Art Nouveau Interior Design Project, Watercolor, Circa 1900

Decorative design for an Art Nouveau-style fireplace and its trumeau, circa 1900.
A significant number of Art Nouveau buildings were conceived as total works of art by their designers, such as the architects Hector Guimard and Victor Horta, for example.
This watercolor is proof of that; every detail of this fireplace draws from the ornamental vocabulary inspired by nature at the turn of the 20th century.
It features the “must-haves” of this artistic movement: ceramic tiles decorated with sunflowers, “whip-shaped” woodwork elements, and glass paste vases.
One can surmise that this elevation detail was intended to be presented to the client to approve choices such as the furniture (note the two types of chairs on either side of the hearth).
Do you prefer curved legs or straight legs ?

This late 19th-century/early 20th-century watercolor on paper is presented in a walnut frame and protected by bubbled glass.

There are a few slight foxing spots on the paper worth noting.

Dimensions of the artwork : 36.5 cm x 25 cm / Dimensions including the frame : 49.5 cm x 38 cm

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