Large Crystal Chandelier Empire Style Monumental Salon Chandelier Restored
Located in Berlin, DE
The upper decorative elements extend outward, giving the chandelier a sculptural character reminiscent of the Empire style.
Crystal, Brass
20th Century Empire Style Basket Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Empire style basket chandelier Classicist basket chandelier in Empire style.
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Basket Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
Classicist basket chandelier in Empire style. Finely engraved Bronze.
Bronze
French Empire Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Nice quality 19th century French Empire bronze chandelier. Circa 1890. The chandelier has been professionally rewired, comes with matching chain and canopy.
Bronze
Italian Empire Basket Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 20th century Italian Empire style beaded crystal and tole basket chandelier.
Crystal, Metal
$9,435Sale Price|25% Off
Empire Style Balloon Chandelier with pendants
Located in Paris, FR
Large Empire-style hot-air balloon chandelier with tassels and ormolu mount with palmettes.
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Style Chandelier
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century bronze and gilded ormolu French Empire influenced chandelier. Having a classical ceiling rose with three foliate linked chains supporting the three branch...
Bronze
Small Gilt Bronze Empire style Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine & Decorative Gilt Bronze & Patinated Bronze Empire style Chandelier. 6 lights. France, circa 1920.
Bronze
Italian Empire Style Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This refined Italian chandelier from the 1950s is crafted in the Empire style, featuring a finely detailed gilded brass structure and adorned with authentic Bohemian crystals.
Crystal, Brass
Grand Prospect Hall Empire Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
This Empire style chandelier was repurposed from a larger light in the main ballroom in Brooklyn, New York's Grand Prospect Hall.
Crystal, Brass
Vienna Empire Crystal Chandelier Lobmeyr Zahn
By J.L Lobmeyr
Located in Purkersdorf, AT
High-quality ceiling lamp in the Empire style. Hand-cut crystals and glass palmettes. The design clearly references Lobmeyr/Zahn. Manufactured circa 1920. Three E27 porcelain sock...
Brass, Chrome
Italian Empire Basket Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Italian Empire style gilt tole and crystal basket form chandelier.
Crystal
French Empire Influenced Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century French Empire influenced chandelier, having a coronet with chains hanging down to the chandelier that has twelve branch sconces each with swan heads, a fl...
Bronze
Empire Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Empire gilt bronze and black steel 14-light chandelier. circa 1880.
Bronze
Gilt Bronze & Crystal Empire Style Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Superb gilt bronze & crystal Empire style Chandelier. Top ring featuring anthemia.
Crystal, Bronze
$18,000Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Empire Style, Neoclassical Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite chandelier is constructed in the French Empire neoclassical style and is formed with a large central bell-shaped body suspended from four chains.
Ormolu, Bronze
$3,842Sale Price|50% Off
Italian 1950s Empire Silvered Swooping Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Empire style Italian chandelier in the style of Buccellati.
Silver, Bronze, Enamel
Red Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's French Empire style chandelier with painted body and gilt bronze arms.
Bronze
Large Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A large circa 1920's French Empire style chandelier with face details on arms and verdigris painted finish.
Bronze
Bronze Empire Style Ram's Head Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Six-arm Empire style ram's head chandelier. Solid brass and cast bronze and heavy.
Brass, Bronze
French 19th Century Empire St. Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French 19th century Empire st. verdigris patinated bronze and ormolu chandelier.
Bronze, Ormolu
$6,675Sale Price|25% Off
Large Schoenbeck crystal chandelier empire style
Located in Houston, TX
The brilliance of the crystal makes this piece especially Beautiful with forty one interior lights that reflect a Colorful glow. It cascades from a crown at the upper Structure and ...
Crystal
Empire Style Gilt Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1930s French gilt bronze Empire style 8-arm chandelier with painted tole body.
Bronze
Large Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's French Empire-style 10-arm chandelier with original painted and gilt finish.
Metal, Bronze
Porcelain Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A six-arm Empire style chandelier with white porcelain body with gilt foliage motif decoration and patinated and gilt arms and chain.
Empire Style Bronze Ram's Head Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Six-arm Empire style ram's head chandelier. Solid brass and bronze, nice and heavy.
Brass, Bronze
Large Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A very unique and impressive vintage cast bronze Empire style gilt bronze and painted tole chandelier with swans shaped arms.
Bronze, Metal
Antique Crystal Empire Style Italian Chandelier, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Italian chandelier in the Empire style, dating to the 1950s.
Crystal, Metal
Empire Swedish Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A mid 19th Century Swedish crystal neoclassic chandelier with 8 lights. Crystal pendants and beads. Measurements: Height: 45? Diameter: 32?.
Crystal
American Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940s American bronze chandelier with painted finish and original etched glass hurricanes. Measurements: Minimum drop 24" Diameter 18".
Bronze
Italian Empire Style Chandelier with Bohemian Crystal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This refined 1950s Italian Empire-style chandelier features a beautifully tapered basket design crafted in gilded brass and adorned with high-quality Bohemian crystal.
