Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze and Muller Frères Lunéville Glass Six-Light Chandelier

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Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze and Muller Frères Lunéville Glass Six-Light Chandelier

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French Art Nouveau gilt bronze and Muller Frères Lunéville glass six-light chandelier, circa 1920. This impressive French Art Nouveau period chandelier features a mottled “Pâte de Verre” central, beautifully shaped glass bowl in yellow and blue tones, signed by Muller Frères Lunéville, hung at three ornate bronze chains. Three large gilt bronze swans are holding each a glass lampshade signed as well by Muller Frères Lunéville. The splendid glass shade set of the dark yellow and shades of blue tone emanates a magnificent ambiance creating an impression of a sunset over a sea. This splendid French pendant chandelier features three interior and three exterior lights each with a socket for the B22 light bulb. Dimensions: height: 65 cm / 25.6 in; diameter: 55 cm / 21.65 in. The beautiful multicolored glass bowl was made in the “Pâte de Verre” technique, used in the production of multicolored glass: a cold-formed paste of glass powder and dyes is filled in a refractory mold and then fired in a muffle furnace, wherein the glass melts into the desired shape. To achieve polychrome color effects, the process is repeated with other colors. The production of Pâte de Verre is a slow process that requires a lot of manual skill to avoid bubbles, cloudiness, and cracks in the cooling process. The technique allows for accurate shapes and accurate color gradations in the workpiece, unlike any other glass processing technique. The technique was already known in ancient Rome and Egypt. Especially in the Art Nouveau period, and later in the Art Deco era, she found artistic use again in works by French glass artists such as Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Henry Cros, Albert Dammouse, François Décorchemont, Amalric Walter, Émile Gallé and George Despret. The Crystal Daum, a French manufacturer of commercial glassware, produced numerous works from Pâte de Verre.

Creator:
Muller Frères (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 25.6 in (65 cm)Diameter: 21.66 in (55 cm)
Style:
Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze,Glass,Gilt
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1920-1929
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1920
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. In good, age-appropriate antique condition. The age-related patina on bronze. Signs of use on one of the glass shades on the rim where the bronze is attached - typical for most antique glass lamp shades that are held by bronze fixtures.
Seller Location:
Barntrup, DE
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4268129340462

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Muller Frères

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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