Art Nouveau Accents

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Shirley Horowitz gives tips and insight into art nouveau style, which began in Belgium in the 1880s as a freer outlet for design. It was most successful as a system of interior architectural ornamentation:


  • Always look for free-flowing plant lines in this style such as those that comprise this crystal fish bowl that can now be used to hold potpourri (figure A).

  • Art nouveau is the period before art deco, which began in the 1920s.

  • Turn a support used to hold wood in a fireplace into a lamp base.
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  • Vases from the early 1900s are bulbous in form just as a plant would be with free -flowing handpainted designs (figure B ).
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  • Use a candelabra made of steel that mimics vines and tendrils as a centerpiece (figure C).

  • Iron umbrella stands in this style from the late 1800s were probably also used for canes.
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  • Look for French advertising posters with free-flowing lines (figure D).
    • Guests
    Shirley Horowitz, ASID
    Interior Designer, Davishire Interiors
    2106 21st Ave. S.
    Nashville, TN 37212
    Phone: 615-298-2670
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    •Gilded Flea Market Lamp
    •Art Nouveau Accents
    •Choosing Exterior Colors