Louis Millet

Louis J. Millet was an educator, industrial art school founder, and interior designer in the United States.

[1] He worked on Louis Sullivan[1] and George W. Maher[2][3] projects and went into business with portraitist George Healy at the interior design firm Healy & Millet offering services including interior decoration, floor tiling, and wood mantels.

[5] Millet and Healy were friends who studied in Paris together during the 1870s and became business partners after moving to Chicago in 1879.

[4] Millet taught at the Art Institute of Chicago’s school from 1886 until 1918 and directed its department of decorative design.

King House's great room[8] aa well as a similarly themed mosaic fireplace surround with thistle design.