$1,410Sale Price|20% Off
Gaetano Sciolari. Brutalist style brass chandelier, Italy, 1970s
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Brutalist gilt chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, 1970s.
Metal, Brass, Chrome
$4,944Sale Price|20% Off
AVMazzega. Brutalist style chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy, 1970s
By AVMazzega, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Brutalist and Cubist style pendant lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for AV Mazzega, Italy, 1970s. Composed by 9 cubic diffusers of translucent Murano glass combined with white glass using th...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Sciolari Chrome and Cast Smoked Glass Chandelier 1970s
By Alessandro Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by Gaetano Sciolari, this 1970's vintage Italian chandelier utilizes polished chromed steel in the light housing to receive the custom cast glass shades. This chandelier has...
Steel, Chrome
$1,348Sale Price|20% Off
Brutalist Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, Satin Gold, Italy, 1977s
By Estiluz Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari, Metalarte, Maison Jansen, Roche Bobois
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Hollywood Regency. Brutalist chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari, Italy, 1970s.
Metal, Brass, Chrome
1960s chrome-plated Gaetano Sciolari Cubist, MCM Brutalist Pendant light, Italy
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Basel, BS
1960s Italian chandelier featuring a Mid Century Geometric, Brutalist, Cubist, Modernist design and a chrome framework, designed by Gaetano Sciolari.
Chrome
1970s Sciolari Chrome and Cast Smoked Glass Ice Cube Chandelier
By Alessandro Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by Gaetano Sciolari, this 1970's vintage Italian chandelier utilizes polished chromed steel in the light housing to receive the custom cast glass shades. This chandelier has...
Steel, Chrome
Midcentury Brutalist Steel Chandelier with 48-Light Bulbs, Berlin, 1960s
By Sciolari Lighting
Located in Almelo, NL
Mid-Century Modernist extreme large chandelier with 48-light bulbs. The fixture is made of metal with a steel-brass patina. Therefore an interesting color is visible on the metal. 48...
Steel
Large Mid Century Brutalist Chandelier 12 light Brass & Crystal from Palwa 1960s
By Palwa, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Nienstädt, DE
Mid-Century Modern Large Palwa chandelier 12-light Gold-plated brass / crystal glass Diameter 52 cm, height 74 cm 12 x E12/E14 sockets (with adapter) Elegant and well-balanced design...
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Unavailable
H 26 in Dm 21 in
Italian Gaetano Sciolari Brutalist Chrome and Lucite Geometric Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Houston, TX
Offered is a Mid-Century Modern Italian Gaetano Sciolari Brutalist chandelier made up of rectangular pieces of stainless steel alternating between mirror finished sides and brushed f...
Stainless Steel, Steel
Unavailable
H 51.19 in W 25.6 in D 25.6 in
Sciolari chandelier `Ovali` 12 lights, chrome with crystals, circa 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in London, GB
Sciolari chandelier (`Ovali` design) consisting of 12 lights on a chrome frame decorated with 42 optical crystals, 1970`s ca, Italian.
Crystal, Chrome
Unavailable
H 37.41 in W 29.53 in D 29.53 in
Sciolari Chandelier `Futura` 12-Lights, Brass, Chrome and Lucite, 1976 Italian
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in London, GB
Sciolari chandelier `Futura` series, 12-lights on a frame made of brass, chrome and Lucite, 1976, Italian.
Brass, Chrome
XXL 1960s Sciolari Pendant Light
By Angelo Brotto, Esperia
Located in Bremen, DE
Impressive chandelier by Gatetano Sciolari , brass structure with ramificated 20 spokes, brutalist ornamentation on each of the end pieces, the spokes in the second row are slightly...
Brass, Bronze, Aluminum
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H 33.47 in Dm 21.66 in
Gaetano Sciolari Large Brutalist Chandelier in Chromed Brass Labeled, Italy
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in La Teste-de-Buch, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Large brutalist chandelier by Italian designer Gaetano Sciolari.
Chrome
Gaetano Sciolari "Metric" Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning extra large "Metric" chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy, 1960, in chrome-plated steel, eighteen sockets, great condition, fully original with optional 9" r...
Steel, Chrome
Large Chrome and Lucite Chandelier by Sciolari Ca. 1970’s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
Impressive and attention demanding chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari, circa 1970’s, made in Italy. The chandelier features 15 bulbs, mounted on bright chrome cylinders, with ...
