Jacques Gruber was the most prominent designer working at Daum between 1893 and 1897.
From 1893, he designed vessels intended for national and international exhibitions,
most of which were unique pieces. He is most probably the author of the shape that appeared
in 1894 and of which very few examples are known, more or less all equal in height and with
various designs of poppies, thistles, sweet peas, and peacock feathers.
Most of them are presently in museums. We were unable to locate a similar example in that particular height.
Jules Marchand was the principal engraver at the Daum workshop. Working with an oil lamp, he ended his life blind

L’article DAUM NANCY – JACQUES GRUBER – JULES MARCHAND, Engraver – “VIGNE” VASE, 1895 est apparu en premier sur Art Nouveau | Art Déco - Antiquaire à Monaco | Robert Zehil Gallery.

Bibliography
Jacques Gruber et l'art Nouveau, Gallimard - Musée de l'École de Nancy, Paris, 2011, a screen with a comparable design is illustrated on page 87

L’article JACQUES GRUBER – “VOSGES LANDSCAPE AND CLEMATIS” SCREEN, CIRCA 1896 est apparu en premier sur Art Nouveau | Art Déco - Antiquaire à Monaco | Robert Zehil Gallery.

The title is taken from the name of the last month of the French Republican calendar, which represented
the “fruits that the sun gilds and ripens from August to September”.
The carved decoration of our vase shows multiple inspirations: Greek and Roman, Japanese art,
and German Expressionism. It can be compared with two other vases: “L’heure calme”.
“L’incantation crépusculaire”, 1895, in the Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels,
and “Tristan et Yseult”, circa 1897, in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy.

Bibliography
Antonin Daum, A french Glass Worker of the 19th Century, The Artist, 1898, ill. p. 212
Janine Bloch-Dermant, L’Art du verre en France 1860-1904, éd. Denoël, 1974, ill. p. 140
Daum, cent ans de verre et de cristal, exhibition catalogue, musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy,
1977, n. 40
Noël Daum, Daum Maîtres Verriers, éd. Edita, Lausanne, 1985, ill. p. 58
Félix Marcilhac, Connoisseur’s Choice, The Staste, n. 1, September-October 1990, ill. p. 75

Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Daum, Nancy

L’article JACQUES GRUBER – DAUM NANCY – “FRUCTIDOR” VASE, 1896 est apparu en premier sur Art Nouveau | Art Déco - Antiquaire à Monaco | Robert Zehil Gallery.

L’article JACQUES GRUBER – TRAY, CIRCA 1900 est apparu en premier sur Art Nouveau | Art Déco - Antiquaire à Monaco | Robert Zehil Gallery.