J.T.Kalmar Pair of Ice Glass Drum Chandeliers, ca. 1960s
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
Stunning pair of two drum chandeliers by J.T.Kalmar, Austria, circa 1960s.
Metal, Bronze
Two-Tier Goldplate Drum-Form Chandelier with Square Crystals by Kinkeldey
By Kinkeldey
Located in Stamford, CT
Kinkeldey Germany, 1960s A drum form Kinkeldey chandelier comprising two tiers of heavy 4" square crystals.
Crystal
Large 48" Resin Seashell Organic Modern Boho Drum Shade Chandelier, 2 Available
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large 48" diameter resin seashell organic drum shade chandelier featuring a large drum made of sea shells fixed in place as a resin wall.
Shell
Large Drum Pendant Light or Lantern in Rattan and Wicker Weave, 1960's
Located in Barcelona, ES
This eye-catching suspension lamp features a rattan drum shaped structure with woven wicker panels.
Wicker, Cane, Rattan
1 'of 2' Kalmar Bronze 16" Drum Chandelier White Murano Glass, Gio Ponti Era
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant gold-plated drum chandelier with iced glass panels on a gilt-bronze frame.
Gold Plate, Bronze, Brass
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
Kalmar Bronze 20" Drum Chandelier Murano Glass Pendant Light, Gio Ponti Era
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant gold-plated drum chandelier with iced glass panels on a gilt-bronze frame.
Bronze, Brass, Gold Plate
Orrefors drum shaped pendant by Carl Fagerlund glass and Brass, Sweden, 1960
By Orrefors, Carl Fagerlund
Located in Bronx, NY
Two available sold individually. Carl Fagerlund design for Orrefors, Brass frame, brass finials holding the glass in place, 6 Edison sockets. Direct delivery can be arranged in the...
Crystal, Brass
1950s Drum Venini pale green blue and clear poliedri chandelier by Carlo Scarpa
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in London, GB
A vintage large drum cylindrical shaped Poliedri chandelier. Pale green, blue and clear color Poliedri glass components on one silver lacquered metal structure designed by Carlo Sc...
Metal
1 'of 2' Kalmar Drum Chandelier Tubular Crystal Glass & Chrome, Austria 1960s
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
An elegant, drum-shaped chandelier featuring textured crystal glass tubes with silver-plated finials mounted on a frame that is partially white-lacquered and chrome-plated.
Crystal, Chrome
$4,760Sale Price|20% Off
Maison Lunel French Mid-Century Modern Brass 8 Arm Chandelier White Drum Shades
By Maison Lunel
Located in Miami, FL
Come with white Fabric Drum Shades. Drum Shades measure: Diameter 4 inches x 4.5 inches Height.
Brass
1960s Drum Chandelier Crystal, Brass and White Lucite in the Manner of Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant drum shaped chandelier with faceted crystals and lucite panels on a golden brass frame.
Crystal, Brass
Mid-Century French Metal Chandelier, Circa 1960's, France
Located in Girona, Spain
Mid-Century French Metal Chandelier Curved metal arms extending from a central sphere with tapered linen fabric drum shades. Dark metal body paired with soft white fabric shades.
Metal
Modern Murano Glass Blown Taupe Glass Chandelier, Contemporary
Located in Westport, CT
A drum-shaped near flushmount ceiling fixture framed with 36 glass blown cascading curling leaf shapes in a warm translucent taupe and caramel color and finishing with a glass blown...
Murano Glass
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Philips Attributed Six-Arm Brass & Teak Flush Mount
By Phillips
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Each arm carries a downward-facing drum shade in Philips patterned milk glass, featuring the manufacturer's distinctive swirling stripe surface, an opaline glass pattern well recogni...
Brass
Mid- Century Murano Glass "Tronchi" Style Cylindrical Pendant Chandelier, Italy
Located in Essex, MA
Mid-century Murano glass pendant light, composed of a full cylinder of clear glass rods in the classic "tronchi" (log) form, prized for the way each hand-formed rod catches and scatt...
Acrylic
Pair of Orrefors Mid-Century Flush Mount Glass Panel Pendants. 1960s.
By Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors
Located in Bromma, SE
Design by Carl Fagerlund for the Swedish glass maker Orrefors. 1960s. Swedish Orrefors Drum Shaped Glass Fixture in a rare model with beautifully texturized glass panels.
Brass
Modernist Round 3-Tier Hand-Blown Murano Glass Chandelier w/ Oval Reeded Shades
Located in New York, NY
When viewed from below the silhouette reads as a rounded feather-like drum and from the side it presents a gently domed cascade.
