Antonin DAUM (1864 - 1930) & Louis MAJORELLE (Toul 1859 - Nancy 1926)

"Dandelion flowers Circa 1902 Three-light lamp with hammered, wrought-iron structure, the base opening out into six curved, serrated leaves, on which rise three stems adorned in the middle with "buds" each enclosing a shaded green glass element. At the top, fine openwork collars hold spherical glass "capitules" covered with juxtaposed violet-engraved florets on a high-contrast grey-white background. Signed "Daum # Nancy L. Majorelle" on one leaf. HT: 64.5 cm Spheres - H: 12 cm, D: 11cm An extraordinary "Dandelions flowers" lamp designed around 1902 by Augustin Daum, Antonin Daum & Louis Majorelle. Wrought iron base figuring the stems and leaves of three dandelions, each stem surrounding a green glass element. On the highest part come three glass spheres covered with purple acid etched flowers on a white-grey background. Signed "Daum # Nancy L. Majorelle" in one leaf. H : 25,39 inch Spheres - H : 4,72 inch, D : 4,33 inch Bibliography : - Roselyne Bouvier: "Majorelle", Editions Serpenoise, 1991, model reproduced full-page color 55. - Daum dans les Musées de Nancy", model reproduced on page 174 under number 46. - Alastair Duncan: "Majorelle", Flammarion, Paris, model reproduced on page 149. - model reproduced in the Illustrated Official Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Alliance Provinciale des Industries d'Art - Ecole de Nancy at the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs - Pavillon de Marsan, March 1 to April 1, 1903, Editions de la Lorraine Artiste, March 1903.