![Vase Daum](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Vase_Daum.jpg)
Daum is a crystal studio based in
Nancy,
France
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, founded in 1878 by
Jean Daum (1825–1885). His sons,
Auguste Daum
Jean Louis Auguste Daum (1853 in Bitche – 1909 in Nancy) was a French ceramist, in glass.
He was one of the founder members of École de Nancy and the director of Daum studio. He was the son of Jean Daum, brother of Antonin Daum and father o ...
(1853–1909) and
Antonin Daum Antonin may refer to:
People
* Antonin (name)
Places
;Poland
* Antonin, Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Ostr ...
(1864–1931), oversaw its growth during the burgeoning
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
period. Currently Daum is the only commercial
crystal
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macros ...
manufacturer employing the
pâte de verre (glass paste) process for art glass and crystal sculptures, a technique in which crushed glass is packed into a refractory mould and then fused in a kiln.
History
![Daum Cameo Vase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Daum_Cameo_Vase.jpg)
The Daum family worked at the beginning of the
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
era and created one of France's most prominent glassworks. Established at the end of the 19th century, Daum’s renown was originally linked to the
École de Nancy
École de Nancy, or the Nancy School, was a group of Art Nouveau artisans and designers working in Nancy, France between 1890 and 1914. Major figures included the furniture designer Louis Majorelle, ebonist and glass artist Jacques Grüber, the ...
and the art of ''pâte-de-cristal'', a major contributing factor in terms of its worldwide reputation.
During the
Universal Exhibition of 1900 Daum was awarded a ‘Grand Prix’ medal. Daum glass became more elaborate. Acid etching (by
Jacques Grüber
Jacques Grüber (25 January 1870 – 15 December 1936) was a French woodworker and glass artist.
Grüber was born in Sundhouse (Alsace). After starting his training at the , where he would later be a teacher, he followed his learning with Gustave ...
) was often combined with carving, enamelling, and engraving on a single piece of glass to produce creative glass masterpieces. The most complicated creations also featured applied glass elements, such as handles and ornamental motifs in naturalistic forms. The Daum brothers soon became a major force in the Art Nouveau movement, seriously rivalling
Gallé, so much so that when Émile Gallé died in 1904 they became the leaders in the field of decorative glass.
![Daum-harrods07](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Daum-harrods07.png)
In 1906 Daum revived
pâte de verre (glass paste), an ancient Egyptian method of glass casting, developing the method so that by the 1930s Daum's window panels used pâte de verre for richness instead of leaded or painted glass. Today Daum still uses this method to produce their pieces.
Locations
Daum has always been linked with the city of Nancy. Its main manufacturing locations are in the downtown of Nancy and a nearby village called Vannes-le-Châtel. All the pieces are still handmade by hundreds of employees in the region.
Daum has a store at
Place Stanislas
Place Stanislas is a large pedestrianised square in the French city of Nancy, in the Lorraine historic region. Built between 1752 and 1756 on the orders of Stanisław Leszczyński, the square is one of oldest examples of an architecturally consis ...
in Nancy and
Park Avenue
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in New York City.
Museum collection
More than 600 glasswork items are in the Daum Collection at the
Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
The Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy (french: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy), one of the oldest museums in France, is housed in one of the pavilions on Place Stanislas, in the heart of the 18th-century urban ensemble, a World Heritage Site by U ...
(Nancy Musée des Beaux-Arts), which documents the history of glass manufacturing from the 1880s through the 1990s.
Notable artists
Since the peak of the Art Nouveau era, DAUM has worked with hundreds of artists and designers to create new collections. Among them were:
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Arman
Arman (November 17, 1928 – October 22, 2005) was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave (''cachets'', ''allures d'objet'') to ...
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Hilton McConnico
Joseph Hilton McConnico (13 May 1943 – 29 January 2018) was a designer and artist who was born in Memphis, Tennessee and lived and worked in Paris from 1965.
Biography
Hilton McConnico was a self-taught fashion designer. He officially launched h ...
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Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck (; born 18 January 1949) is a French industrial architect and designer known for his wide range of designs, including interior design, architecture, household objects, furniture, boats and other vehicles.
Life
Starck was born on ...
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Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...
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Cyril Phan, aka Kongo
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Richard Texier
* Emilio Robba
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Philippe Druillet
Philippe Druillet (; born 28 June 1944) is a French comics artist and creator, and an innovator in visual design.
Biography
Philippe Druillet was born in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France, but spent his youth in Spain, returning to France in 1952 ...
References
External links
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Daum sponsor of Paris Art Fair 2016
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Members of the École de Nancy
Victorian era
Art Nouveau
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