Daum On Sale
Vintage 1970s French Modern More Candle Holders
Crystal
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Glass
Art Glass
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Glass
Blown Glass
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Crystal
20th Century French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Crystal
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Glass
Art Glass
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Art Glass
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Crystal
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
Crystal
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
Crystal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal
Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Crystal
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Pitchers
Glass, Smoked Glass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases
Glass
1990s French Aesthetic Movement Crystal Serveware
Crystal
20th Century French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass
20th Century French Modern Vases
Crystal
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Art Glass
Vintage 1980s French Beaux Arts Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Mid-20th Century French Modern Vases
Art Glass
Early 20th Century French Vases
20th Century French Modern Vases
Crystal
Mid-20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
20th Century French Modern Vases
Crystal
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases
Enamel
Vintage 1930s French Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Vintage 1950s French Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Vintage 1910s Vases
Glass
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Enamel
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vases
Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vases
Glass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Glass
Art Glass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Glass
Art Glass
Early 20th Century French Vases
Opaline Glass
Vintage 1970s French Table Lamps
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Art Glass
Early 20th Century Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks
Crystal
Early 20th Century Vases
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1980s French Modern Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Crystal
Vintage 1970s French Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1970s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
Vintage 1950s French Candelabras
Crystal
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Vases
Glass
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Vases
Glass
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Glass
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
- 1
Daum On Sale For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Daum On Sale?
Daum for sale on 1stDibs
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.