The Daum brothers, Auguste and Antoni, pioneered glassmaking techniques and were at the forefront of Art Nouveau both in the Nancy School and worldwide. Daum glass renown has survived well beyond that time and is still in great demand. One of the two Daum stores is in Nancy--we visited briefly, hoping it was the outlet store (😀)--but, more importantly, the museum of Daum glass is in the lower floor of the Museum of Fine Arts. Vicki is rather more into fine glass, but even I could find the display of a century+ of Daum glass, particularly the older work, fairly overwhelming...beautiful to look at, marvelous to ponder how it was designed and made.
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Of course there are antique stores all over old Nancy, and Daum
glass is much of what one sees in them; with price tags generally
in the $ thousands... |
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The museum was built over the remnants of Nancy's old fortifications,
so the glass museum shares the space with these remnants and artefacts
from them |
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Also some other glass; I think this was Baccarat? Also from the
region |
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| Helpful model of fortifications |
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| On to the Daum...the interpretive stuff was quite good |
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| Opening artsy/glassy view |
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| More interpretation; and in English too |
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| Half or so of the collection |
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| For a mushroom admirer we know |
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| Return of the Giant Attack Beetle |
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Return of the fortifications...sort of like the Louvre
in this respect |
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| Long after the Belle Epoque |
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| Most recently |
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Even if you're not into glass nor Art Nouveau, it's a pretty incredible
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