42" Diameter Alger-Triton Sculptural Hand Blown Glass Chandelier
By Dale Chihuly, Alger-Triton
Located in Chicago, IL
and commercial lighting company based out of Culver City, CA. Their custom designed lighting can be
Brass
Dale Chihuly Style Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Monterey, CA
Chihuly, one of the world's most esteemed contemporary artists working in blown glass. The chandelier is
Glass
Dale Chihuly Confetti Style Hand Blown Glass Chandelier
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Lake Worth, FL
. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Lighting Acquisitions Of A DALE CHIHULY Confetti Style
Nickel
Art Deco Style Iron Uplight Blown Glass Floor Lamp Marble Base Chihuly Style
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a stunningly beautiful, wrought iron and orange blown glass floor lamp on a marble base. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 26" diameter x 71" heigh...
Blown Glass
Pino Signoretto, Chandelier in the Laguna Style, circa 2005
By Pino Signoretto, Dale Chihuly
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
believe Pino wanted to just tribute to Dale Chihuly, in the idea of the variazioni sul tema that a
Bronze
Modern Hand Blown Studio Glass Chandelier in the Manner of Dale Chihuly
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Bernville, PA
Beautiful hand blown studio glass chandelier in the style of American artist Dale Chihuly. Unique
Blown Glass
Medusa Fuoco Ruby Red Murano Glass Chandelier in the Style of Dale Chihuly
By Dale Chihuly
Located in New York, NY
Chihuly, one of the world's most esteemed contemporary artists working in blown glass. The chandelier is
Brass
Contemporary Chihuly Murano Hand Blown 80 Piece Glass Chandelier
By Dale Chihuly, Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Gorgeous murano chandelier created with Dale Chihuly who did the Bellagio chandeliers in Las Vegas
Metal
Handblown Chihuly
By Ars Murano
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Handblown Chihuly Chandelier, Made in the 1980's. This exquisite piece is in perfect
Blown Glass
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H 39.38 in W 53.15 in D 37.41 in
Amazing Dale Chihuly Style Murano Glass Chandelier, Late 20th Century
By Murano 5
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
An unique and huge rectangular "Medusa" Murano glass chandelier in the style of Daly Chihuly, Italy
Brass
Chihuly Style Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Hand-blown glass chandelier in the manner or Chihuly.
Glass
$440,971
H 70.87 in W 125.99 in D 2.17 in
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
Other
Pair of 70s Style Italian Bamboo and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Brass
$7,443 / item
H 19.69 in W 60.16 in D 26.78 in
Sistema Solare Chandelier, Piattelli Design, Ivory-toned Onyx and Brass, 6-shade
By Stilnovo, Silvio Piattelli, Bruno Gatta
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Unique chandelier, made from thinly-cut pieces of exquisite ivory-toned translucent onyx. Ideal to be hung over a table, with versatile configurations. Ivory onyx comes from Middle E...
Onyx, Brass
King & Dukes of Savoy Mural (16' x 6') by Peter Ostuni
By Peter Ostuni
Located in Hanover, MA
Astonishingly beautiful and monumental mural spanning eleven individual panels (each just under 18 inches wide) which when assembled are 16 feet long by 6 feet high. The panels are ...
Plexiglass
$1,160Sale Price / set|27% Off
H 96 in W 36 in D 0.1 in
Chinoiserie Panel Hand Painted Wallpaper on Gold Metallic, Accept Custom Size
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you. The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be applied to any designs and...
Gold Leaf
$33,993
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
$1,430,057
H 42.92 in W 108.27 in D 61.03 in
1894 Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano, Louis XV Style, Giltwood
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This extraordinary concert grand piano with 88 keys was made by the prestigious firm Steinway & Sons around 1894. The case's decoration was entrusted to the company Cuel & Ci...
Wood, Giltwood
$996,351
H 82.68 in Dm 76.78 in
Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...
Crystal, Bronze
$976,800
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Paulding Farnham., Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum...
Sterling Silver
$18,317 / item
H 39.38 in Dm 59.06 in
Spider Special 150 Ceiling Light Italian Design by Diego Mardegan
By Diego Mardegan
Located in London, GB
A very stunning bespoke ceiling light fixture Titled " Spider Special 150 " This ceiling light is composed of six ivory coloured silk on parchment shades held to a brass metal frame....
Brass
Victorian Religious Antique Stained Glass Window
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large religious antique stained glass window with its original carved sandstone window frame. Reclaimed from a church in Upton, Wirral. Though unsigned, the window has been attri...
Stained Glass
$111,356 / set
H 64.18 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in
Selection of eight restored 19th C Neo-Gothic Stained-Glass Windows
Located in Leuven , BE
The Color Experience: Stained-glass windows “Color is a power which directly influences the soul” (Wassili Kandinsky, Moskou 1866 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1944) “Color! What a deep a...
Art Glass, Stained Glass
Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1)
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Missouri, MO
Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1), 1994 Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) 14 x 32 x 18 inches Born in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly became the most famous ornate ...
Glass, Blown Glass
$522,381 / set
H 114.5 in W 35.5 in D 5 in
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
Wood, Pine
Antique Model of Ulm Cathedral
By Michael Molz
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning and rare scale model of the Ulm Cathedral, completed in 1925 by Michael Molz of Los Angeles. It is in remarkably good condition and features stained glass windows. The Ulm...
Wood
Chihuly Glass " Mirage Chandelier Ceiling"
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dale Chihuly (born September 20, 1941, American) " Mirage Chandelier Ceiling" over 600 pieces of Blown Glass (packaged in 72 boxes) Year 2005 Dimensions 48" x 194" x 163", Stu...
Glass, Blown Glass
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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