Serge Mouille Furniture
French, 1922-1988
Instantly recognizable by their long slender armatures and domed, ovoid shades, the best-known floor lamps and other lighting fixtures of Serge Mouille have become emblems of the organic design of the mid-20th century. Along with Jean Prouvé, Mathieu Matégot and others, Mouille brought a fresh, modern aesthetic to metalwork, one of the most tradition-bound mediums in the decorative arts.
Mouille (pronounced: MWEE) was born to a working Parisian family. At age 15, he took up studies in the metalworking atelier of that École des Arts Appliqués, under the tutelage of the goldsmith and sculptor Gabriel Lacroix. After graduating, in 1941, Mouille worked in Lacroix’s studio and began teaching at his alma mater four years later.
In the early 1950s, bothered by the preponderance of new Italian lamps and chandeliers on the market and consumed with the belief that fixtures by Gino Sarfatti and others were unnecessarily complex, Mouille opened a lighting-design workshop. He quickly won commissions from several French schools and libraries. In 1956, the influential Paris gallerist Steph Simon — who also promoted Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand and Isamu Noguchi — began to show Mouille designs, introducing his work to private collectors. Mouille would continue making handcrafted lighting fixtures at a slow but steady pace until 1964, when he stopped working to begin a long course of treatment for tuberculosis. When it was completed, Mouille returned to teaching at the École des Arts Appliqués for the remainder of his career.
With the biomorphic shades and long armatures of his fixtures, Mouille created one of the most engaging and idiosyncratic lighting aesthetics of his time. Though often described as “insect-like,” his pieces have more in common with the fluid, buoyant forms in the paintings of Jean Arp. (Mouille designed several cylindrical or columnar lamps; though highly collectible, those are interesting outliers in his body of work.)
As with Prouvé’s folded metal forms and Matégot’s perforated steel, Mouille brought a novel lightness and energy to metal furnishings. Since Mouille’s designs found renewed popularity in the early 2000s, licensed re-editions of his pieces are being produced. The disparity in price between vintage and current-day Mouille pieces is great. Older works — identification tip: the interior white reflective enameling has a yellowish cast — cost $20,000 to $40,000, and newer pieces go for 10 to 20 percent less than that. As you will see on these pages, Serge Mouille created icons of 20th century design — at once sleek, suave and friendly — that belong in any modern decor.
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Creator: Serge Mouille
Serge Mouille - Small Snail Ceiling Lamp
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
A snail shell provides the inspiration for this lamp with its swirling cut-out in the circular shade. Light projects downward through the opening while the shade causes light to refl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel
Serge Mouille - Library Ceiling Lamp
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
Originally designed to illuminate bookshelves in a library, this unique lamp may also light works of art or highlight a particular area in a room. The pivoting lampshade works well a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Serge Mouille - Eye Sconce
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
The Mouille "œil" or Eye Sconce is named for the shape of the shade. This simple yet practical lamp is suitable for many applications due to its diminuative...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Editions Serge Mouille 'Lampadaire Droit' Floor Lamp in Black
By Serge Mouille, Editions Serge Mouille
Located in Glendale, CA
Editions Serge Mouille 'Lampadaire Droit' floor lamp in black. Originally designed in 1953, this iconic lamp is still made by Editions Serge Mouille i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
Serge Mouille - Spider Ceiling Lamp with 7 Arms
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
This lamp with rotating heads on seven fixed arms is a statement as much as it is a ceiling lamp - one that will command the conversation.
Available in white or black. Brass swivels connect the shades.
COLOR OPTION
Available in Black or White
FEATURES
Like all spider lamps, ceiling or wall fixtures, this lamp is asymmetrical.
The arms do not swivel, do not rotate, do not extend nor retract. They are perfectly still.
Only the shades rotate and swivel.
CUSTOMIZATION
Customization possible for the arm's lengths.
Arm length = from vertical line of the pendant to the tip of the shade.
SWITCH OPTIONS
The 7 Arm Spider Ceiling Lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Serge Mouille 'Flame' Wall Lamp in White
By Serge Mouille, Editions Serge Mouille
Located in Glendale, CA
Serge Mouille 'Flame' wall lamp in white. Originally designed in 1962, this iconic lamp is still made by Edition Serge Mouille in France using many of the same small-scale manufactur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Serge Mouille - Saturn Sconce
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
A partial cut allows the outer edge to bend revealing a sculpted ring encircling a central cone reflector to both diffuse and project light into the room. The result is reminiscent o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Serge Mouille 'Lampe Tripode' Table Lamp in White
By Serge Mouille, Editions Serge Mouille
Located in Glendale, CA
Serge Mouille 'Lampe Tripode' table lamp in white. Originally designed in 1954, this iconic lamp is still made by Edition Serge Mouille in France using many of the same small-scale m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Serge Mouille "Cocotte" Table or Wall Lamp in Black
By Serge Mouille, Editions Serge Mouille
Located in Glendale, CA
Serge Mouille "Cocotte" table or wall lamp in black. Originally designed in 1957, this iconic lamp is still made by Edition Serge Mouille in France using many of the same small-scale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum, Brass
Serge Mouille "Saturn" Table Lamp in Black
By Serge Mouille, Editions Serge Mouille
Located in Glendale, CA
Serge Mouille "Saturn" table lamp in black. Originally designed in 1957, this iconic lamp is still made by Edition Serge Mouille in France using many of the same small-scale manufact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
Large Serge Mouille 'Snail' Ceiling Lamp
By Serge Mouille, Editions Serge Mouille
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Serge Mouille 'Snail' ceiling lamp. Originally designed in 1955, this iconic lamp is still made by Editions Serge Mouille in France using many of the original small-scale manuf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
Serge Mouille - Rotating Wall Sconce with 5 Arms
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
A larger sconce with two identical long arms and three shorter arms of varying lengths, this lamp can illuminate a large area of a wall or room. Each lamp head rotates and tilts.
Av...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Serge Mouille - Ceiling Lamp 6 Rotating Arms - DROP, ARM LENGTH CUSTOMIZABLE!
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
Impressively large, this six-arm ceiling lamp is a Mouille Classic. Tilting and rotating heads with rotating arms of 31 and 54 inches make this fixture a truly spectacular statement ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Serge Mouille - Ceiling Lamp with 6 Rotating Arms in Black and White
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
Impressively large, this six-arm ceiling lamp is a Mouille Classic. Tilting and rotating heads with rotating arms of 31 and 54 inches make this fixture a truly spectacular statement ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Serge Mouille - Spider Sconce with 5 Arms in Black or White
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
A larger sconce with two identical long arms and three shorter arms of varying lengths, this lamp can illuminate a large area of a wall or room. Each lamp head rotates and tilts. B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel, Brass, Aluminum
Serge Mouille - Small Totem Floor Lamp
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
In his post black shapes period, Serge Mouille experimented with color and columns. With the Totem, he stacked cylindrical shades around a central lighting element. By alternating th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel
Serge Mouille 'Lampe Tripode' Table Lamp in Black
By Serge Mouille, Editions Serge Mouille
Located in Glendale, CA
Serge Mouille 'Lampe Tripode' table lamp in black. Originally designed in 1954, this iconic lamp is still made by Edition Serge Mouille in France using many of the same small-scale m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Brass, Aluminum, Steel
Serge Mouille - Agrafee Desk Lamp with Double Swivel
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
36 inches at its highest, this adjustable lamp may affix to many surfaces providing direct lighting where it is needed.
Available in white or black. Brass swivels connect the shade...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Serge Mouille "Saturn" Table Lamp in White
By Serge Mouille, Editions Serge Mouille
Located in Glendale, CA
Serge Mouille "Saturn" table lamp in white. Originally designed in 1957, this iconic lamp is still made by Edition Serge Mouille in France using many of the same small-scale manufact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Brass, Aluminum, Steel
Serge Mouille - Small Totem Floor Lamp
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
In his post black shapes period, Serge Mouille experimented with color and columns. With the TOTEM, he stacked cylindrical shades around a central lighting element. By alternating th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Metal
Serge Mouille - Large Signal Floor Lamp
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
Steel pedestals featuring a combination of incandescent and fluorescent lighting. Each glows through rhythmical cuts in solid panes.
