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Paris metro station Abbesses, by Hector Guimard (1900); Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha (1897); Lamp by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1900–1910); Wall cabinet by Louis Majorelle; Interior of Hôtel Tassel by Victor Horta (1894)
Years active	1890–1910
Country	International

Art Nouveau is an international art movement and style based on organic forms. It was seen in modern art, graphic design, architecture and applied arts such as decoration, jewellery, ceramics and glass.^p7 It peaked in popularity at the fin de siècle of the late 19th century (1890–1905), and continued until the First World War.

A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, Art Nouveau is organic in style. It has floral and plant-inspired motifs, and stylized, flowing curvilinear forms.^p3-36 Art Nouveau is an approach to design according to which artists should work on everything from architecture to furniture, making art part of everyday life.

The movement was strongly influenced by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha. Mucha produced a lithographed poster as an advertisement for the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou, starring Sarah Bernhardt. The poster appeared on 1 January 1895 in the streets of Paris. It was an overnight sensation, and announced the new artistic style and its creator to the citizens of Paris. Initially called the Style Mucha, this soon became known as Art Nouveau.

Art Nouveau's fifteen-year life was most strongly felt throughout Europe—from Glasgow to Moscow to Madrid—but its influence was global. In France, Hector Guimard's Paris Metro entrances shaped the landscape of Paris and Emile Gallé was at the center of the school of thought in Nancy. Victor Horta had a decisive impact on architecture in Belgium.^p37

Magazines like Jugend helped spread the style in Germany, especially as a graphic design form, while the Vienna Secessionists influenced art and architecture throughout Austria-Hungary. Art Nouveau was also a movement of distinct individuals such as Gustav Klimt, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Alphonse Mucha, René Lalique, Antoni Gaudí and Louis Comfort Tiffany, each of whom interpreted it in their own individual manner.^p34

Although Art Nouveau fell out of favour with the arrival of 20th-century modernist styles, it is seen today as an important bridge between Neoclassicism and modernism.

Art Nouveau monuments are now recognized by UNESCO on their World Heritage Sites list as significant contributions to cultural heritage. The historic center of Riga, Latvia, with "the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe", was inscribed on the list in 1997 in part because of the "quality and the quantity of its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture". Four Brussels town houses by Victor Horta were included in 2000 as "works of human creative genius" that are "outstanding examples of Art Nouveau architecture brilliantly illustrating the transition from the 19th to the 20th century in art, thought, and society".

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The Red House by William Morris and Philip Webb (1859)
Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (1850s)
The Peacock Room by James McNeill Whistler (1876–1877)
William Morris printed textile design (1883)
Swan, rush and iris wallpaper design by Walter Crane (1883)
Chair designed by Arthur Mackmurdo (1882-1883)
Hankar House by Paul Hankar (1893)
Facade of the Hôtel Tassel by Victor Horta (1892–1893)
Stairway of the Hôtel Tassel
Bloemenwerf house by Henry van de Velde (1895)
Bloemenwerf chair made by Van de Velde for his residence (1895)
Poster for the International Exposition by Henri Privat-Livemont (1897)
Siegfried Bing invited artists to show modern works in his new Maison de l'Art Nouveau (1895).
