Maharishi Serge Mouille-Anthony Desk Lamp

Serge Mouille-Anthony Desk Lamp

Condition:Vintage Condition. Patina And Some Signs Of Age. Fitted With Uk Plug And Tested.

Dimensions:37.8Cm X 13.4Cm X 13.4Cm

Made By Hand In Mouille’S Original Workroom-1000 Examples Of Each Model Per Year. Serge Mouille Earned His Master Silversmith Diploma In 1941 From The Ecole Des Arts Appliques In Paris, Studying Under Sculptor And Silversmith Gilbert Lacroix, For Whom He Worked As An Assistant. In 1945, He Began Tutoring At The Ecole Des Arts Appliques And Established His Own Metalworking Studio, Where He Designed Chandeliers, Sconces, And Hand Rails, And Beginning In The 1950S, A Variety Of Standing And Wall-Mounted Lamps And Sconces For Which He Is Arguably Best Known. Many Of His Angular, Almost Insect-Like Designs During This Period Had Sculptural, Even Kinetic Qualities. Notable Pieces Include His Three-Arm Floor Lamp (1952), Flammes (1954), Saturn (1958), As Well As The Colonnes Floor Lamp Collection (1962), Which Embraced The Newest Lighting Technology Of The Time—Fluorescent Tubes. During The Late 1950S, Mouille Also Designed Jewelery As Well As Institutional Lighting For A Variety Of Clients, Including Schools In Marseilles And Strasbourg And The Modernist Cathedral In Bizerte, Tunisia. In 1955, Mouille Became A Member Of The French National Art Society, Was Invited To Join The Societe Des Artistes Decorateurs, And Was Awarded The Charles Plumet Prize. In 1958, He Received A Diploma Of Honor At The Brussels Expo. By 1964, He Had Stopped Producing Lighting And Spent His Remaining Years Designing Jewelry And Tutoring At The Ecole Des Arts Appliques.

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