Art Nouveau

I brought a few more boxes of possessions over from the loft in the UK. There is not much left, but I filled three large boxes with treasured knickknacks and useful possessions. Included in that collection was the Art Nouveau Daum glass lamp. I rather like the way that it appears to illuminate the sunset in the painting. Daum is a crystal studio based in Nancy, France, founded in 1878 by Jean Daum. His sons oversaw its growth during the burgeoning Art Nouveau period. Daum is one of the only crystal manufacturers to employ the pâte de verre (glass paste) process for art glass and crystal sculptures, a technique in which crushed glass is packed into a refractory mould and then fused in a kiln.
I resumed tennis lessons today and then went along to French conversation. There were only three of us and we did not have our usual francophone but we still had a good chat.