Crystal, Brass
Empire Style Gilt-Brass and Glass Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features an Empire style Gilt-brass and cut-glass chandelier that houses five candlestick lights and is approximately 18" in diameter and 29" tall.
Brass
$6,800 / item
1930's French Empire Style Scalloped Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1930's French Empire style chandelier with unusual scalloped shaped and crystal hangings
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Style Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French Empire style light chandelier with blue painted dish having Empire style cast bronze mounts and detailed cast bronze charioteers, suspended from bronze chain and crown shape...
Bronze
1930’s Swedish Empire 6 lights Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920’s Swedish empire style crystal chandelier with 6 lights
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Empire Style Italian Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent Italian Empire-style crystal chandelier dating to the 1950s, executed in the grand neoclassical taste with an exceptionally elegant silhouette and richly detailed bronze-...
Crystal, Metal
Empire style bronze dore chandelier with crystal
Located in Houston, TX
Fine gilt bronze frame which has fifteen lights Makes this piece exceptional. This chandelier Has five lights in the bowl and ten lights around The perimeter. The wiring is new and...
Crystal, Bronze
French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and finely detailed French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu chandelier. This exceptional four arm eight light circular chandelier is centered by an Ormolu acorn bottom f...
Ormolu
Very Fine Gilt Bronze Empire Style Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very Elegant gilt bronze empire style chandelier. Exquisite detail. 4 lights.
Bronze
French Empire Style Bronze Dore Caryatid Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) bronze and dore trim 8 scroll arm chandelier with 4 caryatid females.
Bronze
Price Upon Request
Empire Gilt Bronze and Cut Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A Superb Antique Empire Gilt Bronze and Cut Crystal Multi Light Chandelier of Exquisite Detail Embellished with Cut Crystal Prisms and Chains, Circa 1810.
Crystal, Bronze
Empire Bronze and Glass Chandelier with Beliers
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Empire bronze and glass chandelier with beliers.
Crystal, Bronze
First French Empire Style Chandelier, Six Lights
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant and heavy first French Empire style chandelier in Bronze made in France in the 1940.
Bronze
19th Century Empire Style French Basket Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Majestic basket chandelier in French. Empire style in 1900. Bronze, gilded.
Bronze
French Empire Style Ormolu and Bronze Chandelier
Located in London, GB
French Empire style ormolu and bronze chandelier French, 19th century Measures: Height 100cm, diameter 64cm This chandelier is a beautiful example of the Empire style.
Ormolu, Bronze
Empire Period French Gilt Bronze Six Light Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Empire period French gilt bronze six light chandelier French, c. 1810 Height 80cm, diameter 45cm Made in France around 1810, at the time when the Empire style was in vogue, the chan...
Bronze, Ormolu
8-light Empire-style Chandelier In Gilded Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Beautiful Empire-style chandelier with 8 light arms in gilded bronze with a green patina.
Bronze
French Empire Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Outstanding late 19th century French Empire gilt bronze and crystal basket chandelier.
Crystal, Bronze
French Empire Basket Form Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
fine 19th century French Empire gilt and crystal basket form chandelier. circa 1870.
Bronze
French Empire Style Gilt Metal Chandelier with Putti
Located in Antwerp, BE
A magnificent and highly decorative French Empire style chandelier, executed in richly cast gilt bronze and dating from around 1960.
Metal
Antique Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandeliers
Located in Dallas, TX
The chandeliers feature an Empire style basket shape, giving them a classic and timeless look.
Crystal, Bronze
Restored Waldorf Astoria Empire Crystal 3 Tier Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Original Empire style chandelier made of an ornate bronze, brushed steel frame, beaded and teardrop crystals.
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Antique French Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's French Empire six-arm bronze chandelier. Measurements: Diameter: 26" Drop: 27" (adjustable).
Bronze
Large Gilt Bronze French Empire Style Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A large very well cast and gilt bronze chandelier or plafonnier from the late 19th to early 20th century. The large acanthus leafed ceiling rose suspending five rope twist bars, whic...
Bronze
Period Empire Bronze Dore Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiul Empire Bonze Dore' and Crystal Chandelier
Crystal, Bronze
Italian Tole & Wood Bead Chandelier, Empire Style, 1950s
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Stamford, CT
1950s Italian tole and wood beaded chandelier in the Empire style most likely imported by Chapman Manufacturing Company.
Metal, Tin
1950 Empire Crystal Chandelier 18 Lights Two Tiers
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1950’s French Empire style 18 lights crystals and bronze chandelier.
Crystal, Bronze
Three-Light Empire Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Bronze and painted tole three-light Empire style chandelier with original patina. The body with star details, original gilt finish.
Modern Gold Chandelier Crystals Empire Basket New Classic
Located in Berlin, DE
An elegant chandelier featuring a dense crystal structure and a distinctive shape. Its tapering form and decorative upper elements lend the chandelier a sophisticated and high-end a...
Crystal
Antique Empire Bronze Ormolu 6 Light Chandelier Restored
Located in New York, NY
This antique chandelier is an example of the Empire style, constructed from heavy cast bronze with a finely chased ormolu (gilt bronze) finish.
Bronze, 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.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.