Crystal decorative flower – Daum company

The Gardens of the World have been reinterpreted in crystal, and Daum plays with artistic influences, paying tribute to the most beautiful flowers.

This season, Maison Daum offers a decorative bouquet of flowers and a vase in the form of “Sweet Garden,” a true handful of various flower varieties, as if gathered during a countryside walk.

The vase strikes the perfect balance between wildflowers and garden herbs intertwined with thin branches with delicate leaves. Lisianthus, limonium, wheat, sunflower, daisy, poppy, and sweet pea turn towards the sun, wrapping around eucalyptus branches and olive leaves. Daum artisans play with color, adding subtlety and dynamism to every detail of these crystal flowers. Thanks to this rich palette, they highlight the evolution of light on the flowers throughout the day.

Craftsmen from this factory poetically carved these delicate, crystallized flowers in vibrant colors: deep green, light shades of purple and violet. Nature comes to life through tiny details carved into the crystal, creating a play of shapes and colors with this bold mixture. The flowers have a rounded shape, revealing the variety of petals that make up each bloom.

Light, like a gentle caress, remains on the crystal as the sun does on a bouquet. Elements of this collection evoke a certain romanticism and bring a touch of wild freshness into our interiors.

Daum is a high-quality craftsmanship combined with a passion for creating beautiful objects.

Discover the story

Daum, the legendary master glassmaker who for over a century has maintained close relationships with the greatest artists of his time, giving their works a second life in crystal and color. From École de Nancy, Art Nouveau, to decorative arts, from Majorelle to Dalí, Arman, and Hilton McConnico, Daum has never missed a single magical encounter between artistic creativity and modern knowledge, continually renewing the marriage of art and exceptional craftsmanship.

Few brands have collaborated with so many artists: for nearly 140 years, over 350 exceptional autographs have created an unparalleled legacy, a unique collection of this kind.

How can we translate these works into crystal sculptures? Here is the secret of Daum, a creator of extraordinary objects, highly skilled artisans, a laboratory of wonders, a designer of beautiful items.

Creation methods

The pâte de cristal technique is rare and very ancient. This technique appeared as early as 5000 BC (found in the tombs of pharaohs). Long forgotten, it was rediscovered by Daum in 1900 and further developed in 1968. The process is extremely delicate. Products obtained by combining pieces of mixed crystal are characterized by graininess, materiality, and soft contours that cannot be achieved with blown glass.

Daum’s specialty, copied but never matched—the pâte de cristal—is a precious material that gives the object a sculptural dimension and continues to evolve. This crystal paste has the unique property of imparting transparency to the shapes it reproduces. The shine, vibrant colors, and subdued shades give it a distinctive character.

The pâte de cristal contains nearly 30% lead. It is produced from specially prepared crystal in kilns. Several factors influence the final color: weighing of materials, mixture proportions, chemical reactions of certain minerals and metals, temperature increase, and cooling of the furnaces.

Thanks to the lost-wax casting method developed by Daum, reproducing the original with perfect accuracy according to the artist’s wishes is possible. Currently, Daum is the only crystal manufacturer in the world capable of creating this exceptional material with such precision. The pâte de cristal is a substance that has been evolving for over a century, adapting to the whims of master glassmakers’ imagination. It is through mastery and ongoing research that world-renowned masterpieces are born.