On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

This object consists of 3 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Lamp

ca. 1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Daum (manufacturer)
Daum, Paul (designer)
Majorelle, Louis (maker)
Brandt, Edgar (designer)
Place of origin
Nancy (made)

Object also has a fitting and length of wire, original, which are stored in BH.MF6.39.4

Object details

Category
Glass
Object type
Lamp
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Lamp
  • Wire
  • Fitting
Materials and techniques
Glass mould-blown into forged and cast iron mount
Brief description
Lamp, France (Nancy), designed, probably, by Paul Daum for Daum Frères, mount possibly designed by or in the style of Edgar Brandt, made by Louis Majorelle, 1925
Physical description
Object also has a fitting and length of wire, original, which are stored in BH.MF6.39.4
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.2cm
  • Base diameter: 17.5cm
Style
20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'Majorelle' incised on the glass (Mark of mount maker)
Gallery label
This shape was also produced as a vase - see the example in the city museum, Place Stanislas, Nancy. Around 1900, Daum Frères were central to the École de Nancy, the group of glassmakers, furniture makers, architects and designers of whom perhaps the most celebrated was Emile Gallé. By 1925, Daum Fréres had moved on from their own distinctive art nouveau style to a highly polished commercial line in cast, chunkily modelled glass in the taste of the mid and later twenties. Louis Majorelle, furniture designer and the maker of the bronze mounmt also collaborated with the glass maker Argy-Rousseau.
Bibliographic reference
Arwas, V: Art Nouveau-Art Deco; Garner, P in Dan Klein hist. of Glass. Nancy; Daum dans les Musees de Nancy illus. pl.114 as a vase
Other number
9520 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.357-1971

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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