Art Nouveau Interior vs Arts and Crafts Interior
Arts and Crafts Interior was influenced by Art Nouveau Interior — Arts and Crafts handcraft helped spark Art Nouveau.
Art Nouveau Interior
The sinuous, nature-driven interior of 1900 — whiplash curves, flowering tendrils, stained glass and furniture, walls and light fused into one organic whole.
- Sinuous 'whiplash' curves drawn from plants and flowing forms
- Total design unifying furniture, metalwork, glass and walls
- Wrought-iron balustrades and structural iron used decoratively
- Stained and art glass — Tiffany, Gallé — and floral mosaic
- Marquetry furniture of carved tendrils, irises and blossoms
Arts and Crafts Interior
The honest, handcrafted interior of the reform movement — exposed oak, built-ins, hand-blocked wallpapers and truth to materials over machine ornament.
- Exposed, honest structure — beams, joinery and pegged tenons
- Plain quarter-sawn oak furniture with celebrated hardware
- Inglenook fireplaces and built-in settles, seats and bookcases
- Morris & Co. hand-blocked floral wallpapers and textiles
- Hand-beaten copper, art pottery and leaded-glass detail
At a glance
| Art Nouveau Interior | Arts and Crafts Interior | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1890–1910 | 1880s–1920 |
| Discipline | Interior Design | Interior Design |
| Region | Belgium, France, Austria, Spain, Scotland | Britain, United States |
| Family | Art Nouveau, Organic | Arts and Crafts, Reform movements |
| Formal traits | curvilinear, organic, ornamental, unified | handcrafted, rectilinear, earthy, honest |
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