The upper part is composed of four elements take...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel
Serge Mouille - Saturn Desk Lamp
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
Taking the planet as inspiration, this desk lamp is a unique source of light, comparable to an eclipse. At the time, it was a revolutionary piece of metal work. Mounted on a brass swivel, with four slender yet very stabile legs. A timeless lamp that fits well with any decor.
COLOR OPTION
Available in Black or White
FEATURES
Shade rotates and swivels
CUSTOMIZATION
No Customization possible on this model.
SWITCH OPTIONS
The Saturn desk lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Serge Mouille - Large Snail Ceiling Lamp in Black
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
A snail shell provides the inspiration for this lamp with its swirling cut out in the circular shade. Light projects downward through the opening while the shade causes light to refl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Brass, Aluminum, Steel
Serge Mouille - Floor Lamp with 3 Arms in White
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
This is the most versatile lamp of the Mouille collection. Each ‘chapeau’ shade can be oriented differently. Sculptural in form with three rotating arms, it stands majestically on a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Serge Mouille - Extra Large Signal Floor Lamp
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
Steel pedestals featuring a combination of incandescent and fluorescent lighting. Each glows through rhythmical cuts in solid panes.
The upper part is composed of four elements take...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Steel
Serge Mouille - Sconce with 1 Arm/Double Swivel in Black
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
The one straight arm, two swivels, is a perfect solution for smaller spaces as it offers a variety of lighting options. This sconce is highly adjustable, with brass swivels, on the b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Serge Mouille Agrafee Lamp
By Serge Mouille
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An original edition lamp, circa 1956.
Beautiful original surface.
Category
1950s French Vintage Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel
French Original 1950s Sconce by Serge Mouille
By Serge Mouille
Located in Long Island City, NY
French original vintage (not a re-edition) black lacquered sconce by Serge Mouille with brass details. Shade and arm are adjustable.
Category
1950s French Vintage Serge Mouille Furniture
Serge Mouille - Large Signal Floor Lamp in Silver
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
10 years after producing his famous first designs, Mouille departed from naturalism and created a series of lighted columns, among them the large and small signals. The signals combi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Serge Mouille - Spider Sconce with 7 Arms in Black or White
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
The largest of the spider sconces, this lamp is not only unique in its design but equally impressive in an installation where it is the focal point of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Serge Mouille - Medium Signal Floor Lamp in Silver
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
10 years after producing his famous first designs, Mouille departed from naturalism and created a series of lighted columns, among them the large and small signals. The signals combi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Rare Pair Original Serge Mouille Petite Saturne Wall Sconces
By Serge Mouille
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare pair of original Serge Mouille Petite Saturne wall sconces.
Designed in 1957. Completely original, down to the wiring and electrics.
Sculptural in every sense of the word, as ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Agrafee Desk Lamps by Serge Mouille
By Serge Mouille
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Agrafee desk lamps by Serge Mouille. Manufactured in France, circa the 1970s. Brass adjustable desk lamps with adjustable shades and black enamel finish. Each lamp holds one bayonet ...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Brass, Aluminum, Steel
Vintage, Original Serge Mouille Lamp with Two Pivoting Arms, 1954
By Serge Mouille
Located in New York, NY
Rare, original Serge Mouille angled wall lamp with two pivoting arms. "Lampadaire" style shade on one and "Casquette" on the other, 1954.
Enameled steel, enameled aluminum and brass...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Vintage Original "Lampadaire" by Serge Mouille, 1953
By Serge Mouille
Located in New York, NY
Vintage, original floor lamp - "Lampadaire Simple" by Serge Mouille, 1953.
Enameled steel, enameled aluminum and brass.
All parts, paint and wiring are original. Lamp is in excellent...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serge Mouille Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Serge Mouille furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Serge Mouille furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Serge Mouille furniture, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 46 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 477 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Serge Mouille were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Editions Serge Mouille , Glustin Creation, and Pierre Chareau. Prices for Serge Mouille furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $275 and can go as high as $50,888, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $7,976.