Art Nouveau Daum vase, Nancy, 1910-1915

Art Nouveau DAUM vase. Nancy, France, 1910-1915.
Cameo glass.
Signed.
Measurements: 58 x 15 x 15 cm.

Acid-etched cameo glass vase decorated with the representation of leafy trees at different levels, on a reddish background based on yellows that veer towards orange at the bottom. It is a piece of blown glass, belonging to one of the golden ages of the Daum manufacture. The cameo decoration is multilayer, which makes it look like a painting.

The Daum manufacture was founded in the late nineteenth 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. Eventually, Daum will have a factory with more than three hundred employees and an artistic production of great variety. 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.