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
Daum Nancy Vase
By Daum
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Cameo glass vase, monumental landscape, signed Daum Nancy with the Croix de Lorraine.
Category
Early 20th Century French Daum Furniture
$18,000 Sale Price
35% Off
rare blue crystal Daum vase
By Daum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
rare blue version of the Sorcy vase in thin crystal , circa 1950's
unsigned
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Vase with gold, Sign: Daum Nancy France, Style: Art Deco
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Daum Nancy
Daum is the name of a factory established in 1875 in the city of Nancy, France. When the notary Jean Daum became the owner of an industrial furnace, that of Nancy G...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Gold
DAUM brothers, Glass Vase with a Rampant Lion
By Daum
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This lion vase was made by the Daum glassworks. This is a model that was presented at the Universal Exhibition which took place in Chicago in 1893, without a vermeil base.
Founded in Nancy in 1878 by Jean Daum, the Daum glassworks was quickly taken over by his sons, Auguste and Antonin. From that moment on, increasingly technically complex creations were designed there.
A so-called “rampant” lion in red agathe style, enhanced with gold, stands out against a red granite background, revealing in places a second layer of green glass. The back of the vase is entirely open onto this second green granite layer, decorated with decorations in an inverted chevron and evoking heraldry. The neck of the vase has the same treatment as the lion.
Its base is vermeil (gilded silver).
The vase is signed “Daum / Nancy / ☨”, under the base.
The play of layers, colors and rendering of materials make this vase a fine example of the excellence of Daum glassware...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fine Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine Daum Nancy Cameo glass vase,
France, circa 1910
decorated with orange and purple flowers on an opalescent ground
cameo mark Daum Nanc...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 8 Daum "Bouton Rose" Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 8 - Bouton Rose Glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France
The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in frost...
Category
1980s French Beaux Arts Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
$1,500 / set
Vintage Daum Crystal Art Glass Swallowtail Bowl Mid-Century Centerpiece
By Daum
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Daum Crystal Glass Swallowtail Bowl, signed Daum + France
A fine quality crystal glass bowl manufactured by Daum in the 'Swallowtail' form with a typical elongated design rising at e...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Vase with gold, Sign: Daum Nancy France, Style: Art Deco
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Daum Nancy
glass with applications
Daum is the name of a factory established in 1875 in the city of Nancy, France. When the notary Jean Daum became the owner of an industrial ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Gold
Daum Martele, Acid Etched and Wheel Cut Vase
By Daum
Located in Sarasota, FL
Daum glass martele, acid etched and wheel cut vase. The vase has very fine martele (hammered) appearance. Each leaf was acid etched and finish by wheel ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Fine Daum Nancy Cameo and Enamel Glass Bowl
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine Daum Nancy Cameo and enamel glass bowl,
the round body with red enamel flowers and green leaves against a burnt orange and pale green ground
cameo signature Daum Nancy
Franc...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Cameo and Enamel Glass Vase, France, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy Cameo and enamel glass vase,
France, circa 1910
decorated with orange and red flowers on a yellow opalescent ground
signed in gilt Daum Nancy and cross of lorraine
Dimens...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
A Fine Art Deco Period Period Daum Glass Centre 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 Vase, Sign: Daum Nancy, 1925
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Daum Nancy
Daum is the name of a factory established in 1875 in the city of Nancy, France. When the notary Jean Daum became the owner of an industrial furnace, that of Nancy G...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum, Modernist Sculptural Lamp, France, 1974
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
An irregularly shaped hexagonal lamp in lavender hued crystal, a half-century old creation of the famed glass firm Daum that seeks to convey motion itself, as if depicting all sides of a moving object...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Daum Nancy Enamelled and Internally Decorated Glass Box and Cover
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enamelled and internally decorated glass box and cover,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with red wild flowers and green leaves on a mottled green and brown ground.
s...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art 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 ...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Vase, Daum Molded and Relief Crystal 20th Century
By Daum
Located in Madrid, ES
Vase, Daum
Molded and relief crystal, decorated in acid, signed 'Daum, France'.
Dimension: (height) 34 cm.
Very good condition conditions.
Category
20th Century French Modern Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
A Very Fine Rare Daum Cameo Glass Vase With Silver Mounts, 1896-1900
By Daum
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Very Fine Rare Daum Cameo Glass Vase With Silver Mounts, 1896-1900
Additional Information:
Heading : A Very Fine Rare Daum Cameo Glass Vase With Silver Mounts
Date : 1896- 1900
Or...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique 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
From the Pinhas Collection Daum Nancy Enamelled and Gilt Decorated Glass Goblet
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
From the Pinhas Collection
Daum Nancy enameled and gilt decorated Glass Goblet,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with "milk" thistles and gilt stars on a light opalescent and blu...
