c1890 French Beaded Crystal "Crown" Form Chandelier
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1890 French Beaded Crystal Crown Form Vhandelier. Stunning detail in the beaded crystal work.
Crystal
$2,950Sale Price / item|33% Off
Modern Transitional Brushed Nickel Sputnik Rock Crystal Ball Chandelier Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
crystal beads and accented with crystal flowers. The flowing rock crystal crown sits atop the beautiful
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Nickel
Modern Transitional Brushed Nickel Sputnik Rock Crystal Ball Chandelier Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
crystal beads and accented with crystal flowers. The flowing rock crystal crown sits atop the beautiful
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Nickel
Bagues Style Eight-Light Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal French Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
crown finished with both rock and cut crystal pendants. The center is adorned with variated crystal
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Beautiful Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Beaded Fourteen Light Crystal Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
fine bronze and crystal crown shaped dome with curtains, beaded body leading to layered drop crystal
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
$349Sale Price / item|62% Off
Palwa Crown Pendant Light Chandeliers, C1970s, Germany, 3 Available
By Palwa
Located in Trensacq, FR
Palwa pendant light chandeliers circa 1970s Germany. Two tiers of octagonal crystals, crowned with
Cut Glass
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
of tear drop and prism cut Crystals hanging below each bobeche. The top crown is adorned with a topie
Crystal, Ormolu
Exceptional Early 19th Century Waterford Crystal Eighteen-Light Chandelier
By Waterford Crystal
Located in Long Island City, NY
etched crown above a crystal string body leading to a beaded basket with drop crystals, each of the
Crystal, Bronze
$3,108Sale Price|20% Off
1950s Italian Regency Crystal Luxurious Marie Therese "Crown" Crystal Chandelier
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1950's Italian Regency Crystal Luxorious "Marie Therese" Chandelier in Crown Form. This is a beauty
Crystal
Large French 19th Century St. Louis Crystal Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
beautifully etched satin crystal as well as a satin crystal crown at top. The piece features a bouquet of
Crystal
Feather Crown Bronze & Crystal Chandelier Attributed to Caldwell
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Stamford, CT
A feather crown bronze & crystal six arm, eleven lite Empire, Neo-Classical style chandelier
Crystal, Bronze
Grand French 19th Century Louis XV Bronze d’Ore and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
crystal spears on the arms are especially of note. The piece features a bronze and crystal crown, and
Crystal, Gold Plate, Bronze
$2,320Sale Price|30% Off
Chandelier Crown, Sciolari Crystal Metal Midcentury Italian Design 1960
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Chandelier looks like a crown, 1960, chromed metal with crystals and perpex, design attributable to
Crystal, Metal, Chrome
French Empire Style Tent Chandelier, Crystal Beads, Brass Crown, 1930
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
chandelier is not possible, it has a bright brass crown hung with chains of cut crystal beads, completed at
Crystal
Early 20th Century French Bronze and Baccarat Crystal Chandelier, Grape Crown
Located in New Orleans, LA
cut crystal center dish, and a delicately ornate crown. The crown features a grape motif, alluding to
Crystal, Bronze
Hollywood Regency French Six-Light Crystal Chandelier w/ Glass Seashell Crowns
Located in Savannah, GA
prisms, beaded festoons, double crowns of shell shaped crystals, embossed brass rings and a spherical
Crystal, Brass
French Beaded Basket Crystal Gold Gilt with Crown Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Firenze, Toscana
shape oblong crystals. Beading on gold gilt metal. Crown on top. Matching rare crystal prisms that make
Crystal
French 19th Century Bronze d’ore and Crystal Chandelier with Unique Crown
Located in New Orleans, LA
, rose, and smoke crystal, topped with crown of large smoked amber crystal plaquettes Each piece in our
Crystal, Bronze, Gold Plate
Modern Crown Chandelier Clear Crystal Brass Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By GF Modern, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Crown Chandelier, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. The
Crystal, Brass, Stainless Steel
Cylinder crown in crystal and chrome by Orrefors for Tyringe, Sweden, 1960s
By Orrefors, Konsthantverk Tyringe 1
Located in Göteborg, SE
Very beautiful ceiling lamp made of crystal and chrome. The ceiling lamp is designed in an elegant
Crystal, Chrome
French Silver Bronze Six Arm Crown Canopy Crystal Chandelier w/ Ball Finial 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
French silver over bronze crystal chandelier with six scrolled arms, crown canopy, and terminating
Crystal, Silver, Bronze
The Purple Crown, LArge Size Murano Chandelier Purple and Crystal Drops, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous Murano chandelier in the style of Venini's La Cascata. The nickel-plated silver crown
Murano Glass
20th Century Magnificent, Classical Swedish Ceiling Crown, Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
, palm-leaf-shaped crown ending in large droplets. The finely cut crystals, which contain 30% lead, break
Crystal, Brass
$3,900 / set
Petite Crystal Chandeliers
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of crystal chandeliers from France featuring cut crystal strands suspended from brass crowns
Crystal, Brass
$32,500
French Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
in crystal bead roping with countless crystal rosettes. The high crown piece with extensive bronze
Crystal, Bronze
Baccarat Style Crystal Chandelier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
a central stacked element entirely formed in crystal with 3 surrounding crowns of falling "baguette
Crystal
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu, Crystal And Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
hanging tear drop and amethyst Crystals. The cage leads into a reeded Crystal reserve below the top crown
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Beautiful Baltic rock crystal chandelier
Located in London, GB
stem rises up to a delicate crown of rock crystal and amethyst from which multiple delicate arms
Rock Crystal
Pair of 19th Century French Bronze and Crystal Chandeliers, Large Crystal Dish
