Art Nouveau Daum vase. Nancy, France, ca. 1900

Art Nouveau Daum vase. Nancy, France, ca. 1900.
Cameo glass decorated to the wheel.
Signed on one side with cross of Lorraine.
Numbered on the base.
Measurements: 43.5 cm (height) x 14 cm (largest diameter).

Art Nouveau vase made in cameo glass with representation of branches with leaves and currants. Orange and brown tones dominate.

The Daum manufacture was founded at the end of the 19th century by Augustin Daum (1853-1909), from a small family glassworks in Nancy. He would be joined by his brother Antonin (1864-1931), and Daum's workshops would soon after become a meeting and training place for many young artists, who promoted the Art Nouveau style in Nancy. At first they made ordinary glass, but in 1891 they decided to open a decorative workshop and undertake artistic production, probably as a result of the success of Émile Gallé (1846-1904) at the 1889 Exhibition. During World War I, the factory closed, but resumed production after the war, adapting to the change of aesthetics and leaving behind the modernism of its first period. During the Art Nouveau period, most of Daum's pieces were made of acid-etched cameo glass, but with the new Art Deco style new techniques and decorative styles were investigated.