Category
Early 1900s 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
$16,200 Sale Price
40% Off
Daum Nancy Enamelled and Acid Etched Glass Vase, "Flowers and Berries"
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enameled and acid etched glass vase, "Flowers and Berries"
France, circa 1910
decorated with trees, berries and flowers on a mottl...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
A Daum Nancy Glass Twin Handled Bowl, 1925-30
By Daum
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Daum Nancy Glass Twin Handled Bowl, 1925-30
Additional Information:
Heading : A Daum Nancy Glass Twin Handled Bowl
Date : 1925-30
Origin : Nancy, France
Bowl Features : Mottles wh...
Category
20th Century French Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Pair of French Midcentury Crystal Table Lamps by Daum
By Daum
Located in London, GB
Pair of French midcentury crystal table lamps by Daum
French, Mid 20th Century
Lamps: Height 18cm, width 10cm, depth 7.5cm
Shades: Height 18cm, width 21cm, depth 15.5
This pair of m...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
1980s French Crystal Large Bison Figurine by Daum
By Daum
Located in North Miami, FL
1980s French crystal large Bison figurine by Daum. "Bison" The Daum Bison or Buffalo is an impressively sized piece of solid crystal. It is very realist...
Category
20th Century Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase, Decorated with Ancient Chinese Sailing Ships
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy cameo glass vase,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with ancient Chinese sailing ships on a mottled green, yellow and orange ground.
Signed with cameo signature Daum Na...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Nancy Internally Decorated Cameo Glass Vase, "River Lanscape"
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy internally decorated Cameo Glass Vase, "River Lanscape"
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with trees on a river landscape on a mottled yellow and pink ground.
Signed wi...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
A Daum Cameo Glass Vase of Sailboats at Sunset, c1910
By Daum
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Daum Cameo Glass Vase of Sailboats at Sunset, c1910
...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum France 'Modern' Emilio Robba, '1944'
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum France (modern) Emilio Robba (1944)
"Vase Bambou" limited edition crystal vase designed by Emilio Robba, numbered 194 of 388,
Signed Emelio Robba
...
Category
1940s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
1970s Lamp Signed Daum France
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
1970s lamp in crystal by Daum France.
Category
1970s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Glass and silver box by Nancy Daum
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Acid etched and enamelled glass case with silver mount. Signed Daun Nancy.
France, CIRCA 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Silver
Daum Nancy Enamelled and Acid Etched Glass Ewer
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enamelled and acid etched Glass Ewer,
France, circa 1900-10
decorated with windmills and a 'dutch landscape' on an opalescent ground.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Dominique VIAL 'XX-XXI' Daum Crystal 'Reflect' Daum Crystal
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Dominique VIAL (XX-XXI) Daum crystal
'Reflect'
Daum crystal
signed Daum FRANCE
VIAL
and numbered 6/388
Measures: Width 14.5 in. (36.2 cm.)
Catalogue note:
Daum is a crystal studio based in Nancy, France, founded in 1878 by Jean Daum (1825-1885). His sons, Auguste Daum (1853-1909) and Antonin...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Enameled and Acid Etched Decorated Glass Decanter, "Dutch Landscape"
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enameled and acid etched decorated glass decanter, "Dutch Landscape",
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with birds, windmills, sa...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy Wheel Carved, Internally Decorated Cameo and Martele Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy wheel carved, internally decorated cameo and Martele glass vase,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with red flowering vines
intaglio signature Daum Nancy with Lorraine ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique 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
$18,000
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
Daum Nancy Enamelled and Acid Etched Glass Vase, "Flowers and Berries" France
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enamelled and acid etched glass vase, "Flowers and Berries"
France, circa 1910
decorated with trees, berries and flowers on a mottled pink and brown ground,
signed with...
Category
1910s Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Edgar Brandt and Daum “La Tentation” Table Lamp
By Edgar Brandt, Daum
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Deco serpent lamp by Edgar Brandt and Daum titled “La Tentation”. The lamp features a rich brown, bronze Boa Python, almost completely vertically extended, wrapped aroun...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Price Upon Request
Edgar Brandt and Daum "Les Roses" Floor Lamp
By Daum, Edgar Brandt
Located in New York, NY
This wrought iron and glass “Les Roses” floor lamp by Edgar Brandt and Daum surprises and delights with its high Art Deco styling. A calyx of wild rose buds and stylized cabbage rose...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Price Upon Request
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.