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3 Light Elegance Brass Dish Chandelier

Glossy Cream Ceramic Chandelier in Antique Brass 5-Arm 42.5" DIA
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Five antique brass patina arms curve up from a ceramic cluster dish to five tall stoneware ceramic
Category

2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

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1957 Natural Oak Dining Table
By Aeterna Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handcrafted, natural oak dining table, made out of recovered solid wood.  Tabletop is 4" thick.
Category

2010s Mexican Industrial Dining Room Tables

Materials

Hardwood, Oak

1957 Natural Oak Dining Table
1957 Natural Oak Dining Table
H 30 in W 108 in D 42 in
Small Gold Speckled Murano Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Small wall sconces made of a single piece of Murano glass, textured in gold color. Brass plates at the top and bottom.
Category

2010s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Small Gold Speckled Murano Glass Wall Sconces
Small Gold Speckled Murano Glass Wall Sconces
H 15.75 in W 4.34 in D 2.76 in
Spider Wall Light, Three Arms, Brass and Lacquered Metal, Mid-Century Style
By Stilnovo
Located in Bochum, NRW
Inspired by the Italian mid-century designs, this wall light will make the focus center of your interior. Three arms piercing the center, each ending with a lacquered metal / brass s...
Category

2010s European Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal, Brass

Large Alta Brass Dome Chandelier by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Alta brass dome features a spun metal shade with a brass canopy and rod. The shade is available in brass or powdercoated metal finishes. Shown here in antiqued brass. The Lawso...
Category

2010s American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Travertine and White Oak Center Table
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Great craftsmanship with a modern sensibility; travertine top center or dining table with solid oak angled cylinder base with a bleached washed finish; made to order; custom versions...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Center Tables

Materials

Stone, Concrete, Travertine

Arc Well Sconce
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
A spot bulb shoots light into a sandblasted glass dome, the fixture creates a warm glow inside the glass. UL certified. Handcrafted in USA.
Category

2010s American Flush Mount

Materials

Brass

Arc Well Sconce
Arc Well Sconce
H 21.5 in Dm 8.25 in
Polifemo Sconce Contemporary Sculptural Wall Light Fixture Brass Onyx Wood
By Silvio Mondino Studio
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Polifemo sconce is a composition of three natural elements, alabaster, brass, and mongoy wood complementing each other through a dialogue of pure geometries. The name of the piece r...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

VeniceM Less 5 Pendant Light in Metal and Glass by Massimo Tonetto
By VeniceM, Massimo Tonetto
Located in Mogliano Veneto, TV
Suspended lamp with diffused light. Burnished natural brass, polished black nickel or matte black nickel structure composed of brass profiles, satin blown glass spheres and satin gla...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

pair of wall lamps sconces barovier&toso 1950s - barovier & toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in taranto, IT
pair of murano glass wall sconces in white color machined, 1950s Barovier&Toso production, with brass construction elements, brass wall bracket. Made with the "dew" technique, that ...
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

All in Bouclé Fabric Curved Armchair
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Welcoming and comfortable chair all in bouclé fabric and amazing curved shaped!
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric

All in Bouclé Fabric Curved Armchair
All in Bouclé Fabric Curved Armchair
H 26.78 in W 22.45 in D 29.53 in
Modern Armona Dining Table, Patagonia Stone, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona dining table, Contemporary Collection, handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Armona modern dining tabl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Marble, Granite, Bronze, Brass

Stool in Shearling and Walnut by Boyd & Allister
By Boyd & Allister
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This stool in shearling and walnut is very cute and very soft. It's also nice to sit on. We source a quality sheepskin with long, wavy fleece. The legs are angled and gently flare as...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Stools

Materials

Sheepskin, Walnut

Art Deco Alabaster Chandelier
Located in Westwood, NJ
An Art Deco-inspired chandelier, understated in style, with a fine hand-finished Italian alabaster bowl suspended from nickel-plated diamond-shaped chains. All components are pro...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

Art Deco Alabaster Chandelier
Art Deco Alabaster Chandelier
H 46.5 in W 18 in D 18 in
James de Wulf Concrete Split Locking Dining Table, 48"
By James de Wulf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The James de Wulf classic Split Locking Dining Table features a split radius in the tabletop. The table consists of two pieces: table top and base, which are locked together by gravi...
Category

2010s American Brutalist Dining Room Tables

Materials

Concrete

Concave Side Rectangular Pedestal Base Marble Dining Conference Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large concave rectangle Mid-Century Modern marble dining conference table. Beautiful dramatic marble veins pattern.
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Conference Tables

Materials

Marble

Contemporary European Half Moon Pair of Cream Alabaster & Brass Modern Sconces
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Art Deco is still here! This contemporary pair of sconces, entirely handcrafted in Spain, has a typical streamlined Art Deco design and reflects the era in all the details: th...
Category

2010s Spanish Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Alabaster, Metal, Brass

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A Close Look at modern Furniture

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

Finding the Right chandeliers-pendant-lights for You

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 and vintage 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 (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), 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.

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 whimsical — like the work of Beau & Bien’s Sylvie Maréchal, frequently inspired by her dreams — 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.