Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Muller Frères was a family-owned glassworks that is best known for its striking designs produced in the Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles. The French company’s chandeliers, vases, lamps and other glass pieces created in the latter style — which were largely characterized by elegantly crafted natural-world motifs and subtle, organic forms — are highly sought after and make for distinctive additions to any space.
Henri Muller opened the company with four of his brothers in Lunéville, during a time that saw the modernizing Art Nouveau movement in the decorative arts develop countrywide as well as in Britain. It quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States. Muller’s sister and an additional three brothers later joined the business.
The Muller family custom-ordered glass blanks from a glassworks near Nancy. The brothers learned about glass design from Émile Gallé, an innovative pioneer in glass artistry who would become a leading light of Art Nouveau. The style, which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. The earliest works by Muller Frères, which were often crafted in cameo glass, are strongly demonstrative of Gallé’s style and influence.
After a period that saw a pause in production owing to World War I, the company saw considerable success.
Muller Frères employed several hundred people at its commercial peak, when the Art Deco style of the 1920s, which was brought to international attention at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, was popularized by the likes of René Lalique, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Jules Leleu. Authentic Muller Frères Art Deco sconces and pendants and hanging lamps featured sculptural wrought iron frames and saw an integration of high-polished nickel plating, bronze, frosted glass and silver leaf.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
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1830s French Art Deco Antique Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1920s Art Nouveau Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
20th Century French Art Nouveau Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1920s French Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel, Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
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Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
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Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
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Glass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
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Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
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Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel, Bronze
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze, Nickel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Nickel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze, Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel
Early 20th Century Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Bronze
20th Century French Art Deco Muller Frères Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze