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What is chandelier lighting?
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A chandelier is typically suspended from a branching system with multiple lights on the ends, rather than one single light or a pair of lights hanging from a chord or chain.
1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2019
Chandelier lighting is a branched, highly ornamented light fixture that is typically (suspended from) mounted on ceilings lamps.
1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2019
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1950s Italian Brass and Red Lacquered Chandelier with Opaline Glass
Located in Rome, IT
Italian mid-century pendant chandelier from the 1950s, characterized by a light and geometric structure that combines slender brass rods with red lacquered metal elements. The fixtur...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
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Metal, Brass
Exceptional Large Flower Basket Chandelier Barovier Toso Venice Italy 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
XXL Italian Hand-Blown Crystal Flower Chandelier, multi colored Leaf Glass, 1950s to 1960s
A beautiful Italian hand-blown glass and metal basket chandelier, featuring a stunning arr...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
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Metal
Cute Petite Ceramic Shade Pendant Light, Italy 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite ceramic pendant light. Made in Italy, circa 1960s by a ceramic Company.
The combination of the brass, white cord and a cream colored ceramic shade makes the pendant lamp a gem...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
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Brass
Antique Marbled Fluted Alabaster Plafonnier Ceiling Light Pendant, C.1920
Located in London, GB
An imposing early 20th century alabaster plafonnier pendant light. c.1920
Carved from off‑white alabaster with a beautifully fluted, almost shell‑like form, this pendant has real pr...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Chandeliers and Pendants
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Alabaster, Brass
Spanish Colonial Starburst Pendant Light Fixture in Carved Wood, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Handcarved starburst ceiling light fixture in pine wood.
Spain, 1940s
This ceiling light pendant lamp was entirely made by hand and it has an eye-catching construction feauturing a ...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Scandinavian Art Deco pendant lamp, fluorescent glass, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Forserum, SE
A Swedish Art Deco pendant lamp produced by an unidentified manufacturer in the 1930s. The fixture is constructed with a chrome-plated metal stem, twined with a dark green thread tha...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
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Steel
