Daum Furniture
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.
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Creator: Daum
Fine Daum Nancy Martele Cameo Glass Two-Handled Vase, from the Pinhas Collection
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
From the Pinhas collection
Fine Daum Nancy Martele cameo glass two-handled vase,
France, circa 1900
signed Daum Nancy with Lorraine cross
Dimens...
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Early 20th Century Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fine Daum Nancy Cameo and Enamel Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
France, circa 1910
Decorated with peach and red wild flowers ending on a circular foot
Cameo mark Daum Nancy with Lorraine cross
Dimensions:
Width 2.36 in (6 cm.)
Height 6.85 in...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fine Daum Nancy Cameo and Enamel Glass Vase France, circa 1914
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine Daum Nancy cameo and enamel glass vase
France, circa 1914
of triangular tapered form decorated with applied white flowers, green leaves and flowering pods on a mottled green...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Landscape Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Landscape vase. Signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Signed Daum Nancy French Art Glass and Nickelled Centrepiece or Bowl
By Daum
Located in New York City, NY
French Art Deco, Modernist acid etched art glass centerpiece, circa 1930, signed Daum Nancy.
Rings of rippled patterns grace this very slightly tinted emerald, spring green art glas...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture
French Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Signed Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
French Art Nouveau green cameo glass vase cut with leafy branch relief design. Signed: Daum Nancy.
The Daum family worked at the beginning of Art Nouveau and creators of one of ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Nancy "Ombelle" Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This cameo glass "Ombelle" vase by French Art Nouveau masters, Daum Nancy, features a rounded body of smooth, light candy pink glass decorated by two delicate umbel blooms in green c...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Cameo Riverscape Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Cameo riverscape vase. Signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.
Category
1910s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Fine Daum and Louis Majorelle Wrought Iron Mounted Mottled Glass Bowl
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine Daum and Louis Majorelle wrought iron mounted mottled glass bowl
France, circa 1910
signed Daum Nancy France with Lorraine Cross and Louis Majorelle
Measures: Height 5 1/8 ...
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1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Wheel-Carved Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
From The Pinhas collection
Very fine wheel-carved Daum Nancy Cameo glass vase, France, circa 1910
with applied dragonfly decoration, decorated...
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1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Nancy Internally Decorated Cameo Glass Vase France, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A tall and fine Daum Nancy internally decorated cameo glass vase
France, circa 1910
Of triangular form, decorated with berries, leaves and flowers an a green opalescent yellow and ...
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1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Landscape Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
French Art Deco Daum Frosted Acid Etched Glass Lantern
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco frosted acid-etched glass lantern with a geometric design having a half round dome base under a conical shaped center-post with a finial bottom (DAUM).
Category
Early 20th Century Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Table Lamp
By Daum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daum table lamp. Located in NY
Model Lynx 73 (documented).
Category
20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Daum Nancy Acid Etched Vase, circa 1925
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy green acid etched vase, circa 1925.
Category
1920s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Acid Cut Opalescent Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in Fairfax, VA
Acid cut flora design opalescent glass vase by Daum Nancy.
Category
1920s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Superb and Very Fine Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved Cameo and Martele Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb and very fine Daum Nancy wheel-carved cameo and martele glass vase, with low relief applied decoration
France, circa 1910
Signed in intaglio Daum Nancy with lorraine cross...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid-Century Crescent Moon Shaped Crystal Clock by Daum
By Daum
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking crescent moon shaped, crystal mantel clock by Daum. This rare Mid-Century piece is in excellent working condition and makes an elegant statement in any room.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Daum Nancy Fruit Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
An enameled cameo glass vase signed in cameo Daum Nancy with Cross of Lorraine, circa 1910.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Landscape Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Landscape vase. Signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
French Art Deco Chandelier by DAUM LORRAIN
By Daum
Located in Long Island City, NY
French Art Deco chandelier by the French artist "Daum Lorrain". Six shades with matching large hexagonal center coupe in clear frosted glass. Geometric flower motif with polished d...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
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...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Autumn Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum mold blown cameo glass "Autumn" vase
circa 1925.
Signed Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine.
