DAUM. Nancy, France, ca.1920. Art Deco centrepiece... Lot 32

DAUM. Nancy, France, ca.1920. Art Deco centrepiece of dodecagonal form in translucent glass cut in geometric forms in pink, which in the light appears amber. Signed Daum Nancy-France on the side of the base. A vase with similar characteristics is reproduced in the book "Europe de l'Art Verrier", p. 127, no. 215. Procedure: Private Collection, Spain between 1970-1990. Measurements: 21 cm (height); 26.5 cm (diameter). 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 was joined by his brother Antonin (1864-1931), and the Daum workshops soon became a meeting place and training ground for many young artists, who gave impetus to the Art Nouveau style in Nancy. At first they made ordinary glass, but in 1891 they decided to open a decorative workshop and to embark on artistic production, probably as a result of the success of Émile Gallé (1846-1904) at the 1889 Exhibition. During the First World War, the factory closed, but resumed production after the war, adapting to the change in 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.