Murano Glass
Model 2364 Pendant Light by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The fixture is composed of a wide, drum-shaped shade in satin opaline glass, set within a polished and painted aluminum frame, suspended from a slender nickel-plated brass rod.
Aluminum, Brass
Murano Art Glass and Brass Italian Mid-Century Style Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
The shape is that of a flattened drum. A sort of very elegant ceiling light. The chandelier is attached to the ceiling via three tubes which converge centrally and are connected via ...
Brass
Czech High Art Deco Polished Brass Chandelier
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
The design presents four horizontal flat-profile arms extending from a central drum housing a large frosted glass bowl shade. Each arm holds an upper dish-shaped glass shade adorned ...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp by Kaiser Leuchten, Oak & Ceramic
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Antwerp, BE
Each spherical element boasts an incredibly rich, volcanic fat-lava glaze in tactile earthy beige and deep espresso brown tones, resting upon an identical heavily textured ceramic ba...
Lava
Murano Pink Art Glass and Brass Round Mid-Century Style Chandelier 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
The shape is that of a flattened drum. A sort of very elegant ceiling light. The chandelier is fixed to the ceiling via a brass tube, through which the connection cable passes.
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Ice Glass Pendant Lamp by J.T. Kalmar
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Benalmadena, ES
A central rod suspends the two tiers of glass from a cylindrical chrome ceiling canopy, giving the piece a drum-like, cylindrical form built up from dozens of vertical glass rods rat...
Chrome
French Art Deco Ezan Six-Light Opalescent Glass Stalactite Chandelier, ca. 1930
Located in Nottingham, GB
A substantial two-tier drum-shaped central body anchors the design and terminates in a decorative lower finial, while the upper structure rises to a large conical ceiling canopy with...
Metal
Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce Bolla Perspex Pendant Lamp, circa 1970
Located in Nottingham, GB
The Perspex diffuser is secured to the upper metal structure by four corner posts and suspended beneath a drum-shaped chrome-plated gallery. A lockable brass central column and chrom...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
French Art Deco Five-Light Bronze Chandelier with Opaline Glass Shades 20s
Located in Nottingham, GB
The chandelier is arranged around a substantial drum-shaped central body from which five elegantly curved swan-neck arms radiate.
Bronze
Mid-Century Four-Light Bronze Chandelier with Holophane Prismatic Glass Shades
Located in Nottingham, GB
The chandelier has a dramatic architectural silhouette, with four sweeping torchère-form arms radiating from a large central drum-shaped chamber. The metalwork is enriched with scrol...
Brass, Bronze
1830s English Forged Brass Pendant with Vaseline Glass Tulip Shade
Located in Nottingham, GB
At its centre is a decorative drum-shaped chamber embellished with Art Nouveau-style foliate detailing and a solid bronze finial.
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Wrought Iron
Norwegian Mid-Century UFO Teak Glass and Aluminum Pendant, circa 1960
Located in Nottingham, GB
Between them sits a substantial drum-shaped section of textured tinted glass, creating a dramatic illuminated band around the centre of the pendant.
Aluminum, Brass
Edwardian Opaline Milk Glass Schoolhouse Pendant Light, circa 1910
Located in Nottingham, GB
The shade is supported by an original staged drum-form gallery constructed from brass, copper and bronze, retaining its substantial safety grab ring, decorative upper fittings and pe...
Bronze
Mid Century Modern Rattan Pendant - France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Small 1960s rattan drum pendant light composed of a frieze of interlacing arches extending from two parallel circles.
Rattan
Murano Smoky Art Glass and Brass Round Art Deco Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
The shape is that of a flattened drum. A very elegant chandelier. The chandelier is attached to the ceiling via a brass tube, through which the power cord passes.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Orange Glass Pendant Lamp by Peill & Putzler, Germany
By Peill & Putzler
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
The form is classic 1960s/70s Space Age design: a compact, waisted neck flares into a generous drum-shaped diffuser, finished with a slim chrome gallery ring and a delicate wire reta...
Chrome
1960's Star Of David Circular Glass Disc Sculpture Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Studio crafted glass disc drum chandelier with alternating leaf and Star of David motifs.
Art Glass
Murano Art Glass Smoky Gray and Brass Art Deco Style Chandelier and Pendant
Located in Roma, Lazio
The shape is that of a flattened drum. A very elegant chandelier. Signs of wear consistent with age and use.
Brass
Tui Large Pendant Lamp in 1 Side Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm.
Bamboo, Plywood
Tui Large Pendant Lamp in Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm.
Bamboo, Plywood
Tui Large Pendant Lamp in 2 Sides Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm.
Bamboo, Plywood
Tui Medium Pendant Lamp in Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm.