The Maison de l'Art Nouveau gallery of Siegfried Bing (1895)
Poster by Félix Vallotton for the new Maison de l'Art Nouveau (1896)
Gateway of the Castel Béranger by Hector Guimard (1895–1898)
Main entrance to the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle
The Bigot Pavilion, showcasing the work of ceramics artist Alexandre Bigot
Entrance to the Austrian Pavilion, with exhibits designed by Josef Hoffmann
The German Pavilion by Bruno Möhring
Paris metro station entrance at Abbesses designed by Hector Guimard for the 1900 Exposition universelle
Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen won international recognition for their design of the pavilion of Finland
Menu designed by Alfons Mucha for the restaurant of the Bosnia Pavilion
Portico of the Sevres Porcelain Pavilion (1900), now on square Félix-Desruelles in Paris
Poster for the dancer Loie Fuller by Jules Chéret (1893)
Poster by Alfons Mucha for Gismonda starring Sarah Bernhardt (1894)
Stairway of the Petit Palais, Paris (1900)
Doorway of the Lavirotte Building by Jules Lavirotte, 29, avenue Rapp, Paris (1901)
The jewellery shop of Georges Fouquet at 6, rue Royale, Paris, designed by Alphonse Mucha, now in the Carnavalet Museum (1901)
Comb of horn, gold, and diamonds by René Lalique (c. 1902) (Musée d'Orsay)
The Villa Majorelle in Nancy for furniture designer Louis Majorelle by architect Henri Sauvage (1901–02)
Bedroom furniture of the Villa Majorelle (1901–02), Now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
Glass and Wrought iron grill of the front door of the Villa Majorelle (1901)
The Hôtel van Eetvelde by Victor Horta, Brussels (1898–1900)
Detail of the Winter Garden of the Hôtel van Eetvelde
Former Old England department store by Paul Saintenoy, Brussels (1898–1899)
Saint-Cyr House by Gustave Strauven, Brussels (1901–1903)
House of the architect Paul Cauchie featuring sgraffito, Brussels (1905)
Chair by Henry van de Velde (1896)
Bed and mirror by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy (1898–1899), now in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Philippe Wolfers, Plume de Paon, (Collection King Baudouin Foundation, depot: KMKG-MRAH)
Pub building (1899-1900) by James Hoey Craigie (1870-1930). 59 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow
Cover design by Arthur Mackmurdo for a book on Christopher Wren (1883)
Willow Tearooms by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow (1903)
"The Hatrack" building by James Salmon, 142a, 144 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow (1899-1902)
The former Everard's Printing Works, Broad Street, Bristol, by Henry Williams (1900)
Belt buckle by Archibald Knox for Liberty Department Store
Embroidered panels by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1902)
The Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, by Walter Aubrey Thomas (1908–11)
Cover of Pan magazine by Joseph Sattler (1895)
Cover of Jugend by Otto Eckmann (1896)
Tapestry The Five Swans by Otto Eckmann (1896–97)
Poster of the Munich Secession by Franz Stuck (1898–1900)
Jugendstil door handle in Berlin (circa 1900)
Chair by Richard Riemerschmid (1902)
Jugendstil dining room set and dishes by Peter Behrens (1900–1901)
Stoneware jug by Richard Riemerschmid (1902)
Jugendstil pewter dish by WMF Design no.232. c.1906
Ernst Ludwig House by Joseph Maria Olbrich (1900) now hosting Darmstadt Colony Museum
Wedding tower in Darmstadt Artists' Colony (1908)
Spa complex Sprudelhof in Bad Nauheim (1905–1911)
Mexikoplatz station in Berlin (1902–1904)
Hackesche Höfe in Berlin (1906)
Art Nouveau door with a decorative sunflower motif (Rybnik Silesia)
The Secession Hall in Vienna by Joseph Maria Olbrich (1897–98)
Armchair by Koloman Moser (c. 1900)
Woman in a Yellow Dress by Max Kurzweil (1907)
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt (1907–08)
Floral design by Alois Ludwig on the facade of Maiolica House by Otto Wagner (1898)
Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station by Otto Wagner (1899)
Interior of the Kirche am Steinhof by Otto Wagner (1904–1907)
The Palais Stoclet in Brussels by Josef Hoffmann (1905–1911)
Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest by Ödön Lechner (1893–1896)
Geological Museum of Budapest by Ödön Lechner (1898–1899)
Gróf Palace in Szeged by Ferenc Raichle (1913)
Mosaic by Miksa Róth at Török Bank [fr] building in Budapest (1906)
Relief at the facade of Gresham Palace by Géza Maróti in Budapest (1906)
Cabinet by Ödön Faragó, from Budapest (1901)
Frescoes of Municipal House in Prague by Alphonse Mucha
Stained glass window by Alphonse Mucha in St. Vitus Cathedral from Prague
The New City Hall from Prague (1908-1911)
The Constanța Casino by Daniel Renard and Petre Antonescu (1905-1910)
The center of a stove from a city-house in the Rosetti Square area (Bucharest)
Doorway in Mihail Kogălniceanu Square, Bucharest
Relief on the façade of a small block, close to the Colțea Hospital, Bucharest
Mița the Cyclist House from Bucharest by Nicolae C. Mihăescu (1910), combination of Baroque Revival and Art Nouveau
House on Dimitrie Racoviță Street, Bucharest
