Exquisite French Art Nouveau Style Jean Daum “Pate De Verre” Brilliant & Luminous Oval Glass Plaque “La Danse”, Circa 1940

Exquisite French art glass from the famous Jean Daum’s glassworks in Nancy France. In the Art nouveau style, this “Pate de Verre” oval glass plaque titled “La Danse” depicts a semi-relief figure of a female dancer with a transparent flowing shawl in a burnt umber tone on a luminous canary yellow base.

Pate de Verre ( translation “glass paste”) is an ancient technique in which glass is made by blending and refining powdered glass of different colours into molds. Crushed glass is mixed with a binder, placed in a mold, and then fired in a kiln, resulting in a textured, sculpted glass art object. This technique was first used by Egyptians about 3,600 years ago. The process was revived by French art glassmakers, especially Jean Daum and Galle around the end of the nineteenth century. Jean Daum (1825-1885) founded a glassworks in Nancy, France, in 1878.  In 1885 sons Auguste (1853-1909) and Antonin (1864-1930) established an art department and introduced Daum’s famous art nouveau “pate de verre” and “cameo glass”.

Signed on the front side in raised and impressed letters “Daum” and below the figure  “La Danse”.  A wonderful example of French Daum “pate de verre” art glass in excellent condition, circa 1940.

Dimensions: height 11″ x width 5.75″ x depth 1.75″