Daum vase. Nancy, France, ca. 1930

DAUM vase. Nancy, France, ca. 1930.
Carved glass.
Signed.
Measurements: 18 x 18 x 18 cm.

Vase in carved glass of the manufacture Daum, in genuine Art Deco style. Synthetic silhouettes are repeated as an ornamental motif that ornament the drum in double row creating a rhythmic cadence remotely inspired by the Attic designs. The vase, with a wide, truncated cone-shaped belly, has chromatic inclusions in orange tones with black and brown oxide powder.

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. 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.