Art Nouveau Table Lamp from Daum Nancy, France, 1905

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A beautiful piece of french art nouveau glass art: lamp with a conical base on a ring stand, dome-shaped shade … Read more A beautiful piece of french art nouveau glass art: lamp with a conical base on a ring stand, dome-shaped shade made of multi-layered glass with milky-white and pink powder fusing, featuring a highly etched wild rose design, cameo signature 'daum nancy' with the cross of lorraine on the lower part of the base between the leaves; the shade rests on a patinated metal mounting, which also houses the sockets for two bulbs, one facing upwards and one downwards into the interior of the base. Technique: handmade cameo glass glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; cameo glass vessels were already being made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century this glass art was further developed, especially in nancy. Manufactory: daum frères / nancy, lorraine, france dating: circa 1905 dimensions: height: 36,0 cm / 14.17 in diameter: 19,0 cm / 7.48 in bibliography: carolus hartmann, glasmarken-lexikon / encyclopedia of glass marks, stuttgart / germany 1997, signature number 2984 on page 148, and page 561: daum frères & cie, verreries de nancy condition: very well maintained glass in very good condition, no chips found, electrical system in working order, 2 x e14 bulbs on the design: the development of art nouveau glass art coincides with a revolution in lighting, the significance of which we can no longer fully appreciate today in the 21st century. Around 1880-1890, oil lamps and paraffin lamps were still almost unrivalled in every household. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the ‘electricity fairy’ emerged as a remarkable advance and gradually found its way into the daily lives of all social classes. The glassmakers at the ecole de nancy were true pioneers and eagerly seized the opportunity to use electricity to illuminate the colours applied to the glass. Colour was one of the main concerns of the master glassmakers at the ecole de nancy. Emile and antonin daum returned to the colours that had made the stained glass of the middle ages so splendid and extended the palette of colours in the glass mass as they needed it for the floral motifs and exact representations of nature. But the modulation of the colours, their arrangement in juxtaposed patches, the technique that the impressionist painters practised on their canvases at the same time, was difficult to achieve due to the nature of the glass melted in a large mass. A magnificent testimony to the greatness of french decorative art at the turn of the 20th century, which makes this lamp not only an everyday object of use, but also a work of art in itself. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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european plug (up to 250v).the wiring of this item may be original and might need replacement, if not specified otherwise. See less