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.
French Pure Art Deco Glass Pendant Light / Chandelier, Daum Pierre D'Avesn 1930s
By Pierre D'Avesn, Daum
Located in Lisse, NL
Another top quality made, antique French Art Deco pendant light with the wow factor. This Art Deco chandelier by Pierre D'Avesn was all hand-crafted at Daum's (Croismare, Nancy) stu...
Brass
French Art Deco White Black Veining Alabaster Pendant Chandelier, 1930s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A lovery Arte Deco era alabaster pendant / light fixture, France, 1930-1939. Hand-carved shade from a solid alabaster rock with beautiful black veining and polished to a natural shin...
Alabaster
French Arte Deco Cut Glass Gilt Bronze Flush Mount, Ceiling Light, 1930s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A lovely cut glass and gilt bronze flush mount/ceiling France, 1930s. This beautiful piece is very good condition, aged patina to gilt bronze, no chips or cracks, rewired. One brass...
Bronze
French Art Deco Flush Mount Chandelier Glass & Brass 1930s
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant French Art Deco flush mount ceiling light with textured glass and brass from the 1930s. Manufacturer: unknown. Execution: round. Style: art deco, mid century, modernist. ...
Brass
French Art Deco Frosted High Art Glass Patined Brass Pendant, 1930s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
An elegant Art Deco high relief glass pendant, light fixture, France 1930-1939, frosted glass globe with beautiful detailing, patinated brass moun...
Brass
$1,050
H 25.6 in Dm 15.75 in
French Art Deco Amber Chandelier & Pendant Light in Degué Style Thick Glass 1930
By Degué
Located in Coimbra, PT
Beautiful French Art Deco chandelier or pendant with amber glass shade with floral and geometric pattern in the style of Degué. Me...
Metal
$4,337
H 23.5 in Dm 14.5 in
French Cut Clear Pink Crystal Waterfall Seven-Light Flush Mount Chandelier 1930s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A wonderful and rare pure crystal six-tier waterfall flush mount or chandelier, France circa 19130-1939. Chrome mounted, frames covered with large pink faceted crystals surrounded by...
Crystal, Metal, Chrome
Art Deco Ceiling Light, 1930s
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1930, We offer this Art Deco Ceiling Light. Made in opaline glass and brass, fantastic patina. Recently restored with a new electrical system and working perfectly.
Brass
Wonderful French Art Deco Silver Frosted Glass Three-Light Chandelier Fixture
By Dega
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful silver and frosted Art Deco glass with leaf and fern design with three interior lights. Completely redone from sockets to wires to silver patina. Measures: 14" W x 16" H.
Metal
French Art Deco Frosted Glass Brass Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Art Deco burnished brass chandelier with a central frosted high relief glass bowl shade surrounded by five curved lamp arms with frosted high relief glass globes, France, 1940-1949. ...
Brass
Daum Pierre D'Avesn Rare Large Art Deco Fish Pendant Chandelier, 1920
By Daum, Pierre D'Avesn
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
This exceptional Art Deco chandelier, designed by Pierre D'Avesn for Daum (Croismare, Nancy) in the 1920s, features a magnificent decorative motif depicting two fish swimming amid de...
Wrought Iron
French Art Deco Flush Mount Chandelier Glass & Brass 1930s
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant French Art Deco flush mount ceiling light with textured glass and brass from the 1930s. Manufacturer: unknown. Execution: round. Style: art deco, mid century, modernist....
Brass
Pair of 1930s Chrome and Glass Art Deco Chandeliers
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two Art Deco chandeliers in glass, brass and chrome. Please note that price is per item not for the set.
Brass, Chrome
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H 13.78 in Dm 15.75 in
Rare Daum Nancy ''Pinecone'' Chandelier / Flush Mount 1910 French Art Nouveau
By Daum, Louis Majorelle
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Most rare & breathtaking! This Daum Nancy ''Pinecone'' chandelier / ceiling light 1910 France in the Art Nouveau design style. A very soft colour pallet decorated with branches & pi...
Wrought Iron
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H 19.69 in Dm 19.69 in
Art Nouveau Daum Nancy & Louis Majorelle Chandelier / Pendant Light Cameo Glass
By Daum, Louis Majorelle
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite & most impressive! This original French antique Daum Nancy Art Nouveau / Arts & crafts pendant light / chandelier. Breathtaking yellow o...
Wrought Iron
Daum French Art Deco Flush Mount, Late 1920s
By Daum
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco flush mount light by Daum (Croismare, Nancy), France, late 1920s. Blown double glass shade in its solid bronze fixtur...
Bronze