Art Nouveau (“new art”) or Le Style Moderne is a decorative arts movement which reached great popularity in the years from 1895 through 1910.

Art Nouveau designs are sinuous, naturalistic, with flowing and curving lines, inspired by plants, flowers, and insects. Japanese art was another source of inspiration.

The style was truly international, influencing artists, architects and designers from Scotland to France Austria and Spain, to the United States, to Australia, and South America. Many famous names are associated with the style: Alphonse Mucha, Rene Lalique, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Aubrey Beardsley, and Antonio Gaudi.

Art Nouveau represented a merger of the fine arts with the applied arts of everyday life: architecture, furniture, household tableware, textiles, jewelry, typography, and posters.

In addition to a number of Tiffany stained glass lamp reproductions, Art Nouveau items in ETC.’s collections include:

- L001. Poinsettia stained glass shade. Alphonse Mucha signed base.

- M138. Very rare Art Nouveau silver mirror. English.

- M019. Rare Art Nouveau bronze candelabrum for 6 candles.

- L059. Rare bronze Stendhal “chalice vine” vase  with four aurene hand blown glass
shades.