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Serge Mouille Tripod Desk Lamp

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Available in black or white and custom options upon request. Please inquire for more information.Details
- CreatorSerge Mouille (Designer)
- DimensionsHeight: 14 in. (35.56 cm)Width: 12 in. (30.48 cm)Depth: 14 in. (35.56 cm)
- StyleMid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques
- Place of Origin
- Period
- Date of Manufacture2015
- Production TypeNew & Custom(Re-Edition)
- Estimated Production TimeAvailable Now
- Condition
- Seller LocationBrooklyn, NY
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- ShippingShips From: Brooklyn, NY
- Return Policy
A return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
About the Designer
Serge Mouille
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.
Find vintage Serge Mouille table lamps, chandeliers and other lighting on 1stDibs.
- Agrafee Desk Lamp by Serge MouilleBy Serge MouilleLocated in Brooklyn, NYClamp desk lamp. At 36 inches at its highest, these lamps may affix to many surfaces providing direct lighting where it is needed. The entire collection of licensed Serge Mouille ...Category
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- Agrafee Desk Lamp, Double Swivel, by Serge MouilleBy Serge MouilleLocated in Brooklyn, NYClamp desk lamp with pivoting arm. At 26 inches at their highest, these lamps may affix to many surfaces providing direct lighting where it is needed. Available in white or black. Br...Category
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- Saturne Desk Lamp by Serge MouilleBy Serge MouilleLocated in Brooklyn, NYTaking 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 sw...Category
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- Serge Mouille Library Ceiling LampBy Serge MouilleLocated in Brooklyn, NYThis is a certified re-edition, produced by the Mouille family on the site of Serge Mouille's original workshop. Originally designed to illuminate bookshelves in a library, this un...Category
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$4,720 / item - Serge Mouille Spider Ceiling Lamp 7 ArmsBy Serge MouilleLocated in Brooklyn, NYThis ceiling lamp is an authorized re-edition, produced by the Serge Mouille family at the site of his original workshop. With seven adjustable shade on fixed arms of different le...Category
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- Small TOTEM Floor Lamp by Serge MouilleBy Serge MouilleLocated in Brooklyn, NYIn 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
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