Chrome
Large Brutalist Snowflake Chandelier by gaetano Sciolari
Located in Hanover, MA
Fabulous extra large brushed steel and aluminum sculptural chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier.
This example is wired for regular American candle sized bulbs...
Steel, Aluminum
Striking Brutalist Chrome Chandelier by Curtis Jere
By Gaetano Sciolari, Curtis Jeré
Located in Houston, TX
Incredible Brutalist or mid-century modern chandelier. Chandelier hangs from an industrial chain. Chrome Cubes create visual interest and dramatic shadows. Lit with four bulbs. Sligh...
Chrome
Italian Brutalist Brass and Bakelite Chandelier by Nucleo Forme
By Stilnovo, Arteluce, Gaetano Sciolari, Sciolari Lighting, Reggiani
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Brutalist brass and Bakelite chandelier by Nucleo Forme.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Hammered Brutalist Chandelier by Moe Bridges
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
Modernist sculpted solid brass hand wrought stunning chandelier by Moe Bridges in a Brutalist style newly electrified with 7 lights. Height can be adjusted.
Italian 'Cubic' Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in London, GB
Italian 'Cubic' Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, circa 1970 in chrome and brushed steel. This piece has twelve chrome and perspex cubic light shades held on a series of geometric brus...
Chrome
Large Brutalist Gaetano Sciolari Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Vienna, AT
A chandelier of brushed brass and brass plated metal. 16 lights with glass shades with geometric patterns in relief. Designed by Gaetano Sciolari and manufactured 1970s, Italy. Mea...
Brass
Gaetano Sciolari Brutalist Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Chicago, IL
Large chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari. Sculptural form aluminum frame.
Aluminum
Italian Brutalist Steel Chandelier in the Style of Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari, Stilnovo, Sciolari Lighting
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Gaetano Sciolari style chandelier in the Brutalist style. This sculptural steel chandelier of patinated steel is newly wired for the U.S.
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Chandelier, Sciolari Lightolier Era
By Gaetano Sciolari, Lightolier
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage chandelier. Aluminum frame with a brass plated finish. Unmarked. Dimensions: 16 3/4" H x 13" W x 23 1/4" L.
Aluminum
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H 25 in W 30 in D 30 in
Gaetano Sciolari brutalist aluminum Chandelier with glass diffusers, 1960 Italy
By Stilnovo, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Bronx, NY
Gaetano Sciolari aluminum chandelier with glass diffusers, 1960 Italy . brutalist aluminum frame holding 13 light points with glass diffusers set in a polished chrome frame . 13 glas...
Aluminum
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H 28 in W 21 in D 21 in
Incredible Brutalist 36 Bulb Chrome Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, 1970s
By Lightolier, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
Incredible Brutalist 36 bulb chrome chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, 1970s.
Chrome, Aluminum
Modernist Gaetano Sciolari Brass Chandelier, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Budapest, HU
1970s modernist brass chandelier by the Italian lighting designer Gaetano Sciolari. It features 12 pieces of E14 sockets. Your choice of bulbs will create different looks; brass tipp...
Brass
1960s Brutalist Patinated Steel Ceiling Fixture
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
A 1960s brutalist patinated steel hanging fixture.
Gaetano Sciolari Chrome "Cubic" Chandelier for Lightolier
By Lightolier, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Chicago, IL
Stunning seventeen-light "Cubic" chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari for lightolier. Polished chrome housing with brushed chrome arms with original Lucite light covers. Retains original m...
Chrome
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H 25.2 in W 16.54 in D 16.54 in
Amazing Italian Geometric Mid-Century 1950s Brutalist Brass Vintage Chandelier
By Gio Ponti, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Hamminkeln, DE
Absolutely unique Italian solid brass, geometric chandelier. Made of many geometric brass parts, a masterpiece. Fantastic, very vintage condition with an unique and beautiful patin...
Brass
Cubic Chandelier by Gaetano Scolari Chrome-Brass 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Berlin, DE
Original Gaetano Sciolari Chandelier from the early 70s. This modele cubic is very well known, this one has 9 lights E 14 Bulbs and the sructure is with brass brushed and chrome. Ver...
Brass, Chrome
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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