Measures: Height 10 inches.
Category
1920s Vintage Daum Furniture
Daum Opalescent Dutch Landscape Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum enameled opalescent two handled glass "Dutch Landscape” vase,
circa 1910. Signed in gilt Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine.
Height 11 inch...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Vase by Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Etched and enameled glass vase, France, circa 1905. Etched signature to side: Daum Nancy 3501 with the cross of Lorraine. Provenance: private collection.
Category
Early 20th Century Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy enamelled and acid etched Glass Vase, 'Dutch Landscape'
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enamelled and acid etched Glass Vase,
'Dutch Landscape'
France, circa 1890
decorated with figures, cows, windmills and trees on a ...
Category
1890s Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
French Art Nouveau Glass Vase by Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
A French enameled and etched glass vase with applied handles by Daum. The vase has a pink martelé background. There is carving on the dark green footed base. It is decorated with lig...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy, Art Deco Amber Glass Vase with Scalloped Rim, France, C. 1950's
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum was founded in Nancy, France, by Jean Daum in 1878. After his death in 1885, his sons Auguste (1853–1909) and Antonin (1864–1931) took the helm. The brothers began experimenting...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Nancy Cylindrical Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Signed Daum Nacy with the cross of Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
French Daum Nancy attr. Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Mushroom Vase
By Daum
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
French Daum Nancy attr. Art Nouveau cameo glass mushroom vase from the turn of the century.
Wheel cut with raised designs in colored enamels on an etch...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Daum Nancy Wheel Carved Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy wheel carved vase, circa 1900.
Signed, "Daum Nancy" with the Croix de Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Wheel Carved Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Tri-lobed vase, signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.
Category
1910s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Marie-Paule Deville-Chabrolle for Daum Athena Limited Edition Crystal Sculpture
By Marie-Paule Deville-Chabrolle, Daum
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This pâte de verre crystal sculpture was designed by French sculptor Marie-Paule Deville-Chabrolle (b. 1952) and hand made by Daum in Nancy, France. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Striking Art Deco Period Daum Glass Bowl, France, circa 1920
By Daum
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The swelled circular body showing a striking, warm mottled yellow & brown field with teal striations, rising to a tri-corner peaked rim and raised overall upon a stepped circular foo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
French Wheel Carved Cameo and Mmartelé Galss "Crocus" Vase by Daum
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
A French wheel carved cameo and martelé glass "Crocus" vase by Daum.
This Daum vase has gray cameo glass. It is decorated with stems and leaves ascending from the bulbous foot lead...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Wheel Carved Cameo Glass Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy wheel carved cameo glass case, circa 1910.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy vase, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Rosehip Cameo Glass Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning French Art Nouveau Daum Frères rosehip cameo glass vase wheel cut with raised designs in colored enamels on an etched ground with a raised cameo 'Daum Nancy' and a croix d...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Glass Lamp with Air Bubbles Pattern, Signed "Daum France", circa 1975
By Daum
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glass lamp with air bubbles pattern in the cylindrical shaft.
Signed Daum France.
Work realized circa 1975.
Functional electrical system.
The "Daum France" signature is the one ...
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1970s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Art Glass Lamp by Daum
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century crystal art glass lamp by "Daum." Elegant organic form, fine original, working condition. 21"- H to top of socket, shade not included. Retains original "Daum" decal, as s...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Art Nouveau Daum Claret with Gorham Sterling Mounts
By Gorham Manufacturing Company, Daum
Located in Riverdale, NY
Extraordinary Art Nouveau sterling silver mounted claret jug by Gorham, circa 1900. The glass body, imported from France, is signed Daum, Nancy. It has been tinted emerald green and ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Spherical Vase by Daum, circa 1930
By Daum
Located in Paris, FR
In pressed and blown molded glass with narrow neck and small base, acid-etched decoration with a frieze of chained hexagons on the belly, frosted brow...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Art Deco Vase
By Daum
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A Daum Art Deco green glass vase, thick heavy glass with broad inverted rim, deeply etched with stylized trees and plant life, signed on base...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Nancy Wheel Carved Cameo Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy wheel carved cameo vase, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Dutch Landscape Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy Dutch landscape vase, circa 1900.
