Pair Rock Crystal and Silver Gilt Metal Birdcage Form Eight-Light Chandeliers
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent pair of large silver gilt metal cage-form eight-light chandeliers with rock crystal pendants, with candelabra size sockets and wiring, ready for use. This pair could also...
Rock Crystal, Metal
Spanish Birdcage Pendant Lamp in Iron, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Iron Birdcage Pendant Light // Birdcage Ceiling Lamp // Spanish Birdcage Suspension
Iron, Metal, Wire
20th Century French Gold Gilt Light
Located in GB
A birdcage shaped French naturalistic light, with leaves and foliage.
Metal
8 Light Iron, Brass & Crystal Chandelier with Antique Nickel Finish
Located in Stamford, CT
This eight-light birdcage-style chandelier is a stunning combination of crystal, brass and a antique nickel finish.
Crystal, Brass, Iron
Wonderful French Bagues Rock & Amethyst Crystal Bronze Petite Chandelier
By Maison Baguès
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful French Bagues style Rock & Amethyst Crystal Bronze Birdcage Form 4 Candelabra Light Petite Chandelier
Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Large Iron and Crystal Hanging Chandelier
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a large scale 30 light iron birdcage style chandelier with overall cut crystals and prisms.
Crystal, Iron
$46,831Sale Price|25% Off
19th Century Antique Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in PARIS, FR
Crowning the most beautiful store in the world, according to Vogue, the magnificent chandelier features a cast brass 7 light birdcage, sizzled chain and a dreamy plethora of rock cry...
Rock Crystal, Brass
Four-Light Birdcage Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Neoclassical bronze chandelier cage with beading, a good deal of relief, swags and four faces at top.
Bronze
French Gilded 7-Light Birdcage Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French dark gilded brass and crystal 7-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the 6 reeded scrolling arms with glass bobeches drip pans, issuing from an foliated cage form interio...
Brass
French Gilded Bronze & Crystal 13 Light Birdcage Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded cast bronze and crystal 13 light birdcage form tiered antique chandelier, the square gauge leaf clad reeded scrolling arms with ornate bobeche drip pans and leaf cand...
Bronze
French Gilded Bronze & Crystal 12 Light Birdcage Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French dark gilded bronze and crystal 12 light birdcage form antique chandelier, the leaf clad reeded scrolling arms with ornate bobeche drip pans and leaf bulbous candle sconces, ...
Bronze
French Gilded Bronze and Crystal 17-Light Birdcage Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded bronze and crystal 17-light birdcage form double tiered antique chandelier, the 16 leaf clad scrolling arms with glass bobéches drip pans, issuing from a foliated cag...
Crystal, Bronze
French Large Gilded and Crystal 21 Light Birdcage Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A large French gilded cast brass and crystal 21 light birdcage form triple tiered antique chandelier, the 20 tiered reeded leaf scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans and bulbou...
Crystal, Brass
French Gilded Birdcage Crystal Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded brass and crystal double tired 11 light birdcage form antique chandelier, the 10 reeded tiered scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans and reeded candle sconces, ...
Brass
French Gilded Bronze and Crystal Birdcage Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded bronze and crystal 11-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the 10 acanthus leaf reeded scrolling arms with foliated leaf bobeche glass drip pans and reeded bulbous...
Bronze
French Gilded Nine-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded cast brass and crystal nine-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the eight reeded scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans, issuing from an foliated cage form i...
Brass
Italian Florentine Six-Light Cage Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A decorative Italian gilded and crystal six-light birdcage form chandelier, the square gauge scrolling arms with sectional leaf bobeche drip pans, issuing from an cage form interior ...
Italian Florentine Eight-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A decorative Italian gilded and crystal eight-Light birdcage form antique chandelier, the square gauge scrolling arms with foliated bobeche drip pans and candle sconces, issuing from...
Italian Florentine Triple-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A decorative Italian gilded and crystal triple-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the scrolling arms with wooden trumpet bobeche and glass drip pans, issuing from an cage form i...
Giltwood
Italian Florentine Seven-Light Cage Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A decorative Italian gilt and crystal birdcage form seven-light antique chandelier, the foliated leaf scrolling arms with sectional bobeche drip pans, issuing from an cage form leaf ...
French Gilded Bronze Seven-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded cast bronze and crystal seven-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the six scrolling arms with foliated bobeche drip pans and bulbous candle sconces, issuing from ...
Crystal, Bronze
Italian Florentine Crystal 6-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A decorative Italian gilt and crystal birdcage form 6-light antique chandelier, the foliated leaf scrolling arms with sectional bobeche drip pans, issuing from an cage form leaf inte...
Crystal
French Gilded and Crystal 21-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A large French gilded bronze and crystal 21-light double tiered birdcage antique chandelier, the 12 and 8 light leaf scrolling arms with leaf bobeche drip pans and bulbous candle sco...
Bronze
French Gilded Bronze & Crystal 7 Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded bronze and crystal 7 light birdcage form antique chandelier, the leaf clad scrolling arms with sectional bobeche drip pans and leaf candle sconces, issuing from an fo...
Bronze
French 19th Century Bronze & Crystal 12-Light Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded bronze and crystal 12-light birdcage form double tiered antique 19th century antique chandelier, the reeded tapering scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans and r...
Bronze
French Gilded Brass and Crystal 9-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded brass and crystal 9-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the 8 reeded scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans and candle sconces, issuing from a foliated cage ...
Brass
French, 19th Century Gilded and Crystal 9-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded cast brass and crystal 9-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the 8 reeded scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans and bulbous candle sconces, issuing from an ...
Brass
French Late 19th Century Bronze and Crystal 18-Light Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A quality French gilded bronze and crystal 18 light birdcage form double tiered antique 19th century chandelier, the leaf clad scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans and reeded ...
Bronze
French Pair of Gilded Bronze and Crystal 10-Light Antique Chandeliers
Located in Chester, GB
A French pair of gilded bronze and crystal 10-light birdcage form antique chandeliers, the leaf scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans, issuing from an foliated cage form interi...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 50 in Dm 31 in
French 19th Century Gilded and Crystal Eight-Light Cage Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French large gilded cast brass and crystal eight-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the square gauge scrolling arms with reeded circular bobeches drip pans, issuing from an fo...
Brass
French Large Gilded Bronze and Crystal Twenty-Four-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
An ornate and large French gilded bronze and crystal twenty-four-light birdcage form double tiered antique chandelier, the foliated leaf scrolling arms with glass bobeches drip pans ...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 40 in Dm 31 in
French 19th Century Gilded Bronze and Crystal 11 Light Cage Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded bronze and crystal 11-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the ten reeded leaf clad scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans and bulbous candle sconces, issuing...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 39 in Dm 30 in
French Late 19th Century Gilded Bronze and Crystal 12-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded bronze and crystal 12-light birdcage form tiered antique chandelier, the square gauge leaf clad reeded scrolling arms with ornate bobeche drip pans and leaf candle sc...
Bronze
French Gilded Bronze and Crystal 19th Century Antique Chandelier
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded bronze and crystal 7-light birdcage form antique chandelier, the 6 leaf scrolling arms with glass bobeche drip pans and bulbous candle sconces, issuing from a cage fo...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 33 in Dm 27 in
19th Century French Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Iron and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This sophisticated French Tole, iron, and crystal chandelier has an open birdcage form with nine lighted branches coming out.
Crystal, Iron, Tôle
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.
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.