Muller Freres glass was marked with the company name,
which makes it easier for collectors to discern the works.
Famous for their detailed pieces, the studio sometimes
used as many as six or seven different layers of colored
glass, to craft their famous cameos, which were prized -
and usually very expensive - gifts.
In 1871, as Germany began to forcibly annex the Alsace
region of France, the large Muller family fled to the
safer Luneville area of the country. Already accomplished
craftsmen, the members of the Muller family ended up
working in the many glass studios and art houses in and
around the peaceful region. Many of them eventually
apprenticed under the tutelage of Emile Galle, a master
glass craftsman of his era. One of the elder brothers,
Henri, eventually confident that he'd learned enough of
the art, set up his own art glass studio in the same area.
His brothers - and sister Camille - soon joined him, thus creating the Muller Freres studios.
Excerpt taken from: Muller Freres Luneville
