$4,180 / item
LUstice Chandelier
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A double cone chandelier with 4 sockets illuminating up and down. (2) upper E12 candelabra based sockets, and (2) lower E26 medium based sockets.
Aluminum, Brass
$4,550Sale Price|30% Off
Stillnovo Style Chandelier with Three Double Coned Articulating Arms
By Stilnovo
Located in Dallas, TX
Chandelier features three articulating double coned arms finished in black enamel with pierced edges.
Metal, Bronze
Black Murano Glass Disc Chandelier in Double Cone Shape
Located in New York, NY
Custom black Murano glass disc chandelier in double cone shape. Customization is available in different sizes, finishes and glass colors.
Metal
White Murano Glass Disc Chandelier in Double Cone Shape
Located in New York, NY
Custom white Murano glass disc chandelier in double cone shape. Customization is available in different sizes, finishes and glass colors.
Metal
Custom Alex Iridescent Murano Glass Disc Chandelier in Double Cone Shape
Located in New York, NY
Custom Alex Iridescent Murano glass disc chandelier in double cone shape. Customization is available in different sizes, finishes and glass colors.
Metal
Scandinavian mid century double cone diabolo pendant lamp, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Forserum, SE
An elegant mid-century double cone pendant lamp produced by an unidentified Swedish manufacturer in the 1950s. Crafted from aluminum and brass with a geometric perforated pattern. Th...
Aluminum, Brass
$661Sale Price|20% Off
Authentic 60s Hanging Lamp - Stilnovo Style Double Cone Vintage Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Charming vintage hanging lamp with the distinctive double cone shape, made in lacquered metal and attributable to the iconic maker Stilnovo, Italy. The lampshades have a unique shap...
Metal
Kurt Versen Style Cream Double Cone Hanging Lamp with Red Fiberglass Hat
By Kurt Versen, Greta Magnusson Grossman
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Black enameled Hanging Pendant with Three Fiberglass Shades, 1950's in the manner of Kurt Versen with Greta Grossman influence. Featuring Black enameled Brass framework, a pair of Wa...
Brass
$1,219Sale Price|66% Off
French Midcentury Black Double Cone Diabolo Pendant Chandelier, 1950s
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This elegant double cone chandelier was manufactured in France in the 1950s.
Aluminum, Brass
Swiv-O-Lite Double Cone Pendants for Prescolite
By Prescolite
Located in Berlin, DE
Early 1950s pair of Prescolite double cone swiv-o-lite pendants Each cone can be rotated individually in all directions.
Aluminum
Large Perforated Double Cone Pendant by Gerald Thurston
By Gerald Thurston
Located in Providence, RI
Perforated double cone pendant designed by Gerald Thurston, circa late 1950s for Lightolier. Lighting fixture is currently in it's original ochre with white interior, but we can have...
Aluminum, Steel
Disderot Double Cone Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six lamp chandelier with diffuser
Metal, Brass
Spun Aluminum Double Cone Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in Hanover, MA
Sputnik-Age rocket propulsion design straight out of Palm Springs.
Double Cone Pendant Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine and Minimalist Mid-Century Modern Italian double cone pendant chandelier in original brass finish with painted aluminum up and down cone shade.
Aluminum, Brass
Double Cone Shade / Brass Chandelier
Located in Culver City, CA
Black and cream enamel shades with solid brass center ring.
Brass, Metal
Striking Large Double Cone Perforated Aluminum Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful striking double cone perforated triple head chandelier, circa 1950s double sockets in each cone that projects light up and down, this piece its been professional rewired ...
Aluminum
Double Cone Ceiling Gooseneck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large American 1950s double cone (one large cone and one smaller cone) ceiling gooseneck fixture in un-lacquered patinated brass. Fully restored with E26 medium based light sockets, ...
Brass
Rare Large Double Coned Mid-Century Chandelier in the Art of Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
This Mid-Century Modern chandelier has eight arms that hold black lacquered diabolo shaped double cones.
