Le Céramiste Edmond Lachenal et la verrerie Daum: Une collaboration méconnue. Les Verres artistiques, 1895–1898

At the turn of the 20th century, Edmond Lachenal (1855–1948) and the Daum glass factory collaborated on two separate occasions: the models designed by the Parisian ceramist were executed by the glassmakers in Nancy. This article focuses on the fruits of the first period: the artistic glasses. The list of the 10 or so known pieces, presented here in the form of a catalog, and the discovery of new printed sources demonstrate that this production was not exclusively intended for the 1897 Brussels International Exposition, but began in 1895 and was still exhibited in 1898. Quantitatively, this production may be estimated at three or four dozen glasses. Comparing them with pieces produced by each of the partners reveals the reuse of form and ornamentation, making the effort to assign attributions futile, especially because the contractual terms of the collaboration are unknown.