Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.

Art Moderne Vase

Designer Louis Majorelle (French, 1859-1926)

Manufacturer Daum Frères (French, founded 1878)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1921-22

MediumBlown glass with iron

Dimensions13 3/16 × 11 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (33.4 × 29.2 × 29.2 cm)

Inscribed“Daum Nancy,” with Cross of Lorraine engraved on underside; “L. Majorelle,” inscribed on iron

Credit LineGift of Joan Foy French

Object number71.6542

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Glass Art

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DescriptionVase. "Caged" blown into a hammered iron "basket" with glass protruding through openwork in bulges. Glass is clear, then cased with red blotched & speckled & aventurine & some irregular bubble. Cased amber giving a tortoise shell-like appearance.

Label TextDaum Freres and Louis Majorelle Nancy, France Vase, ca. 1921-22 Cased glass blown into wrought iron and brass caged frame Gift of Joan Foy French 71.6542Published ReferencesCENTENAIRE DE DAUM AU JAPAN, 1980, #77. PUBLIC AUCTION OF RARE ART GLASSS AND RELATED ITEMS (Hyannis, MA: Richard A. Bourne Co., Inc., Saturday, November 22, 1969), Item No. 182, ill., n.p. Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 140-141.