Signed, "Daum Nancy" with the Croix de Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
French Art Deco Vase by Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in Bridgewater, CT
French Art Deco vase by Daum Nancy in yellow acid cut clear and frosted glass, signed.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Dutch Landscape Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy Dutch landscape vase, circa 1900.
Signed, "Daum Nancy" with the Croix de Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Enameled Glass Box, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy enameled glass box, circa 1910 inscribed in gilt, "Daum Nancy" with the Croix de Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Vase by Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Etched and enameled glass vase, France, circa 1905. etched signature to side: Daum Nancy with the cross of Lorraine. Provenance: Private collection
Category
Early 20th Century Daum Furniture
Daum Nancy Lobed Bowl, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy lobed bowl, circa 1900.
Enameled with sailboats.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy French Art Nouveau “Snow Drop” Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau cameo glass “Snow Drop” vase by Daum, featuring carved light blue flowers on brown stems against a mottled white and blue ground, circa ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Large Daum "Peacock" Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Large Daum vase internally decorated with a peacock design, circa 1910.
Signed in intaglio Daum Nancy France.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Rare Vase Wallflowers Art Nouveau France Lorraine, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Daum Nancy rare vase:
Its form is of round squeezed type
Decoration: Wallflowers.
Manufactory:
Daum Frères / made in France / Nancy, Lorraine, circa 1900-1905.
Designer: ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Large French Daum Glass Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Large Daum internally decorated vase, circa 1900.
A similar vase is pictured in: Daum, by Clotilde Bacri, Noel Daum and Clause Petry, Paris: Michel Aveline Editeur, 1992 p. 181.
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Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Crystal Daum Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Large crystal hexagonal shaped vase (signed: DAUM France)
Category
1950s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Daum Nancy Enameled Glass Covered Box, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum Nancy enameled glass covered box, circa 1900.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Art Deco Daum Freres Vase "Clematis Et Papillons"
By Daum
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Opalescent glass acid-etched with butterflies.
Overlaid and carved with flowering stems. Engraved daum
Nancy France with the cross of Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Opaline Glass
Daum Nancy Vase Flower Blossoms on Stems Art Nouveau France Lorraine c. 1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Vase made in France / Lorraine, circa 1900.
Stunningly manufactured casing glass: With bright bluish glass layers underneath. Additionally, there are fines...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Daum Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Daum furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Daum furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Daum furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Daum were created in the Art Nouveau style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by René Lalique, Emile Gallé, and Lalique. Prices for Daum furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $275 and can go as high as $160,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,788.
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Questions About Daum Furniture
- Is all Daum glass signed?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Yes, Daum glass is normally signed. The location of the company's mark varies, but it usually says "Daum Nancy" above, below or beside the cross of Lorraine, a cross with two crossbars. Find a variety of Daum glass on 1stDibs.
- How is Daum glass made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022How Daum glass is made involves a process unique to the manufacturer, called pâte de verre. It involves filling a refractory mold with finely crushed glass and then baking the piece in a kiln. Shop a collection of Daum glassware on 1stDibs.
- Are all Daum vases signed?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, all Daum vases are signed. Authentic Daum glass work will have the signature “Daum Nancy” and incorporate the cross of Lorraine. Looking for a signature is one of the best ways to ensure authenticity. Browse a range of authentic Daum vases and other glassware on 1stDibs.
- Is Daum crystal marked?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 15, 2024Yes, Daum crystal is typically marked. The French maker usually adds the word "Daum Nancy" and its logo, a double cross called the Cross of Lorraine, to its pieces. You can locate the mark in a discreet area, such as on the bottom of stemware and decorative objects. Find a selection of Daum Nancy crystal wares on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 6, 2024To identify Daum crystal, look for the maker's mark, usually found at the bottom of the piece. Most crystal ware produced by the luxury maker will feature the brand's logo or a hand-applied artist's signature. You can compare the markings on your piece with images featured on trusted online resources to learn more about them. Alternatively, you can consult a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antiques dealer for assistance with identification. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of Daum crystal.