For collectors, Daum is a name in the first rank of the French makers of art glass, along with those of Émile Gallé and René Lalique. Led in its early decades by the brothers Auguste (1853–1909) and Antonin Daum (1864–1931), the company, based in the city of Nancy, established its reputation in the Art Nouveau period, and later successfully adopted the Art Deco style.
In 1878, lawyer Jean Daum took over the ownership of a glassworks as payment for a debt and installed his sons as proprietors. Initially, Daum made glass for everyday purposes such as windows, watches and tableware, but the success that Gallé enjoyed at the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris — the international showcase for which the Eiffel Tower was built — inspired the Daum brothers to begin making art-glass pieces. They produced popular works of cameo glass, a decorative technique in which an outer layer of glass is acid-etched or carved off to reveal the layer below, but Daum became best known for vessels and sculptures in pâte de verre — a painstaking method in which finely ground colored glass is mixed with a binder, placed in a mold and then fired in a kiln.
Though early Daum glass was never signed by individual artists, the firm employed some of the masters of the naturalistic, asymmetrical Art Nouveau style, including Jacques Grüber, Henri Bergé and Amalric Walter (whose first name is frequently misspelled). Daum also collaborated with furniture and metalware designer Louis Majorelle, who created wrought-iron and brass mounts for vases and table lamps. In the 1960s, Daum commissioned fine artists, most notably Salvador Dalí and sculptor César Baldaccini, to design glass pieces. As you see from the works offered on 1stDibs, Daum has been home to an astonishingly rich roster of creative spirits and is today a state-owned enterprise making pâte de verre figurines.
$10,800
H 20.28 in Dm 6.3 in
Daum Art Nouveau Vase, Acid-Etched Double-Blown Glass, Rosehip Design, 1910-1915
By Daum
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Museum-Quality Monumental Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase by Daum Nancy, circa 1910–1915. This exceptional and museum-worthy French Art Nouveau vase by Daum Nancy, created between 1910...
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Vase, Sign: Daum Nancy , 1910, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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Daum Nancy French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau wheel-carved cameo glass vase by Daum, featuring a decoration of blue flowers and light blue and grey stems and leaves on an opa...
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$44,000
H 12.21 in Dm 4.73 in
Vase, Sign: Daum Nancy France, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1910
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Logistics and International Shipping We provide a comprehensive export service so that your only concern is enjoying your acquisition. • Door-to-Door Service: Pieces located in our Argentina galleries are shipped directly to your address via air freight. • Simplified Customs Management: We handle the processing of export permits and the payment of customs duties. You will receive your purchase without additional paperwork or surprise costs. • High-Security Packaging: Following FedEx international standards, each piece is protected in custom-made wooden crates, designed to withstand 1-meter impacts and ensure the integrity of the object during transit. • Note for shipments to the USA: To comply with shipping company regulations and ensure delivery at the destination, a valid tax ID (EIN, SSN, or ITIN) is required. • Domestic US Shipping: For those pieces available in our United States storage, logistics are managed through 1stdibs. Sign: Daum Nancy France...
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$136,000
H 21.26 in Dm 6.11 in
Monumental Vase, Sign: Daum Nancy France, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, 1910
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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$5,413
H 15.08 in Dm 3.75 in
Large Art Nouveau Cameo Single Vase 'Ancolie', Daum Nancy, France, Ca 1910/1915
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Baluster-shaped vase, on a round base offset by a nodus, with gently curved, slender walls, slight constriction at the neck with flared rim, colorless glass with flaky yellow-orange,...
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Great Daum Nancy Vase Art nouveau
By Daum
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Daum Nancy vase Digitalis, Circa 1915 Perfect condition Size: 54 cm Monumental. Glassware marked Daum Nancy is attributed to Auguste and Antonin Daum. These brothers took over a gl...
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$80,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.9 in Dm 5.91 in
Vase With applications, Sign: Daum Nancy France, Style: Art Nouveau, 1910
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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$45,000
H 9.06 in Dm 5.12 in
Vase, Sign: Daum Nancy, France, 1900, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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$31,000
H 9.06 in Dm 4.73 in
Vase, Sign: Daum Nancy, France, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1903
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Logistics and International Shipping We provide a comprehensive export service so that your only concern is enjoying your acquisition. • Door-to-Door Service: Pieces located in our A...
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