Bud Vase
Daum Frères, Nancy, France
French, established 1875
c. 1910
A small painted glass bud vase by Daum Frères that aims to raise a simple vessel into a sculptural, painterly Art Nouveau object.
Its startling silhouette—an almost droplet-shaped bulb stretched into a long, delicate neck—is coated in streaky yellow and deep red that read like flowing, molten paint across the surface.
An example of early-20th-century French Art Nouveau glass, it exemplifies how Daum Frères blurred craft and fine art to expand decorative-glass aesthetics and influence modern studio glass design.
Medium
Painted glass
Dimensions
6 × 2 × 2" (15.2 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Joseph H. Heil Bequest
Accession
316.1977
Palette
Art Terms
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