Art Nouveau Dragonfly Doorstop

Woven cotton tapestry doorstop with integrated handle, decorated with dragonfly motifs recalling their popularity with Art Nouveau designers. The dragonfly became one of the defining motifs of the Art Nouveau movement, its iridescent wings, jewel-like body and quality of hovering, ephemeral grace making it an irresistible subject for designers who celebrated nature's forms as the supreme source of decorative inspiration, René Lalique produced some of his most extraordinary jewellery around dragonfly forms, and the motif appeared with equal frequency in the glass, ceramics and textile work of his contemporaries across Europe and America. In Japanese art, which exerted such a powerful influence on Art Nouveau designers, the dragonfly carried associations with courage, strength and the late summer season. This doorstop is a charming gift for any admirer of Art Nouveau or for anyone who finds the dragonfly one of the most beautiful of all seasonal sights.

Colour: Multicoloured
Cotton tapestry, filled with wheat and lavender
24 x 15cm
Made in Britian