1963 Serie of 4 Dallux Sconces Attributed to Serge Mouille Brass Glass St Gobain

Sconce To take care of your property and the lives of our customers, the new wiring has been done. If you want to live in the golden years, this is the Wall light that your project needs. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles since 1982. If you are looking for sconces to match your ceiling lighting, we have what you need. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale. 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...

A black lacquered metal "Dallux" table lamp by Serge Mouille, designed in 1963

Rare single wall sconce by Serge Mouille. Designed and manufactured in France, circa 1950. Incredibly rare anatomical wall sconce with two points of...

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 scale and shade that both...

This sconce incorporates the "moule" or mussel shell shade, simple and natural in design. The shade is connected by a brass swivel and supported on a bent, rotating arm attached to t...

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 scale and shade that both...

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 scale and shade that both...

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 scale and shade that both...

With three stationary arms projecting from the central mount into the room, this lamp becomes a reference point while illuminating the surroundings. Each lamp head tilts and revolves...

With three stationary arms projecting from the central mount into the room, this lamp becomes a reference point while illuminating the surroundings. Each lamp head tilts and revolves...