18th Century Solid Brass Dutch Light Fixture Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality solid brass Dutch style six light hanging light fixture. Originally a candle fixture now converted to electric. Completely re-wired and ready to install. The length or...
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Dutch Continental Brass Chandelier, 18 Lights, Mid-18th Century Design
Located in Queens, NY
Dutch Continental (mid-18th Century) brass 3-tiered 18 light chandelier with scroll arms and bulbous double headed eagle medallion top with a ring finial bottom Electrical condition...
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18th Century Dutch Open Pineapple Shaped Design Brass Chandelier
Located in valatie, NY
18th century Dutch open pineapple shaped central support brass chandelier with 6-light.
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Fine 17th-18th Century Polish or Dutch Brass Two-Tier 12-Light Chandelier
Located in Milford, NH
Probably Polish or Dutch, dating to the late 17th or early 18th century, in very good overall condition, retaining a nice early surface, with one arm repair, other minor imperfection...
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Dutch, 17th Century, Brass Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
An important Dutch, 17th century, brass chandelier signed with the initials, “EEV”. The chandelier has a turned, tapering stem supporting two tiers of six scrolled candle arms termi...
Two Dutch Baroque, Brass Chandeliers
Located in Charleston, SC
Two important examples of Dutch Baroque, brass chandeliers each with a ring suspending two graduated tiers of six, scrolled candle arms emanating from a double baluster and globular ...
Late 18th Century Dutch Brass Candle Chandelier
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A bold late 18th Century Dutch cast brass six branch chandelier.
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Large 18th Century Dutch Style Brass Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very big 18th century Dutch style chandelier. Eighteen arms all solid brass and French wired.
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Dutch Baroque 18th Century Bronze Two-Tier Chandelier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Height 65 cm, diameter 65 cm. Dutch Baroque style,late 18th century. This bronze chandelier is in original 18th century state.
Bronze
Large 2-Tier Dutch Brass Chandelier with 12 Lights, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large 2-Tier Dutch Brass Chandelier with 12 Lights from the 18th century.
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18th Century Dutch-Style Eight Arm Chandelier
Located in Asheville, NC
This handsome 18th C. Dutch-style Chandelier is done in the baroque manner. The Chandelier features a light solid brass coloration, with a turned baluster supporting "S" scroll arms,...
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18th Century Large Baroque Brass Chandelier, Dutch, 2-Tiered, 12-Light
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Dutch chandelier, large brass 18th century hanging lights, baroque, two-tiered, 12-light, good working condition.
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Dutch Brass Chandelier
Located in Nantucket, MA
brass chandelier, not electrified, but could be
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Antique Dutch Flemish Renaissance Chandelier
Located in Lincoln, GB
Antique Dutch Flemish Renaissance Chandelier, dating back to circa 1800, is a stunning representation of the craftsmanship and design aesthetics of its time. Constructed from high-q...
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Antique Dutch Flemish Renaissance Chandelier
Located in Lincoln, GB
Antique Dutch Flemish Renaissance Chandelier (circa 1800) This exquisite Dutch Flemish Renaissance chandelier, dating back to approximately 1800, is a magnificent testament to the e...
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Set of Two Dutch Bronze Antique Twelve-Arm Candleholder Chandeliers
Located in Antwerp, BE
Charming large 18th century Dutch/Flemish solid bronze twelve-arm chandeliers with patterned mounted branches come from a pillar ends in a large ball and ring.
Bronze
Large 18th Century Dutch Brass Chandelier with 12 Lights
Located in Atlanta, GA
Dutch 18th century brass chandelier with 12 lights.
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Set of Two Dutch Bronze Antique 12-Arm Candleholder Chandelier, 18th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Charming large 18th century Dutch or Flamish solid bronze 12-arm chandeliers with patterned mounted branches come from a pillar ends in a large ball and ring.
Bronze
Dutch Bronze Twelve-Arm Candle Holder Chandelier, 18th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Height 65 cm,diameter 65 cm. Dutch Baroque,late 18th century. In the 20th century they adjusted this chandelier with electricity,the bronze dishes pierced for the attachment o...
Bronze
Dutch Colonial 7-Light Brass Chandelier, 18th Century
Located in valatie, NY
Dutch colonial 7-light brass chandelier with pegged, scrolled arms on bulbous turned shaft. This has a beautiful, mellow patina with great proportions. It has been surface wired to U...
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18th Century Dutch Bronze Chandelier w/ Double-Headed Eagle, Dolphins & Mermen
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An exceptionally beautiful and large Baroque chandelier with candelabra from the low countries in Europe in cast bronze with eight removable arms and decorative, mythological motifs ...
