English Cut Crystal Cascading Water Fall Four-Arm Chandelier, Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
English cut crystal water fall chandelier with a centered bulbous crystal column, four scrolled spiral arms, cascading connecting prisms, and terminating with a large cut crystal bow...
Crystal, Steel
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Girondole lamps
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Joining each of the six arms are swaging garlands of ball pendant Crystal chains. Above the arms are Ormolu sprays with attached rosette Crystals and round Crystal pendants with emer...
Crystal, Ormolu
Anglo-Irish Cut Crystal Decorative Feather Five-Arm Chandelier, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Anglo-Irish cut crystal five-arm chandelier with feather adornments, centered bulbous column, cascading prisms, and terminating on a cut crystal bowl with a faceted ball.
Crystal, Silver
Pair of Italian 18th Century Genovese St. Giltwood and Crystal Chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Each elegantly scrolled arm is adorned with a beautiful array of swaging garlands with lovely prism shaped and ball crystal pendants and superb blue and amber colored glass reserves.
Crystal, Metal
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Gilt Metal and Crystal Chandelier
By Maison Baguès
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding French 19th century Louis XV st. gilt metal and crystal chandelier attributed to Maison Bagues. The six arm chandelier is centered by a beautiful solid crystal bottom ...
Crystal, Metal
19C American Tiger Oak Side Table with Claw and Rock Crystal Feet
Located in Dallas, TX
They are secured at the mid-lower section by a tiger oak carved shelf and they end in cast tin/iron feet which end in claw feet holding a rock crystal globe/ball. Beautiful rustic s...
Rock Crystal, Tin
English Cut Crystal and Bulbous Cascading Four-Arm Chandelier, Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
English cut crystal chandelier with a centred bulbous crystal column, four scrolled spiral arms, cascading connecting prisms, and terminating with a large cut crystal bowl and facete...
Crystal, Nickel
Fine Antique French Baguès Style Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Chandelier
By Maison Baguès
Located in New York, NY
Floral rosettes carved from crystal are mounted at intervals along the frame, complementing the larger cut rock crystal finials and ball pendant beneath.
Rock Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Italian Eight Light Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding 19th century Italian gilt wood and iron, beaded glass and crystal chandelier. This eight light chandelier is centered by a foliate carved giltwood fut with a crystal r...
Crystal
Antique English Three Bottle Oak Tantalus with Etched Floral & Engraved Accents
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
The squared bottles are composed of crystal with faceted ball stoppers and etched flowers on foliage on the sides.
Crystal, Metal
French Green Flower Ball Crystal Prisms Maison Baguès Style Chandelier, 1920s
By Maison Baguès
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing 3 lights inside. Will be newly rewired with certified US UL socket for the USA and appropriate socket for all other countries and ready to hang. Clear and green crystal prism...
Crystal
The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
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With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.