Bud Vase
Daum Frères, Nancy, France
French, established 1875
c. 1910
A painted-glass bud vase in which Daum Frères distilled an organic, plant-like form into a refined, whisper-thin vessel meant to hold a single stem.
What strikes you is the extreme, tapering neck rising from a rounded, soot-darkened base, its soft mottled browns and fine vertical streaks giving the surface a weathered, almost molten translucence.
Made around 1910 in Nancy, this vase shows how Daum merged experimental glass techniques and natural motifs to expand the expressive possibilities of decorative objects within the Art Nouveau era.
Medium
Painted glass
Dimensions
6 3/8 × 2 × 2" (16.2 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Joseph H. Heil Bequest
Accession
311.1977
Palette
Art Terms
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