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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Period: 19th Century
Creator: Daum
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Cameo Glass "Banjo Landscape Vase" by Emile Galle
By Daum
Located in London, GB
A fabulous late 19th Century French cameo glass vase decorated with a lime coloured landscape against a warm pink background. Exhibiting excellent detail and colour, signed Galle in ...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
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Glass
Daum Wheel Carved and Padded Daffodil Vase (Jonquille) circ 1895
By Daum
Located in Gainesville, FL
Very fine wheel carved and padded daffodil (jonquilles) footed vase by Daum. Very fine example of Daum Art Nouveau Work. Siged on the bottom with Daum Nancy mark and Croix de Lorraine.
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1880s Faeroese Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Cameo Glass and Silver Opera 'Muff' Flask or Absinthe Bottle, c1895
By Daum
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Daum Cameo Glass and Silver Opera 'Muff' Flask or Absinthe Bottle, c1895
Additional Information:
Heading : Daum Nancy Cameo Glass and Sterling Silver ...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
“Dawn and Rooster" Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Glass Vase, circa 1897
By Daum
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Dawn and Rooster Daum Nancy Vase 1897
Opalescent glass vase with and hand-painted polychromatic enameled decor gold highlighted on an acid frosted background with rising sun and cameo sun rays gilding, a rooster and red iris, highlighted with gilding on the top and the base of the rim.
Signed "Daum # Nancy" with gold, under the base.
Circa 1897
Mint condition
Animals are very rare subject matter for Daum Art Nouveau...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Miniature Daum Nancy Thistle Vase c1895
By Daum
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : A small Daum vase with
Date : 1890-1896
Origin : Nancy, France
Bowl Features : Striated iridescent acid etched ground. High relief enamelled thistles
Marks : Gilded mark on base Daum Nancy as shown
Type : Lead free glass
Size : height 12cms
Condition :Excellent, very minor wear on gilt rim
Restoration : None
Weight :105 grams
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1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
“Wheat ears and poppies" Daum Nancy Glass Vase, circa 1898
By Daum
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
“Wheat ears and poppies" DAUM Nancy Vase
A "Wheat ears and poppies" multilayer glass vase by Daum - Nancy
With an etched and polychromatic enameled decor with gold highlights on an...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Freres CAMEO GLASS VASE C.1900
By Daum
Located in Stourbridge, GB
A beautiful and very elegant tall cameo glass vase by Daum that will date to around 1900. Rosehips are perfectly decorated to the vase and i can GUARANTEE to be in original conditio...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Freres CAMEO GLASS VASE C.1900
By Daum
Located in Stourbridge, GB
A beautiful Daum cameo glass vase that will date to around 1900. The vase measures 25.5cm in height, is 19.5cm wide and in perfect, original condition. It is signed to the body, Dau...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum freres RARE ACID CUT FIRE POLISHED CAMEO VASE C.1895
By Daum
Located in Stourbridge, GB
A rare fire polished early Daum cameo glass vase that will date to around 1895. Strong purple colour and is in very good condition, there a few minor marks but an excellent vase over...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Daum Nancy Poppy Vase, c1895
By Daum
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Daum Nancy Poppy Vase, c1895
Additional Information:
Heading : Daum Nancy poppy vase
Date : c1895
Origin : Nancy, France
Colour : Clear, frosted and ...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
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...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
19TH Century Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare and important work of art with an appealing subject of boats on a lake
and clusters of trees along the water's edge in the foreground .
A superbly conceived piece of cameo gl...
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19th Century French Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Cameo Glass Large Lily Flower Vase
By Daum
Located in Gainesville, FL
Daum cameo glass lily flower impressive vase. Very fine finish Signed in cameo. Good polished pontil.
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Daum Nancy French Art Nouveau Acid Etched Glass Vase or Pitcher with Enamel
By Daum
Located in Bochum, NRW
Daum Freres, Nancy, France, late 19th century large pitcher. An exquisite Art Nouveau glass vase/pitcher by Daum Nancy, roughened acid etched surface with gilt and white enameled mis...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Nancy Antique High Ornamental Vase Made with the Powder Glass Technique
By Daum
Located in Tilburg, NL
This is a high ornamental vase with a long neck made with the powder glass technique.
The underside is neatly polished.
Signed Daum Nancy at the bottom of the vase (see photos).
T...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Fine Daum Nancy Gilt And Enameled Silver Pedestaled Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine Daum Partial Gilt, Enameled and Acid-Etched Glass “Au Gui L'an Neuf” Bowl with Silver Mount, circa 1895. Art Nouveau Vase Parlant.
Marks: Daum, (Cross of Lorraine), Nancy
Heig...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Tulip Decor & Gilding, Daum Nancy, France, ca 1890
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Baluster vase on a stepped base ring, bulbous body with a short neck and flared mouth rim, colorless glass with flaky green powder inclusions in the lower area and rusty brown in the...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Bleeding Heart Decor France 1895/1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and exceptional piece of Art Nouveau glass:
Small baluster vase, bulbous body with attached, funnel-shaped neck. Colorless glass with colored powder inclusions in white, o...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Very Rare Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Flower Decor France 1895/1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and exceptional piece of Art Nouveau glass:
Small baluster-shaped vase on a separate stand, forming a small bulge, slender, slowly bulging towards the top and tapering tow...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Egg-Shaped Vase with Dragonfly Decor, France c 1895
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and exceptional piece of Art Nouveau glass:
Egg-shaped vase with irregularly notched mouth rim, colorless glass with flaky powder melts in grayish-white, violet and yellow...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Small Cup in Engraved and Gilded Crystal, Daum Nancy, France, 1894
By Daum
Located in Torino, IT
Transparent crystal cup resting on a circular base, floral decoration and leaves finely engraved on the wheel with the upper edge threaded with gold.
Signature engraved on the wheel...
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1890s French Other Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Wild Roses Decor, Daum Nancy, France, Circa 1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Vase in a bulbous shape with an offset round base, wide neck that tapers towards the top with a slightly flared mouth rim, colorless glass with a milky, opaque inner melting’s in the...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
Daum Martele, Acid Etched and Wheel Cut Vase
By Daum
Located in Gainesville, 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 cutting. The vase is 9 1/4" ta...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
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
Materials
Iron
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
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 ...
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Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
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...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
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
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
Daum Nancy Vase Flowers, Art Nouveau, France Lorraine, circa 1895-1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Daum Nancy Stalky Rarest Vase with Flowers
MANUFACTORY:
DAUM FRÈRES made in France / Nancy, Lorraine, circa 1895-1900.
DESIGNER: DAUM FRÈRES (Auguste and Antonin Daum)
...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Furniture
Materials
Glass
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.