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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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Style: Art Deco
Creator: Daum
Daum Nancy Art Deco Cup
By Daum
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Daum Nancy Art Deco cup Origin France circa 1930 perfect condition It is signed at the base art glass. Glassware marked Daum Nancy is attributed to Augu...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Art Glass

Daum Nancy French Art Deco Acid Etched Pâte-de-Verre Flower Vase, ca. 1930
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This geometric, floral inspired 1930s French Art Deco deeply acid etched pâte-de-verre elegant flower vase bears the signature Daum Nancy on the base edge. There is a nice weight to the thick-walled heavy glass. It has a beautiful amber yellow color etched right through to the clear. Sophisticated in its simplicity, the design consists of geometrically-stylized leaves and flowers encircling a vase, with a smooth banded edge at the top. Period: Ca. 1930’s Style: French Art Deco. Medium: Acid Etched Pâte-de-Verren Art Glass. Dimensions: Height: 6.875” x max. diameter: 6.875” x opening diameter: 3.375” Markings: Engraved on the base edge, ‘Daum Nancy’ Condition: Good antique condition. No chips or cracks. No damages, no restorations. Maker: Daum Freres of Nancy, France The success of the Daum glass company is directly a result of its excellent management and entrepreneurial spirit. The accidental founder of the company was Jean Daum (1825-1885). He was a financier of the company when it was known as the Verrerie Sainte Catherine. This company quickly hit hard times and it was Jean Daum who took control of it before it failed. Daum was not an artist by trade. He was a notary and industrialist. This new venture was a trial by fire. The first glass produced by Daum is collectible, but it was not art glass. They made mostly clear glass with gold rims to be used while dining. It wasn’t until the 1890s that Daum began producing what we think of today as “Daum Nancy” glass. Daum glass is thought to be made by the Daum Freres (brothers). This was not accurate when the company first began operating. It was Jean Daum and his son Auguste Daum (1853-1909) who laid the ground work for Auguste and his brother Antonin Daum (1864-1930) to lead the company in the early 20th century. All Daum glass is handmade, but that certainly shouldn’t lead the reader to believe that Daum was a mom and pop...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Glass

Vidria Art Deco Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Glass Art Deco Daum Nancy origin France, circa 1930 with inclusions. Glassware marked Daum Nancy is attributed to Auguste and Antonin Daum. These b...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Art Glass

Wrought Iron and Daum Nancy Glass Table Lamp, France, circa 1920-1930
By Daum
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Wrought iron and Daum Nancy glass table lamp. Art Deco period, France, circa 1920-1930. Glass signed Daum Nancy.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Monumental French Art Deco Acid-Etched "Fawn" Vase by, Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in Miami, FL
An extremely rare, monumental and museum quality French Art Deco acid-etched "Fawn" vase by, Daum Nancy decorated with four carved blue-purple fawn grazing against a light blue acid ...
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20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture

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Art Glass

Art Deco Daum Nancy French Pitcher with Glasses, Set, 1930
By Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
A sunshine yellow meets a sunset orange in this ombré variegated Daum Nancy glass Carafe et Verre ensemble. Anyone up for fresh lemonade or merry Sangria. Perfectly sized for a party...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Art Glass

Daum Nancy And Edgar Brandt Art Deco Table Lamp
By Edgar Brandt, Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
Daum Freres Nancy; Edgar Brandt, Table light, circa 1925, Daum Nancy shade is variegated and mottled art glass with powder fusions of, white, orange...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Iron

Art Deco Ceiling Pendant Lamp Signed DAUM, France
By Daum
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A French Art Deco ceiling lamp. Made in the end of the French Art Deco period, circa 1930-1940. It have a modernist appeal. The lamp have a frosted etched glass bowl. The base is an ...
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Mid-19th Century French Art Deco Antique Daum Furniture

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Iron

Daum Nancy And Edgar Brandt Attributed Art Deco Chandelier
By Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
An Edgar Brandt style four light wrought iron chandelier with Daum Nancy glass shades each signed Daum Nancy with Cross of Lorraine. Shades are in pink, purple and cream variegated d...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Daum Nancy French Art Deco Smoked Glass Chandelier
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco (circa 1937) smoky glass dome shaped chandelier with an acid-etched swag and circular design supporting 6 light shades and a tiered center post (signed: DAUM NANCY).   
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture

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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

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Wrought Iron

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...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture

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Glass

Large Daum Nancy Art Deco Chandelier
By Daum
Located in Bridgewater, CT
An important Daum Nancy Art Deco chandelier, circa 1925, in acid etched frosted glass, inscribed Daum Nancy with croix de Lorraine.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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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...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture

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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.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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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...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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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...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Art Glass

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 ...
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20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture

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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...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture

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Wrought Iron

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...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Art Deco wrought iron table lamp by Daum Nancy, 1930s
By Daum
Located in Saarburg, RP
Art Deco desk lamp by DAUM - 1930s. The rare Daum Nancy ART DECO ceiling lamp is a fascinating example of the masterful craftsmanship and exquisite design of this renowned French glass manufacturer. This signed table lamp skilfully combines the charm of the Art Deco style with the beauty of wrought iron and floral...
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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Metal, Wrought Iron

Daum Art Deco Acid-Etched "Campanulas" Glass Vase, circa 1930
By Daum
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Daum Nancy France Acid-Etched Glass “Campanulas” Vase circa 1930 Vase with flared body and circular heel in blue glass with acid-etched hollow decoration of geometric campanulas on a white background Signed "Daum Nancy France" Circa 1930 Bibliography: Tiny Esveld, "Daum Art Deco Glass...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Art Glass

Edgar Brandt and Daum Art deco lamp
By Daum, Edgar Brandt
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco lamp circa 1925. Wrought iron foot with spiral decoration, stamped E. Brandt. Shell in blue and orange speckled white glass paste signed Daum Nancy France. Electrified and i...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Wrought Iron

A Daum Vase With Bearded Irises, c1910
By Daum
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Daum Vase With Bearded Irises, c1910 Additional Information: Heading : Daum Nancy Irises cameo vase Date : c1910 Origin : Nancy, France Colour : Amber and orange with two shades o...
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20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture

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Glass

Daum Nancy Large Acid Etched Art Deco Vase
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
Daum circa 1930, large ovoid vase entirely acid-etched, apple green. In perfect condition. Signed Daum Nancy France. Diameter: 15 cm (cul) Diamètre : 13,5 cm (col) Height: 47,5 cm ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Daum Furniture

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Glass

Vintage Hand Blown Daum Crystal Petite Table Lamps Pair
By Daum
Located in Pasadena, CA
This charming petite pair of hand blown clear and marbled white crystal tulip shaped based lamps are paired with lovely new custom silk shades. They are newly rewired, measure 15...
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20th Century French Art Deco Daum Furniture

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Crystal

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.
Questions About Daum Furniture
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Yes, 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    How 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 15, 2024
    Yes, 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.

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