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.
Daum France Sculptural Crystal Centerpiece Bowl
By Daum
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking sculptural crystal centerpiece bowl by Daum, France. This dramatic modernist design features gracefully sweeping sides that rise upward into elegant wing-like points, creati...
Crystal
Daum Art Glass Blue Angel Decorative Bowl, France
By Daum
Located in Rijssen, NL
Luxury at its finest, high-end glass bowl with a blue angel by Daum, France. The bowl is made of the wings of the angel and is made of art glass. The different vibrant colors create...
Art Glass
Large Crystal Bowl by Daum, France
By Daum
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous crystal two handle bowl by Daum, France, circa 1970s. The bowl is in very good condition and measures 13.25" W x 7" D x 7.5" H. Etched signature reads "Daum France". #2484.
Crystal
Daum Crystal, France, Contemporary "Birds Of Paradise" Bowl
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum crystal, France, Contemporary "Birds Of Paradise" Bowl Signed Daum France and numbered 81. 9 inches by 8 inches.
Glass
$1,850
H 7 in W 5 in D 19.5 in
Daum France Sculptural Curvilinear Crystal Art Glass Fruit Bowl Centerpiece
By Daum
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Daum France Sculptural Curvilinear Crystal Art Glass Fruit Bowl Centerpiece. Sculptural curvilinear crystal art glass fruit bowl, model Aquarius 1960 s...
Art Glass
$405Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.76 in W 7.88 in D 3.15 in
Baccarat Crystal Dish / Decorative Bowl, France, Signed
By Baccarat
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Elegant clear crystal piece by Baccarat, featuring a freeform, undulating silhouette characteristic of mid-20th-century organic design. Sculptural and luminous, it captures the light...
Crystal
Daum France Vase Bowl Raisins Grapes Crystal Glass Pate de Verre
By Daum
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase Bowl "Raisins" (Grapes) made in crystal and glass pate de verre by Daum France. Engraved signature. Perfect condition. height : 15 cm diameter : 22 cm
Glass, Art Glass
Daum France Sculptural “Starfish” Crystal Centerpiece Bowl
By Daum
Located in San Diego, CA
A dramatic sculptural crystal centerpiece bowl by Daum, France. The piece features an elegant five-point organic form with deeply molded ribs that radiate from the base outward, crea...
Crystal
Rare Vintage Lalique France Children Enfants Cherub Sculpture Bowl
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item we are offering is an Estate Standing Lalique Sculptured Bowl Depicting Children Standing together all around. Signed Lalique, France on bottom. From an Important ...
Crystal
Daum Art Glass Angel Sculpture Myth, Red Brown, France 1970
By Daum
Located in Rijssen, NL
Luxury at its finest, high-end glass angel myth sculpture by Daum, France. The angel - made out of art glass - is sitting, with one knee raised. A beautiful sculpture. The sculptur...
Art Glass
Daum Crystal Pate de Verre Flower Bowl
By Daum
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a Daum crystal Pate de Verre single flower (it can be a Groundsel) and large leaves bowl depicting different shades of blue and turquoi...
Crystal
Mid 20th Century French Art Crystal Large Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a mid century French Art Crystal Centerpiece. It depicts an elongated mantraya like shaped clear crystal vase/bowl with dark pink borders.
Crystal
Lalique Crystal Capucines Centerpiece Bowl
By Lalique
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lalique Crystal Capucines Bowl. It depicts a clear and frosted heavy bowl shaped as a flower made of six Nasturtium’s leaves so that is the reason that is called Nastartium...
Crystal
Lalique Crystal Champs-Elysees Bowl Vase
By Marc Lalique
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lalique Crystal Champs- Elysses medium size oval bowl vase. It depicts multiple horse chestnut leaves arranged around a circular center base. Below the base, it is the acid...
Crystal
Rene Lalique Crystal Volubilis Flowers Bowl
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a clear opalescent Rene Lalique Volubilis crystal footed bowl. In the center of the bowl, three large Volubilis flowers are spread together and their stems come out to form t...
Crystal
Val Saint Lambert ‘Borodin Dance de Flore ‘Crystal Blue Bowl/Centerpiece
By Val Saint Lambert
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Val Saint Lambert Crystal -Borodin Dance de Flore - Bowl/Centerpiece. It depicts a clear crystal bowl with pedestal decorated in the center with a cobalt blue frieze enhanc...
Crystal