The Dianu House from Craiova (1900-1905)
The Dinu Lipatti House from Bucharest by Petre Antonescu (1902), combination of Baroque Revival and Art Nouveau
The Romulus Porescu House from Bucharest by Dumitru Maimarolu (1905), Art Nouveau with Baroque Revival influences
The top of a tiled stove from the George Severeanu Museum, Bucharest
Detail on a fence on Lascăr Catargiu Boulevard, Bucharest
Frescos on the ceiling of the Antim Monastery Church's portico, Bucharest
Romanian Revival trilobate arch door from Bucharest, showing Art Nouveau elements
A cover of the Literatură și Artă Română ("Romanian Literature and Arts") magazine (1899)
Decorative panel by Ștefan Luchian (1900)
Spring, decorative panel by Ștefan Luchian (1901)
Young woman by Ștefan Luchian, drawing for the cover the Ileana Magazine
Stamp of the Weaver Charity Society (1906)
The Water Fairy by Elena Alexandrina Bednarik (1908)
The cover of a small poetry book from 1908
The title page of a small poetry book from 1908
The cover of a small poetry magazine from the Biblioteca Societății series (1912)
Poster for the 1902 Turin Exposition
Villino Florio in Palermo by Ernesto Basile (1899–1902)
Palazzo Castiglioni in Milan by Giuseppe Sommaruga (1901–1903)
Floral vase by Galileo Chini (1896–98)
Carlo Bugatti, Cobra Chair and Desk (1902), Brooklyn Museum
Entrance of Casa Guazzoni (1904–05) in Milan by Giovanni Battista Bossi (1904–06)
Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona by Antoni Gaudí (1883–)
Trencadís facade of Casa Batlló by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol (1904–06)
Casa Milà by Antoni Gaudí (1906–1912)
Hospital de Sant Pau by Lluis Domenech i Montaner (1901–30)
Casa de les Punxes by Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1905)
Sanctuary of Maria Magdalena [ca] in Novelda, Valencian Community
Casa Gallardo in Madrid
El Capricho de Gaudí in Comillas, Cantabria
Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem by Ramon Casas (1897)
Sculpture of polychrome terracota by Lambert Escaler [ca]
Lowboy by Antoni Gaudí (1889)
Stained glass ceiling of Palau de la Música Catalana by Antoni Rigalt (1905–1908)
Furniture by Gaspar Homar [ca]
Facade of Major Pessoa Residence in Aveiro (1907–1909)
Atrium of Major Pessoa Residence
Museum-Residence Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves in Lisbon (1904–1905)
The Livraria Lello bookstore in Porto, Portugal (1906)
Details of Almirante Reis, 2-2K building in Lisbon (1908)
Ceramic tile of Cooperativa Agrícola in Aveiro (1913)
Main entrance of the Pohjola Insurance building (1899–1901), sculptures by Hilda Flodin
Tampere Cathedral in the Finnish National Romantic Style (1902–1907) by Lars Sonck
Chair by Eliel Saarinen (1907–1908)
Statues at Helsinki Central railway station by Emil Wikström
Graphic design by Gerhard Munthe (1914)
Viking-Art Nouveau Chair by Norwegian designer Lars Kinsarvik (1900)
Art Nouveau Centre in Ålesund (1905–1907)
Interior of Art Nouveau Centre in Ålesund
Ornaments of a door in Art Nouveau Centre in Ålesund
Vase with blackberry, painting by Per Algot Eriksson, and silver by E. Lefebvre, in the Bröhan Museum (Berlin)
Cup and saucer from the 'iris' service (1897), in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Inkwell and stamp box, by Jens Dahl-Jensen (c. 1900), in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (Darmstadt, Germany)
The Great Hall of City Library of Aarhus by Karl Hansen Reistrup
Altar of Engelbrektskyrkan in Stockholm (1914)
Poster for the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö (1914)
An Art Nouveau Fabergé egg (1898)
Illustration of the Firebird by Ivan Bilibin (1899)
Set for Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's ballet Scheherazade by Léon Bakst (1910)
Program design for "Afternoon of a Faun" by Léon Bakst for Ballets Russes, (1912)
Chairs by Sergey Malyutin, Talashkino Art Colony
Ceramic fireplace on Russian folklore theme by Mikhail Vrubel (1908)
Ryabushinsky House in Moscow by Fyodor Schechtel (1900)
Main staircase of Ryabushinsky House Moscow by Fyodor Schechtel (1900)
Teremok House in Talashkino a Russian Revival work by Sergey Malyutin (1901–1902)
Cartouche with a mascaron, on the facade of the Singer House, by Pavel Suzor (1904)
Pertsova House by Sergey Malyutin in Moscow (1905–1907)
Facade of the Hotel Metropol in Moscow with mosaics by Mikhail Vrubel (1899–1907)
Dining room of the Grand Hotel Europe in Saint Petersburg (1910)
Russian Revival exterior of Yaroslavsky railway station by Fyodor Schechtel in Moscow (1902–1904)
The Holy Spirit Church in Talashkino, by Sergey Malyutin
Facade of house at Elizabetes ielā, 10b, by Mikhail Eisenstein (1903)
Stairway in Pēkšēns House by Konstantīns Pēkšēns (1903) now hosting Riga Jūgendstils museum
National Romantic decoration on a house built by Konstantīns Pēkšēns (1908)
Ministry of Education, built by Edgar Friesendorf (1911)
Villa Fallet with fir-inspired decoration (1906) by Le Corbusier (1905)
Crematorium (1908–10), interior, with stylized fir tree design on ceiling. The symbolist murals by L'Epplattenier were added later.
