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.
Art Deco Chandelier by Daum, Nancy France, in Pate de Verre, circa 1940
By Daum
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful 3-light chandelier. Executed in 4 separate pieces of glass in the "P@te de Verre" technique. Manufactured and signed by Daum in Nancy, France circa 1940.
Wrought Iron
French Art Nouveau 'Pate Verre' Chandelier / Pendant by Degué
By Degué
Located in New York, NY
Rare French Art Deco 'Pate Verre' pendant by Degué. Pate Verre is a glass paste made from melting bits of glass at high temperatures and fusing them into a ...
Art Glass
Art Deco Murano Glass Chandelier or Lantern by Ercole Barovier, 1940s
By Ercole Barovier
Located in Rome, IT
Fine chandelier by Ercole Barovier centred by a precious Murano glass cup. Design of pure elegance. All the high quality glasses are in perfect condition. One light bulb E 27.
Blown Glass
Art Deco Italian Brass Chandelier, 1940s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Elegant chandelier in the style of the famous architect Guglielmo Ulrich, made of polished brass. Production of the 40s in Art Deco style.
Brass
Daum Nancy Art Deco Pendant Lamp
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco pendant light, circa 1925. Bronze mount decorated with roses. Glass paste shade signed Daum Nancy. In perfect condition. Wired, E14 socket. The chain length can be adjusted...
Bronze
French Art Deco Frosted Glass Brass Six-Light Chandelier, 1940s
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 g...
Brass
Beautiful Art Deco Murano Chandelier or Lanterne, 1940s
By Venini
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing lantern is formed by a "pulegoso" cup and with elegant jets in pure Murano glass. A rare beauty in a perfect vintage condition.
Metal
$3,173
H 28.75 in Dm 13.78 in
Art Deco Pâte de Verre Glass and Bronze Four-Light Chandelier by Noverdy France
By Jean Noverdy
Located in Barntrup, DE
Art Deco pâte de verre glass and bronze four-light chandelier by Jean Noverdy France, circa the 1920s. This splendid French Art Deco period chan...
Brass, Bronze
Daum Nancy Art Deco Chandelier
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
Large Art Deco chandelier circa 1930 in acid-etched white glass, signed Daum Nancy. Wrought iron frame by Marcel Vasseur for FAG (Ferronneries Artisanales des Galeries). Electrified,...
Wrought Iron
$9,876
H 23.63 in W 28.35 in D 28.35 in
Daum Nancy, Geometric Smoked Glass 6-Armed Chandelier, France 1930s
By Daum
Located in PARIS, FR
A striking Art Deco chandelier by Daum Nancy, signed. The fixture is built around a tiered column of graduated, tulip-shaped glass discs stacked in a stepped, architectural silhouett...
Glass
Muller Frères Art Deco Pendant Chandelier, Pate-de-Verre, France
By Muller Frères
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Art Deco Signed Muller Fréres Plafonnier Pendant Ceiling Chandelier, Made in France Luneville Circa 1895-1910's A decorative pate-de-verre plafonnier by Muller Fréres. Stamped to t...
Brass
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.
Glass
Edgar Brandt and Daum Nancy Art Deco Chandelier
By Edgar Brandt, Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco wrought iron chandelier with ginkgo biloba leaf decoration, circa 1925. 4 tulips and a central glass paste shell signed Daum Nancy. Frame stamped E Brandt. Chandelier electrified and in perfect condition. This chandelier will be disassembled and sent in two separate boxes. One for the glass and another for the frame. Height: 86cm Frame diameter: 42 cm Shell diameter: 27 cm Weight: 12kg You can contact me for more information and for delivery costs. Daum (French establishment created in 1878) is a glass and crystal workshop located in Nancy. Founded by the industrialist and notary Jean Daum, the workshop was then taken over by his sons Auguste and Antonin, who ran it during the Art Nouveau period. It was not until the Universal Exhibition of 1900 that the company was at the forefront of the decorative art scene, when Daum received the prestigious Grand Prix medal. At this time, Daum glass became more complex, acid treatment was often used in the cutting, enameling and etching of a piece to produce glass masterpieces. Daum also produces applied glass elements, such as handles and ornamental motifs in naturalistic shapes. The Daum brothers quickly became big names in Art Nouveau, rivaling the famous designer Émile Gallé, and established themselves as leaders in the field of decorative glass after his death. In 1906, Daum revived glass paste, a process by which glass is transformed into paste, then it is applied to the surface of a mold and fired. This technique originates from ancient Egypt. Today, Daum is the only industrial crystal manufacturer that uses the glass paste process for its glass objects and crystal sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum began to develop works in the Art Deco style, moving away from naturalistic forms and turning to linear, angular, simplified forms and geometric patterns characteristic of the movement. After the Second World War, Henri and Michel Daum became interested in the transparency of glass and pure lines. Daum collaborates with a large number of famous artists, such as Louis Majorelle, Salvador Dalí, Hilton Mac Connico, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti to create glass paste objects...
Wrought Iron