Bronze
Pair of Dutch Brass Six Light Chandeliers
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of 18th or 19th century diminutive Dutch brass chandeliers, each with central baluster issuing six lamp or candle arms with drip pans on the lower tier, tapered ringed fi...
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Dutch Baroque Brass Twelve Light Chandelier
Located in Essex, MA
With two tiers of six lights attached to a turned stem with large sperule at base. Provenance; Fogg Art Museum. Bobeche and candleholder drilled for wire.
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18th Century Dutch Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unusual 12 light fixture now electrified. Richly detailed brass with elegant and elaborately formed arms.
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18th Century Dutch Patinated Black Brass Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This 18th century Dutch patinated black brass chandelier has 12 beautiful S-scroll arms and hand spun center.
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Anglo-Dutch Brass Chandelier, Early 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Feild, page 142-3. English/Dutch, early 18th century. Florian Papp, fine antiques in our New York gallery since 1900.
Small 18th Century Dutch Brass Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Essex, MA
A fine quality small Dutch 18th century brass six-light chandelier, the 6 scrolled arms over a sphere and ring.
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18th Century Dutch White Brass Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This beautiful chandelier is made of solid white brass and was constructed in the late 18th century. It features double scroll detail on each of the arms and they meet in a circular ...
Late-18th Century Dutch or English Hand-Spun and Caste Brass Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This small, rare chandelier has a hand-spun brass ball and stem and cast arms. Each of the seven arms are solid brass and feature scrolls of different sizes. This piece was originall...
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Beautiful 18th C Steel Dutch Chandelier
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
This is a stunning period chandelier that has been French wired in the late 20thC. This is most likely 17th C and not 18th.
Dutch Chandelier 17th Century
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
six lights
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An 18th Century Twelve-Light Dutch Brass Two-Tier Chandelier
Located in Armadale, Victoria
The graduated globular baluster stem with two graduated tiers, each tier with six scroll arms to drip pans and bud nozzle with faux candle lights to ring finial. Electrified.
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Chandeliers — simple in form, inspired by candelabras and originally made of wood or iron — first made an appearance in early churches. For those wealthy enough to afford them for their homes in the medieval period, a chandelier's suspended lights likely exuded imminent danger, as lit candles served as the light source for fixtures of the era. Things have thankfully changed since then, and antique chandeliers and pendant lights are popular in many interiors today.
While gas lighting during the late 18th century represented an upgrade for chandeliers — and gas lamps would long inspire Danish architect and pioneering modernist lighting designer Poul Henningsen — it would eventually be replaced with the familiar electric lighting of today.
The key difference between a pendant light and a chandelier is that a pendant incorporates only a single bulb into its design. Don’t mistake this for simplicity, however. An Art Deco–styled homage to Sputnik from Murano glass artisans Giovanni Dalla Fina, with handcrafted decorative elements supported by a chrome frame, is just one stunning example of the elaborate engineering that can be incorporated into every component of a chandelier. (Note: there is more than one lighting fixture that shares its name with the iconic mid-century-era satellite — see Gino Sarfatti’s design too.)
Chandeliers have evolved over time, but their classic elegance has remained unchanged.
Not only will the right chandelier prove impressive in a given room, but it can also offer a certain sense of practicality. These fixtures can easily illuminate an entire space, while their elevated position prevents them from creating glare or straining one’s eyes.
Certain materials, like glass, can complement naturally lit settings without stealing the show. Brass, on the other hand, can introduce an alluring, warm glow. While LEDs have earned a bad reputation for their perceived harsh bluish lights and a loss of brightness over their life span, the right design choices can help harness their lighting potential and create the perfect mood. A careful approach to lighting can transform your room into a peaceful and cozy nook, ideal for napping, reading or working.
For midsize spaces, a wall light or sconce can pull the room together and get the lighting job done. Perforated steel rings underneath five bands of handspun aluminum support a rich diffusion of light within Alvar Aalto's Beehive pendant light, but if you’re looking to brighten a more modest room, perhaps a minimalist solution is what you’re after. The mid-century modern furniture designer Charlotte Perriand devised her CP-1 wall lamps in the 1960s, in which a repositioning of sheet-metal plates can redirect light as needed.
The versatility and variability of these lighting staples mean that, when it comes to finding something like the perfect chandelier, you’ll never be left hanging. From the natural world-inspired designs of the Art Nouveau era to the classic beauty of Paul Ferrante's fixtures, there is a style for every room.
With designs for pendant lights and chandeliers across eras, colors and materials, you’ll never run out of options to explore on 1stDibs — shop a collection today that includes antique Art Deco chandeliers, Stilnovo chandeliers, Baccarat chandeliers and more.
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