Brass
Large 1950s Italian Perforated Brass Double-Cone Pendants
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 1950s Italian perforated brass double-cone pendants. A quintessentially midcentury Italian set of lamps in the manner of Stilnovo, this attractively large-scale design is execu...
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Two Arm Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two arm chandelier with double cone shades mounted on a double ball swivel for lamp direction
Brass, Metal
Five Arm Italian Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
refinished, rewired five-arm, double-lit cone Italian chandelier
Metal, Brass
Vistosi Vibrant Orange & Clear Murano Glass Disc Chandelier 1970s
By Vistosi
Located in New York, NY
The company which has placed a strong emphasis on innovation from the beginning, often experiments with new materials, methods and technologies while collaborating with various outsi...
Chrome
White Pierced Double-Cone Pendant, 1950s
By BAG Turgi, Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful large double-cone or 'diabolo' pendant attributed to BAG Turgi, Switzerland, 1950s. The lower part of the pendant is completely covered with tiny perforations for a delight...
Aluminum
1950s Italian Blown Glass Double Cone Pendants
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of midcentury Italian pendants of blown glass double cones and brass tips and brass ceiling canopies. Consisting of an inner cone of white milk glass and an outer cone of clea...
Blown Glass
Large 1950s Italian Perforated Brass Double-Cone Pendant
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 1950s Italian perforated brass double-cone pendant attributed to Stilnovo. A highly functional and refined suspension light of attractive scale and incomparable refinement, exe...
Metal, Brass
1960s Brass Starlite Chandeliers with Double Ended Fluted Cones
Located in Portland, OR
These brass colored perforated five coned chandeliers are great for the home your office environment. They cast light both upward and downward as well as across the room to cast smal...
Aluminum
Double Cone Brass Chandelier by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in New York, NY
A two-light chandelier with perforated brass cones in a polished finish, each with a white glass lens, then supported on gilt metal rods that swoop across one another to attach to a ...
Brass
Large and Authentic Double Coned Italian Mid-Century Sputnik Chandelier
By Arteluce
Located in Hem, NL
Wonderful and rare brass and black lacquered Italian manufactured Sputnik chandelier of very high quality. This Mid-Century Modern chandelier has six arms that hold brass and black l...
Brass, Metal
Huge Mid-Century Modern Hourglass Double Cone Light Chandelier Pendant Lamp
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
This is a large chandelier in great vintage condition has wear from age and use some paint inside the cones is chipping off the outside of the cones are all very clean this c...
Metal, Steel
Double Cone Twin-Pendant Lamp, Switzerland, 1950s
By BAG Turgi
Located in Bern, CH
Four lampholders for direct and indirect lighting, manufactured by BAG Turgi, Switzerland 1950s, new white Lacquer, rewired.
Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Swiv-O-Lite Double Cone Pendants for Prescolite
By Prescolite
Located in Berlin, DE
pair of double cone Swiv-O-Lite pendants manufactured by Prescolite . Cones can be rotated individually cones meassure height : 24 cm , diameter 15 cm
Aluminum
Stilnovo Style Brass and 8-Arm Black Enameled Perforated Steel Cones Chandelier
By Stilnovo
Located in Houston, TX
Offered is a Mid-Century Modern Italian vintage Stilnovo style brass eight-arm black enameled perforated brass double cone (16 socket) chandelier. This stunning vintage Mid-Century M...
Steel, Brass
Modernist Brass Chandelier
By Stilnovo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Double cone modernist brass chandelier, all solid brass construction, both the upper and lower cones have illumination.
Brass
Multicolored Murano Glass Chandelier with Double Cones, Italy
By Murano 5
Located in Hem, NL
A beautiful colored Mid-Century Venetian chandelier in cased glass with double cones and adjustable angle.
Brass
Multicoloured Venetian Glass Double Cone Wall Sconces, Italy
By Murano 5
Located in Hem, NL
Three single double coned lights in blue and green and one cream/amber colored twin light with double cones.
Brass
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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