“American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Repouss?Smalls (and curiosities)”- our article from the November issue of www.victorianamagazine.com
American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Repouss?Smalls (and curiosities) By Carolyn Sunday
The Art Nouveau period (1890-1910) is an era that overlaps and is part of the Victorian period. The designs of the Art Nouveau period featured motifs of women with long flowing hair, angels and cherubs, fairies or sprites, animals (dragonflies being of particular popularity), naturalistic foliate designs, flowers and scroll work. Risqu?items and mild erotica were also popular Art Nouveau motifs. The designs of the Art Nouveau period featured motifs of women with long flowing hair, angels and cherubs, fairies or sprites, animals (dragonflies being of particular popularity), naturalistic foliate designs, flowers and scroll work. Risqu?items and mild erotica were also popular Art Nouveau motifs. The worlds of naturalism and fantasy were often combined. The major artists of the period included Alphonse Mucha, Raphael Kirchner, & Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. See the entire article here:

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