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
Modern Daum France Glass Roses Vase
By Daum
Located in LEGNY, FR
Magnificent glass paste vase from the famous French crystal manufacturer Daum. It dates from the 2010s.
This vase depicts a bouquet of roses in a beautiful orange hue.
Signed "Daum F...
Category
2010s French Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Modern Daum France Iris and Leaves Pate de verre Bowl
By Daum
Located in LEGNY, FR
An exceptional piece! Magnificent pate de verre vase from the famous French crystal manufacture Daum. It dates from the 2010s.
This vase represents iris blends green and purple with...
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2010s French Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
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
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
Set of 6 DAUM Crystal Wine Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Very rare Set of DAUM vintage crystal Wine Glasses. Very elegant.
Impeccable. Signed.
Category
1970s French Aesthetic Movement Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Monumental Egyptian Purple Art Glass Soliflore Vase by Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
Colossal Art Deco vase in mouth-blown art glass. Double Glass Paste Berluze.
The purple color is shaded (with nuances).
Signed vase with engraving: Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lo...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Vaso in Cristallo di Daum France
By Daum
Located in Torino, IT
Vaso in cristallo francese della vetreria Daum France.
Piccolo e raffinato vaso di forma esagonale in perfette condizioni.
Firmato alla base Daum France.
Daum è una famosissima cr...
Category
1980s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Daum Pate de Verre Glass Butterfly Perfume Bottle
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Pate de Verre Glass Butterfly Perfume Bottle
Signed, Daum France. The spherical colorless glass body on a circular foot, with an amber and yellow pate de verre butterfly stoppe...
Category
20th Century Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum sculptural crystal table lamp Mid-Century France 1970
By Daum
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Exquisite Daum France Table Lamp, France 1970. This stunning table lamp showcases the artistry and elegance of Daum, one of France's most revere...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Midcentury "Cratère" Mod. by Daum Heavy Thick Crystal Centerpiece France, 1960s
By Daum
Located in Palermo, IT
Fine centerpiece in thick heavy crystal, with relief work on the bottom. Signed in scratch "Daum France", model "Cratère". Label of the producer Daum of Nancy laterally. France, 60s....
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Beautiful Daum France Coppelia Crystal Table Lamps
By Daum
Located in North Miami, FL
Daum France Coppelia crystal table lamp. Base of lamp is in colorless crystal with purple, mauve, and brown overlay in the form of applied and tooled flowers in the Coppelia pattern....
Category
1970s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
'People Belong to Elephant' by Chen Changwei for Daum, 21/88
By Daum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oversized Limited Edition Amber Surrealist Bust titled 'People Belong to Elephant' by Chen Changwei for Daum, 21/88.
Artist Chen Changwei breaks with tradition, reinventing the Chine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Pate De Verre Glass Scultputre Entitled "Chimère" by Victor Roman for Daum
By Daum
Located in London, GB
A fascinating limited edition pate de verre glass abstract study of the ferocious fire breathing Chimera with excellent lilac colour and very fine detail. Stamped Daum France, signed Roman and numbered 23/200.
Additional Information
Height: 16 cm
Condition: Excellent Condition
Circa: 1970
Materials: Pate de Verre Glass
SKU: 5966
About
Daum Glass
Pâte de Verre is a rare and ancient glassmaking technique, which dates back to 5000 bc...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Daum Furniture
Materials
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
Original Smoke Tinted Acid Etched Chandelier Signed Daum Nancy, 1935
By Daum
Located in New York City, NY
Original French Art Deco smoke tinted acid etched art glass chandelier by Daum Nancy. A polished and frosted bell shaped dome bearing diamond patterns is gracefully suspended by the ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Acid Etched Spiderweb and Enameled Orchid Vase
By Daum
Located in Sarasota, FL
Daum Acid etched and enameled vase. Finely painted orchid flowers decoration. Spiderweb etched background. Great Art Nouveau item. The vase in signed " Daum Nancy" with Croix de Lor...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
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
Daum Frères art nouveau vase with Coreopsis, made in Nancy , ca. 1914
By Daum
Located in Aachen, DE
A fine Daum Frères Vase with Coreopsis flowers, made in Nancy, France circa 1914. This example of French cameo glass, was mottled with glass powder, c...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown 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
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 ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
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
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
Daum Nancy Enamelled and Internally Decorated Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enameled and internally decorated glass vase,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with trees and flowering branches on a mottled white and blue ground,
wheel carved sign...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Pumpkins Cameo Glass Vase c1910
By Daum
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
This is a rare design. The fruits do make some think of gooseberries , however they are in fact pumpkins
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Miniature Vase with “Broken Egg” Rim by Daum
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Daum's best shape for miniatures is the broken egg. Great detail and color. Mint condition.
France, CIRCA 1920.
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
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
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 and Majorelle Art Deco Glass Bowl in Wrought Iron Frame
By Daum
Located in Sarasota, FL
Daum and Majorelle glass bowl blown into a wrought iron frame. The glass is bright orange with gold foil inclusions. The bowl is engraved on the bottom with the makers' signatures.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
Small Daum Nancy and Louis Majorelle Vase
By Daum, Louis Majorelle
Located in Paris, FR
Small vase by Daum Nancy and Louis Majorelle.
Blown glass vase in a metal frame. Red color.
Circa 1920, Art Nouveau period.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Pair of Yellow Moulded Glass Daum Art Nouveau Period Frames
By Daum
Located in London, GB
Pair of yellow moulded glass Daum Art Nouveau period frames.
French, early 20th century
Measures: height 28cm, width 24cm, depth 4cm, depth when open 21cm
These elegant Daum frames...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Set of Three French Signed Glass Decorative Objects by Daum
By Daum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of three French Signed glass decorative objects by Daum, c.1990s
Dimensions:
Tall Green Vase: 13.5"H x 4.5"D
Amber Bowl: 5.5"H x 6.5"D
Purple Bowl...
Category
1990s Daum Furniture
Materials
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
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 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
A Fine Daum Enamelled Cameo Glass Bowl, c1910
By Daum
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Fine Daum Enamelled Cameo Glass Bowl, c1910
Additional Information:
Heading : A Fine Daum Enamelled Cameo Glass Bowl with Campanulas and Foliage
Date...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Daum Furniture
Materials
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
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
Edgar Brandt and Daum “La Tentation” Table Lamp
By Daum, Edgar Brandt
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
Edgar Brandt and Daum "Les Roses" Floor Lamp
By Edgar Brandt, Daum
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
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.
- 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.
- 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.