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A RARE AND IMPORTANT MULLER AND CHAPELLE GLASS AND WROUGHT IRON FIGURAL ART DECO LAMP circa 1920, the finely molded wrought iron fretwork armature encasing the blown glass body of a cockerel, internally decorated with lemon yellow, raspberry pink, and cobalt blue infused with silver flakes, sporting hand wrought multi-layered tail feathers and wings rising from an incised iron pad on variegated gray marble base. Glass inscribed "Muller Fres Luneville". Base inscribed "Chapelle Nancy France". Height 16.5", Length 20.75".

Estimate $8,000-$12,000

Literature: "Glass: Art Nouveau to Art Deco" by Victor Arwas, Abrams Publishers, New York, 1987. Page 236