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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Muller Freres Mottled Glass and Bronze Art Deco Pendant Chandelier, France
By Muller Frères
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare French Art Deco pendant by Muller Frères, Luneville, France, early 1920s. Mottled glass shade, powders are applied between two layers, that comes hung at its original solid bron...
Brass, Bronze
Muller Frères Art Deco Pendant Light
By Muller Frères
Located in NANTES, FR
Muller Frères Art Deco pendant light, circa 1930. Slightly tinted pressed molded glass with a geometric design. Signed Muller Frères. Wired, E14 socket. 7 lights, small screw-in bul...
Glass
Muller Frères Art Deco Chandelier
By Muller Frères
Located in NANTES, FR
Muller Frères, chandelier with 4 plates and central bowl. Floral decor. Silvered bronze frame. Electrified. E14 socket. 5 lights. In perfect condition Height: 85cm Diameter: 52cm Weight: 20 Kg The Muller brothers...
Bronze
French Art Deco Chandelier Signed by Muller Freres
By Muller Frères
Located in North Bergen, NJ
French Art Deco chandelier signed by Muller Freres with five tulips surrounding the center. Beautiful floral motif. Every piece of glass is signed.
French Art Deco Chandelier Signed by Muller Freres
By Muller Frères
Located in North Bergen, NJ
French Art Deco chandelier signed by Muller Frères with four tulips surrounding the center globe. Beautiful geometrical and floral motif. Every piece of glass is signed Muller Frères...
Glass
French Art Deco Flush Mount or Pendant Chandelier by Muller Freres
By Muller Frères
Located in Long Island City, NY
A French Art Deco flush mount was created by the French artist "Muller Freres". The shade dimensions are 13.25" in diameter by 4.5" in Depth in clear frosted glass with intricate geo...
Glass
MULLER FRERES French Art Deco Pendant Chandelier, 1920
By Muller Frères
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Chandelier by Muller Frères, Croismare, France, 1920s. A superb French Art Deco chandelier by Muller Frères, Croismare, dating from the late 1920s. This chandelier fe...
Brass
$2,170
H 23.63 in W 14.18 in D 14.18 in
Antique French Art Deco Pendant / Chandelier by Muller Freres White Glass 1930
By Muller Fres Luneville, Muller Frères
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous & timeless! This French Art Deco pendant by Muller Frères Luneville 1930. Marvelous white frosted glass shade with amazing geometric Art Deco motives. Exquisite frame in ...
Metal, Bronze
Muller Freres French Art Deco Pendant Chandelier, 1920
By Muller Frères
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
MULLER FRERES French Art Deco Chandelier, France, 1920s. This remarkable French Art Deco chandelier by Muller Frères features a thick, signed, molded frosted glass shade. The shade i...
Brass, Bronze
Art Deco French Muller Freres Embossed Glass and Chrome Chandelier
By Muller Frères
Located in Toledo, OH
Art Deco French Muller Freres embossed glass shade with chrome square tubing and ceiling cap. Two European sockets.
Glass
Art Deco Nickeled Bronze & Frosted Glass Six-Arm Chandelier by Muller Frères
By Muller Frères
Located in New York, NY
This elegant chandelier was realized in France, circa 1930, by Muller Fre'res- one of the most celebrated lighting ateliers of the period. It features six conical globes in relief fr...
Nickel
Art Deco Chandelier Signed Muller Frères
By Muller Frères
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco chandelier, composed of a metal base in wrought and hammered iron, supporting a cup of opaque white glass, with geometric decorations and bunches of grapes. The cup is sign...
Metal
Muller Freres French Art Deco Chandelier, 1920
By Muller Frères
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Chandelier by Muller Frères, Luneville, France, 1920s. An exquisite example of French Art Deco lighting, this chandelier by Muller Frères, Luneville, features rare, b...
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Art Deco Globe Lantern Lamp by Muller Frères
By Muller Frères
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An elegant Art Deco Muller Frères globe lamp. The lamp shade gallery and chain are made of metal. It has a molded frosted glass globe shade, decora...
Metal