Bamboo, Plywood
Tui Medium Pendant Lamp in 1 Side Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm.
Bamboo, Plywood
Tui Medium Pendant Lamp in 2 Sides Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm.
Bamboo, Plywood
Tui Small Pendant Lamp in 2 Sides Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm.
Bamboo, Plywood
Tui Small Pendant Lamp in 1 Side Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm.
Bamboo, Plywood
Tui Small Pendant Lamp in Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm.
Bamboo, Plywood
Monumental Verdigris and Wrought Iron Circular Chandelier, Mid-20th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking and highly decorative circular chandelier crafted in hand-forged wrought iron with a beautifully weathered verdigris patina. The openwork drum-form body is embellished wit...
Wrought Iron
Grand and Rare Linear Glass and Brass Chandelier by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Max Ingrand
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Fifty-eight thick beveled glass slabs in characteristic Fontana Arte cristallo project vertically in opposing rows from a horizontal rectangular brass framework, creating a continuou...
Brass
Monumental Hand-Forged Iron Kitchen or Billiard Chandelier by Paul Ferrante
By Paul Ferrante
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
A horizontal blackened iron framework articulated with scrolling vines, forged grape leaves, and tendril volutes is suspended from a rectangular ceiling canopy by twin chains, with t...
Wrought Iron
Swedish Modern Table Lamp w. Poppy Flower Textile Shade - Manner of Josef Frank
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish elegantly crafted Scandinavian Table Light featuring a handmade textile drum shaped shade decorated with opium poppy flowers.
Textile, Glass
Mid-Century Black Banded Metal Pendant Lights with Decorative Glass Tube Design
By Schmahl & Schulz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pendant lights by German manufacturer Schmahl & Schulz feature a drum-form shade in matte black metal with a ring of vertical clear glass tubes set into the perimeter band.
Metal
Murano Round White Art Glass and Brass Chandeliers and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
In the lower section, completing the drum-shaped structure, is a round glass pane, also sandblasted and secured with brass profiles.
Brass
1970s Natural Bamboo & Burlap Pendant Lamp, Louis Sognot Style
By Louis Sognot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pendant lamp from the 1970s constructed with natural bamboo poles arranged vertically around a drum-shaped frame. Rattan wrapping binds the bamboo at the top and bottom edges, while ...
Burlap, Bamboo, Rattan, Rope, Wood
Kaiser Leuchten, Textured Glass, Nickel, Pendant Light, Germany, 1960s
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Stamford, CT
This example features individual heavily textured pieces of glass in the shape of drum. Re-wiring is recommended prior to installation.
Glass
Danish Ceramic Amber Glass Pendant Light by Jette Helleroe for Axella, 1960s
By Jette Hellerøe
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1960s Danish ceramic pendant by Jette Helleroe for Axella. The drum-shaped shade is wrapped in repeating medallions, each pressed in relief and punctuated with rounded amber glass ...
Ceramic, Glass
Studio BBPR for Arteluce: Large 3-Light Ceiling Lamp in Iron and Perspex, 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
The combination of industrial materials and a clean, "drum" silhouette reflects the collaboration between BBPR and Arteluce, aimed at creating functional yet sculptural objects.
Iron, Sheet Metal
Arts & Crafts Copper Pendant Light
Located in Greenwich, CT
A charming Arts & Crafts pendant light fixture in hand-hammered and patinated copper having a domed hood over a cylindrical drum with copper braces featuring large rivets to each...
Alabaster, Copper
$3,200 / set
A pair of Scandinavian lighting pendants
By Orrefors
Located in Long Island City, NY
Measures: Diameter 15", drum height 6.25". Two Edison style sockets. Rewiring available upon request.
Aluminum
Set of 2 Mid-Century Modern German Industrial Ceiling Lamps Hillebrand Leuchten
By Hillebrand
Located in Hamburg, DE
A thoroughly functional design of timeless elegance. A drum-shaped lamp head is suspended in a movable bracket.
Metal
Large Mid Century Modern Green Murano Glass Chandelier, Brass, Italy 1980s
By Vistosi
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Mid Century Modern Murano glass Drum chandelier, in the manner of Vistosi. Italy 1980s The chandelier has a brass canopy.
Brass
Counterbalance Pendant Lamp 1960's in Parchment and Beige Leather
Located in London, GB
High quality hand made drum shade in real moves smoothly up and down on the counterweight, guided by a handle.
Brass
Italian Bamboo Lantern Pendant in Manner of Franco Albini, 1960s - 2 Available
By Franco Albini
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1960s Italian lantern pendant, its sculptural drum form woven from warm, honeyed bamboo in the manner of Franco Albini.
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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