Located in New Orleans, LA
lis crown top. The pair also features delicately cut crystal bobeches, and octagonal cut crystal ropes
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Bronze and Crystal Chandeliers, Large Crystal Dish
Located in New Orleans, LA
delicately cut crystal bobeches, and octagonal cut crystal ropes flow from the crown to the bronze ring
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Italian Crystal Chandelier
By Maison Baguès, Baccarat
Located in Houston, TX
new sockets and ready for your home. This stunning Italian crystal chandelier will be crowning jewel
Crystal
$1,645Sale Price|63% Off
Georgian Style Cut Crystal Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
, bobeches, mounts, and body. With crystal garlands, large pendaloques, and crowned with a large reverse-dish
Crystal, Metal
Baltic 19th Century Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in London, GB
beautiful blue crystal plate below which is hooked a gilt metal stem with small crown and rock crystal drops
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Antique Italian Beaded and Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat, Maison Baguès
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning antique Italian beaded and crystal chandelier from the 1920s. This unusual Italian crystal
Crystal
Baccarat, Crystal Chandelier, France, circa 1825
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
crystals, attached to a crown-shaped gilded bronze ceiling light. The chandelier is adorned with numerous
Crystal, Bronze
French Mid 20th Century Crystal Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
top we see a crown of scrolling crystal. Moving down the central stem we meet a beautiful and simply
Crystal
$1,769Sale Price|20% Off
French Crystal Waterfall Chandelier Bronze Mounted
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A lovely French crystal waterfall chandelier with five-tier icicle cut crystal, solid bronze crown
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Bronze Chandeliers with Crystals
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of late 19th century French chandeliers with fantastic crystal work and ornate crown. The
Crystal, Bronze
Very Pretty French Iron and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderfully shaped French chandelier having black metal frame adorned with crystal beading, a crown
Crystal, Metal
Italian 19th Century Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
crystal chandelier. The chandelier with a top foliate crown has crystal beaded garlands and swags
Crystal
Wonderful Transitional Gilt Rock Crystal 5-Arm Baguès Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
throughout. Draping crystal beads accent the top crown and the lower arms. Beautiful gilt leaves highlight
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Metal
Charming Balloon-Shaped Chandelier with Amethyst Crystals--Italian
Located in Atlanta, GA
waterfall crown, with petite flower shaped crystals aloft dangling crystals. Italian glass chain gently
Crystal, Metal
Swedish Neo-Classic Early 19th Century Crystal Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
crown top, crystal Fleur-de-lis, beads and pendants, 4 arms with candelabra and 4 additional interior
Crystal, Metal
$5,000Sale Price|20% Off
Wonderful Gilt Basket Chandelier Jansen Ten Lights Crystal Bead Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
crown has crystal beads and a center rock crystal ball highlighting the center. Measures: 42" H x 33
Rock Crystal, Crystal, Bronze
Brass and Crystal Chandelier, Arts and Crafts Style, Antique, 1920
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
brass crown hung with crystal drops in the centre this has 3 branches supporting brass sconces and a
Crystal
Large French Bagues Style Crystal and Ruby Glass Chandelier
By Maison Baguès
Located in New York, NY
clear crystal beads. From this crown descends a slender baluster shaft, beautifully draped in cascading
Crystal, Metal
Empire Style Chandelier in Gilded Brass and Scalloped Crystal
Located in Mortsel, BE
1950s Neoclassical Revival Cage Chandelier with Large Flat-Cut Crystals A grand Empire-style
Crystal, Brass
Sciolari of Italy 1960s Gold Plate & Crystal Prism Petite Chandelier
By Sciolari Lighting
Located in Montclair, NY
, the frame holds long faceted crystal spears to emphasize the crown design and catch the light. The
Crystal, Gold Plate
Large beautiful Baccarat and Rock Crystal Frencht chandelier with 36 light
Located in London, GB
top crown has metal shepherd crooks each terminating in a rock crystal plaque. Each candle tube is
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Maison Baguès Nine-Arm Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
By Maison Baguès
Located in Montreal, QC
sumptuous brown patinated finish. The crown of graduated crystal pendants has graceful falling strands of
Crystal, Bronze
Fine Transitional Pagoda Bagues Jansen Eight-Light Gilt Rock Crystal Chandelier
By Maison Baguès
Located in Roslyn, NY
This is a fabulous and unusual pagoda form chandelier that has a beautiful crown with draped
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Italian 19th Century Venetian St. Ormolu and Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Italian 19th century Venetian st. ormolu and crystal chandelier. The eighteen arm two
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Magnificent Large French Bagues Louis XVI Style Rock Crystal Chandeliers
By Maison Baguès
Located in New York, NY
This grand and luminous pair of French Louis XVI style rock crystal and gilt bronze cage form
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Exceptional 19th Century Bronze and Crystal Russian Empire Style Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Crystal Chandelier The beautiful crown with a frosted etched crystal ball and dome, above a bronze rim
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Empire Style Beaded Crystal Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
faceted crystal beads. The crown molding, designed to resemble a frond, supports additional crystal chains
Crystal, Brass
French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Crystal and Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
exquisitely draped by garlands of cut crystal from the top crown accented by hanging crystals from the ormolu
Crystal, Ormolu
French Louis XV St. Fifteen-Light Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
daggers. The beautiful top crown is decorated with crystals above another clear crystal ball and fut and
Crystal, Ormolu
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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