Crematorium (1908–10), with stylized "sapin" or pine cone detail
Crematorium (1908–10), with pine cone detail.
Tiffany Chapel from the 1893 Word's Columbian Exposition, now in the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida
Glass vase by Louis Comfort Tiffany now in the Cincinnati Art Museum (1893–96)
Poster Century by Louis John Rhead (1894)
Wisteria lamp by Louis Comfort Tiffany (circa 1902), in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Tiffany window in his house at Oyster Bay, New York
The Flight of Souls Window by Louis Comfort Tiffany won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition
Windows of the Wainwright Building by Louis Sullivan (1891)
South State Street entrance to the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Store (1899) by Louis Sullivan
Detail of the Prudential (Guaranty) Building, New York Louis Sullivan (1896)
National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna by Louis Sullivan (1907–08)
Stained glass and sculptures by Ercole Pasina in Calise House in Buenos Aires (1911)
Interior of Galería Güemes, Buenos Aires by Francisco Gianotti (1913)
Palacio Barolo in Buenos Aires by Mario Palanti (1919-1923)
Metal work, ceramics and statues at the facade of Club Español building [es] in Rosario (1912)
Ceramic chimney of Confitería La Europea in Rosario (1916)
Floor of the Hôtel Tassel, by Victor Horta, with a whiplash vegetal motif (1893)
Coup de Fouet or whiplash motif, depicting the stems of cyclamen flowers, by Hermann Obrist (1895)
Stylized vegetal forms; Entrance of the Anvers Metro Station in Paris by Hector Guimard (1900)
Floral patterns. Lamp with Wisteria design by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1899-1900)
Exotic materials and decoration. Mahogany and amourette wood cabinet with water lily decoration of gilded bronze by Louis Majorelle (1905–08)
Highly stylized floral designs in balconies and railings. Otto Wagner stairway in Majolica House, Vienna (1898)
Geometric lines the Vienna Secession; Palais Stoclet by Josef Hoffmann (1905–1911)
The Peacock Skirt, by Aubrey Beardsley, (1892)
First issue of The Studio, with cover by Aubrey Beardsley (1893)
Poster for Grafton Galleries by Eugène Grasset (1893)
Divan Japonais lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1892–93)
The Inland Printer magazine cover by Will H. Bradley (1894)
Poster for The Chap-Book by Will H. Bradley (1895)
Biscuits Lefèvre-Utile by Alphonse Mucha (1896)
Zodiac Calendar by Alphonse Mucha (1896)
Cover for the Book of Common Prayer, vellucent binding by Cedric Chivers (1900s)
Motocycles Comiot by Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen from Les Maîtres de l'affiche (1899)
Ver Sacrum illustration by Koloman Moser (1899)
illustration from Ver Sacrum by Koloman Moser (1900)
Festival poster by Ludwig Hohlwein (1910)
Le Corsage rayé by Édouard Vuillard (1895), National Gallery of Art
Paul Sérusier, Women at the Spring, Musée d'Orsay (1898)
Watercolour and ink painting of Loïe Fuller Dancing, by Koloman Moser (1902)
Slavia by Alphonse Mucha (1908)
Sgraffito by Paul Cauchie on his residence and studio, Brussels (1905)
Detail of the frieze by Gustav Klimt in the Palais Stoclet, Brussels (1905–1911)
Cup Par une telle nuit by Émile Gallé, France, (1894)
Lampe aux ombelles by Émile Gallé, France, (about 1902)
Rose de France cup by Émile Gallé, (1901)
Daum vase, France, (1900)
Lamp by Daum, France (1900)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Au Nouveau Cirque, Papa Chrysanthème, c.1894, stained glass, Musée d'Orsay
Stained glass window Veranda de la Salle by Jacques Grüber in Nancy, France (1904)
Blown glass with flower design by Karl Koepping, Germany, (1896)
Glass designed by Otto Prutscher (Austria) (1909)
Window for the House of an Art Lover, by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1901)
Lily lamp by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1900–1910)
Iridescent vase by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1904)
Jack-in-the-pulpit vase, Louis Comfort Tiffany, U.S. (1910)
Stained glass window Architecture by John La Farge U.S. (1903)
