1904/1906 Vienna. An iconic chair or ...
Metal
Jugendstil Vintage Thonet Chair No 519 Adolf Loos for Cafe Capua Vienna 1913
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil vintage Chair Model number 519 by Thonet. Adolf Loos designed the chair for Cafe Capua. While the wooden parts are shellac polished by hand, the ...
Bentwood, Beech
Viennese Chair Josef Neyger, 1847-1878
By Josef Neyger
Located in Praha, CZ
Chair from a Viennese competitor, which copied Gebrüder Thonet products in yeas 1847-1878. Newly restored.
Beech, Bentwood
Leon Benouville, an Art Nouveau Oak Desk or Side Chair with Subtle Organic Lines
Located in London, GB
Leon Benouville. An Art Nouveau oak desk or side chair with subtle organic lines.
Fabric, Oak
Art Nouveau Hungarian Chair in Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful Arm Chair from Hungary, made out of walnut wood. Re-polished and re-upholstered in velvety graphite fabric. Condition is very good, restored. Hungary, c. 1920s 23"w x 22"...
Fabric, Walnut
Early Sucsessionist Jugendstil Folding Chair in Richard Riemerschmid Manner
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early Sucsessionist Jugendstil folding chair in the manner of Richard Riemerschmid, unusual form, retains original patina.
Wood
Italian Art Nouveau style tub chair in wood and straw, 1930s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Art Nouveau style tub chair in wood and straw, 1930s Tub chair with straw seat. The backrest, armrests, and legs are in finely crafted wood. Art Nouveau-Liberty style. 1930s....
Straw, Wood
Rare Set Of Four Embossed Thonet Or J & J Kohn Bentwood Chairs, Circa 1900
Located in London, GB
Set of Four Bentwood Dining Chairs, c.1900 — Attributed to Thonet or Jacob & Josef Kohn A striking and unusual set of four bentwood dining chairs dating to circa 1900, each featurin...
Beech
Tomaso Buzzi Pair of Wooden Structure Chairs , Italy 1929
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Paris, FR
Tomaso Buzzi (Sondrio, 1900 - Rapallo, 1981) Italian architect and Designer ( Well Known for the conception of Famous "La Scarzuola" in Italy) Pair of wood sculpted structure and ne...
Wood
Art Nouveau Dining Chairs Pair Designed by Paul Mathieu for Stephanie Odegard
By Stephanie Odegard Collection, Paul Mathieu (French)
Located in New York, NY
Introducing the Art Nouveau Dining Chairs Pair, a stunning set of Art Nouveau dining chairs designed by the renowned Paul Mathieu for Stephanie Odegard. These elegant Art Nouveau din...
Metal, Bronze, Sheet Metal
Early Modern 'Jugendstil' Leather Strap Desk Chair, Germany, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
An early German modernist desk chair with seat and back rest composed of intersecting layers of leather straps. This chair is original but can be reproduced to meet your specifica...
Leather, Oak, Wood
Pair of Chairs in the Thonet Style, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of chairs in the Thonet style, circa 1900 to be restored.
$982Sale Price|20% Off
French Early 20th Century, Black Leather Slipper Chair
Located in Southampton, GB
The wear on this wonderful French Leather Slipper Chair is exceptonal, no rips or tears just an amazing surface wear to the leather. Original tassles to the bottom of the seat. Fran...
Leather
Art Nouveau Armchair, Belgium, C. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau armchair in walnut and white leather, in the manner of Henri van de Velde.
Walnut
$822Sale Price|20% Off
Nobiliary Dining Chair of Thonet from Wiener Werkstaette
By Thonet
Located in Mariano Del Friuli, GO
Rare chair of the Wiener Werkstaette considered the prototype of the successive variants on Design by the architect. Gustav Sigel. The rectangular sections and geometric motifs of th...
Bentwood
Child seat ( Attributed Wilhelm Schmidt For Prag- Rudniker ) 1887, Prague
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Chair Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty Material: Wood We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale. rag-Rudniker Korbwaren-Fabrication (Basketwork Factory) The „Prag-Rudniker Korbwaren-Fabrication” had its origins in 1877 in Rudnik (Galicia), where Ferdinand Ernst Count Hompesch established a wickerwork school. Distribution of the products was done by the Prague merchants Karl and...
Wood, Wicker
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
Illustrated Thonet Chair
By Thonet
Located in Antwerp, BE
Thonet armchair with a printed illustration. The seat and backrest are weaved in rattan. The rest of the frame is covered in a print that could have influenced by the great Fornase...
Wood