Editing Art Nouveau (section)

===Textiles and wallpaper===
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File:Wand Decoration Obrist 1895.png|Silk and wool tapestry design, ''Cyclamen'', by [[Hermann Obrist]], an early example of the [[Whiplash (decorative art)|Whiplash]] motif based on the stem of a cyclamen flower (1895)
File:Nénuphar Verneuil Pl 2.jpg|Page on the Water Lily, from the book by [[Eugène Grasset]] on ornamental uses of flowers (1899)
File:Kolo Moser - Abimelech - 1899.jpeg|Textile design by [[Koloman Moser]] (1899)
File:Silverstudio.jpg|Printed cotton from the [[Silver Studio]], for [[Liberty (department store)|Liberty]] department store (1904)
File:Vaszary János A pásztor szőnyeg 1906.jpg|''The Shepherd'' tapestry by [[János Vaszary]] (1906) combined Art Nouveau motifs and a traditional Hungarian folk theme
File:Horta Tapis KBS-FRB.jpg|A carpet by [[Victor Horta]] in the collection of the [[King Baudouin Foundation]]
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Textiles and wallpapers were an important vehicle of Art Nouveau from the beginning of the style, and an essential element of Art Nouveau interior design. In Britain, the textile designs of [[William Morris]] had helped launch the [[Arts and Crafts movement]] and then Art Nouveau. Many designs were created for the [[Liberty (department store)|Liberty]] department store in London, which popularized the style throughout Europe. One such designer was the [[Silver Studio]], which provided colourful stylised floral patterns. Other distinctive designs came from [[Glasgow School]], and [[Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh]]. The Glasgow school introduced several distinctive motifs, including stylised eggs, geometric forms and the "Rose of Glasgow".

In France, a major contribution was made by designer [[Eugène Grasset]] who in 1896 published ''La Plante et ses applications ornamentales'', suggesting Art Nouveau designs based on different flowers and plants. Many patterns were designed for and produced by for the major French textile manufacturers in Mulhouse, Lille and Lyon, by German and Belgian workshops. The German designer [[Hermann Obrist]] specialized in floral patterns, particularly the cyclamen and the "whiplash" style based on flower stems, which became a major motif of the style. The Belgian [[Henry van de Velde]] presented a textile work, ''La Veillée d'Anges'', at the Salon ''La Libre Esthéthique'' in Brussels, inspired by the symbolism of [[Paul Gauguin]] and of the [[Les Nabis|Nabis]]. In the Netherlands, textiles were often inspired by [[batik]] patterns from the Dutch colonies in the [[East Indies]]. Folk art also inspired the creation of tapestries, carpets, embroidery and textiles in Central Europe and Scandinavia, in the work of [[Gerhard Munthe]] and [[Frida Hansen]] in Norway. The ''Five Swans'' design of [[Otto Eckmann]] appeared in more than one hundred different versions. The Hungarian designer [[János Vaszary]] combined Art Nouveau elements with folkloric themes.{{Sfn|Riley|2004|p=328}}