Stained glass windows by Koloman Moser for the Church of St. Leopold, Vienna (1902–07)
Balcony of Castel Béranger in Paris, by Hector Guimard (1897–98)
Railings by Louis Majorelle for the Bank Renauld in Nancy
Tulip candelabra by Fernand Dubois (1899)
Table Lamp by François-Raoul Larche in gilt bronze, with the dancer Loïe Fuller as model (1901)
Entrance grill of the Villa Majorelle in Nancy (1901–02)
Light fixture by Victor Horta (1903)
Cast iron Baluster by George Grant Elmslie (1899-1904)
Lamp by German architect Friedrich Adler (1903–04)
Lamp by Ernst Riegel made of silver and malachite (1905)
Gate of the Palais Stoclet by Josef Hoffmann, Brussels (1905-1911)
Gate of Villa Knopf in Strasbourg (1905)
Carved horn decorated with pearls, by Louis Aucoc (circa 1900)
Translucent enamel flowers with small diamonds in the veins, by Louis Aucoc (circa 1900)
"Flora" brooch by Louis Aucoc (circa 1900)
A corsage ornament by Louis Tiffany (1900)
Dragonfly Lady brooch by René Lalique, made of gold, enamel, chrysoprase, moonstone, and diamonds (1897–98)
Brooch with woman by René Lalique
Necklace by Charles Robert Ashbee (1901)
Brooch of horn with enamel, gold and aquamarine by Paul Follot (1904–09)
Philippe Wolfers, Niké Brooch (1902), collection King Baudouin Foundation, depot: KMKG-MRAH
Entrance of Hôtel Solvay in Brussels by Victor Horta (1898)
Detail of the facade of the Villa Majorelle by Henri Sauvage in Nancy (1901–02)
Thistles and curve-lined mascarons in decoration of Les Chardons building by Charles Klein in Paris (1903)
Jugendstil straight-lined mascaron in Riga, Latvia (1906)
Whiplash motifs at Vitebsky railway station by Sima Mihash and Stanislav Brzozowski, Saint Petersburg (1904)
One of the mascarons made by Adamo Boari in the facade of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Mexico (1904–1934)
Asymmetric facade with curved lines of De Beck building by Gustave Strauven in Brussels (1905)
Irises and mascaron at the facade of Schichtel building by Aloys Walter in Strasbourg, France (1905–06)
Spiral staircase in Maison and Atelier Horta by Victor Horta in Brussels (1898–1901)
Detail of Stoclet Palace in Brussels (1905–1911)
Interior of Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona (1905–1909)
Entrance buildings in Parc Güell by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona (1900–1914)
Dancer with a Scarf by Agathon Léonard, made for the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, France (1898)
Statue of polychrome terracotta by Lambert Escaler [ca] in Barcelona (1901)
High-relief of swans and statues in the interior of Aarhus Theatre by Karl Hansen Reistrup in Aarhus, Denmark (1897–1900)
High-relief of owls in Katajanokka by Georg Wasastjerna, Helsinki (1903)
Sculpture by Ernest Bussière in Nancy, France
Bear statue by Emil Wikström at National Museum of Finland (1905–1910)
Bas-relief in Sprudelhof by Heinrich Jobst in Bad Nauheim, Germany (1905–1911)
Monument to Siege of Zaragoza by Agustí Querol Subirats (1908)
Ceramic relief and statue by Stanislav Sucharda in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic (1909–1912)
Gargoyle by Josep Plantada i Artiga in Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain (1915)
Atlantes, caryatids at Sankt-Mang-Brunnen by Georg Wrba in Kempten, Germany (1905)
Ceramic putti in Music conservatory of Barcelona by Eusebi Arnau (1916–28)
Chair by Henry van de Velde, Belgium (1896)
Chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, UK (1897–1900)
Stool by Paul Hankar, Belgium (1898)
Wardrobe by Richard Riemerschmid, Germany (1902)
A bedroom by Louis Majorelle (1903–1904)
Dining room by Eugène Vallin, France (1903)
Furniture set by Victor Horta in the Hôtel Aubeque from Brussels (1902–1904)
Chair by Charles Rohlfs, US (1898–1899)
"Snail chair" and other furniture by Carlo Bugatti, Italy (1902)
Chair by Gaspar Homar, Spain (1903)
"Dawn and Dusk" bed by Émile Gallé, France (1904)
Adjustable armchair Model 670 "Sitting Machine" designed by Josef Hoffmann, Austria (1904–1906)
Victor Horta, furniture from Turin (1902), in the collection of the King Baudouin Foundation.
Glazed earthenware vase by Émile Gallé(1880–1885) (Metropolitan Museum)
Earthenware plate and sculpted stand (1884) by Émile Gallé (Metropolitan Museum)
Faience or earthenware vase with two feet, with mountain night scene on the back and a floral daylight scene with butterfly on the front, by Émile Gallé (1884–1885)
Vase by Maurice Dufrêne, France, (1900)
Bowl by Auguste Delaherche, Paris, (1901)
Edmond Lachenal, vase, France (1902)
Limoges enamel by Paul Bonnaud, France (1903)
Faience vase by Thorvald Bindesbøll, Denmark, (1893)
Vase by Alf Wallander, Sweden (1897)
Vase with copper ornaments by the Rosenthal ceramics factory, Bavaria, Germany, (1900)
Porcelain stoneware punch bowl by Richard Riemerschmid, Germany, (1902)
Ceramic facade decoration of Lavirotte Building by Alexandre Bigot, Paris (1901)
Ceramic tile façade decoration by Galileo Chini, Italy, (1904)
Vase by József Rippl-Rónai Hungary, (1900)
Vase with vines and snails by Pál Horti, Hungary (1900)
Glazed earthenware pot by the Grueby Faience Company of Boston (1901)
Amphora with elm-leaf and blackberry manufactured by Stellmacher & Kessner
Rookwood Pottery Company vase of ceramic overlaid with silver by Kataro Shirayamadani, U.S., (1892)
Rookwood Pottery Company vase by Carl Schmidt (1904)
Zsolnay factory and Miksa Róth mosaics of Schmidl Mausoleum in Budapest (1902–03)
Tile of Cooperativa Agrícola in Aveiro (1913)
Majolica House in Vienna by Otto Wagner (1898)
Majolica fireplace, house of Bazhanov, Abramtsevo Colony, by Mikhail Vrubel (1898)
Mosaics of Fox and Anchor pub by William James Neatby in London (1898)
Mosaic which portrays summer as a woman, with a Byzantine Revival golden background, in Antwerp, Belgium
Mosaics of Villa l'Aube by Auguste Donnay, Belgium
Mandylion by Nicholas Roerich in Talashkino, Russia (1908–1914)
Mosaics for Palace of Culture by Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch and Miksa Róth in Târgu Mureș, Romania (1911–1913)
Trencadís mosaics in Park Güell by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona (1914)
Tile of Cooperativa Agrícola in Aveiro (1913)
Maiolica mural of Abramtsevo Colony in Russia (1870s–1890s)
Mosaics by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1915)
Silk and wool tapestry design, Cyclamen, by Hermann Obrist, an early example of the Whiplash motif based on the stem of a cyclamen flower (1895)
Page on the Water Lily, from the book by Eugène Grasset on ornamental uses of flowers (1899)
Textile design by Koloman Moser (1899)
Printed cotton from the Silver Studio, for Liberty department store, U.K. (1904)
The Shepherd tapestry by János Vaszary (1906) combined Art Nouveau motifs and a traditional Hungarian folk theme
Victor Horta, A carpet in the collection King Baudouin Foundation.

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