Giltwood Figurehead Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
6-arm giltwood chandelier featuring ornate carved figurehead and foliate details.
Vintage 1950s French Louis XIV Chandeliers and Pendants
Giltwood
Giltwood Figurehead Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
6-arm giltwood chandelier featuring ornate carved figurehead and foliate details.
Giltwood
1970s Sciolari Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970s Sciolari chrome chandelier.
Chrome
$2,500
Elegant Horns Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very nice horns chandelier, beware the horns are not real, but it is still an impressive chandelier, all our chandeliers and sconces are rewired.
Brass
$1,500
Murano Leaf Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Murano leaf chandelier. This chandelier was never used, was still in original box when I purchased it.
Baccarat Crinoline Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine "Crinoline" Chandelier by Baccarat featuring the classical crystal "plumes", octagon graduated chains and long slinder prisms. 8 lights. France, circa 1930. Dimensions:...
Crystal, Bronze
$16,915 / item
Rain 24-Light Chandelier
By MM Lampadari
Located in Milan, IT
Evocative of a rainy summer day, this chandelier exudes a glorious and impressive charm. Composed of 24 glass light bulbs enhanced with a polished and mirrored smokey finish creating...
Glass
Twig Black Metallic Chandelier
By Stillux
Located in Milan, IT
Designed with enchanting forests in mind, this striking chandelier celebrates organic shapes through an exquisitely contemporary vision. Softly-curved arms reminiscent of growing twi...
Metal
English Silver Plated Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's English chandelier with silver plated finish. Measurements: Current drop: 37" Height of body: 27" Diameter: 37"
Silver Plate
$10,800
Swedish Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Swedish crystal chandelier. Antique brass and crystal drop four light pendant, with central suspended waterfall pendant and very large carved crystal tassel. Newly cleaned and rewire...
Crystal, Brass
$1,658
Yellow Murano Chandelier
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Yellow Murano chandelier in good original condition, one edge on lower glass bowl.
Glass
Vintage Porcelain Flowers Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's Italian painted tole chandelier with 6 lights. With porcelain flowers and birds and nest on body. Measurements: Height of body: 26.5" Present drop: 37" (adjustable) D...
Iron
$12,000
Venetian Murano Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Venetian Murano chandelier with gold flecks.
Glass, Murano Glass
$9,477 / set
Pair Murano Chandeliers
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair Italian vintage chandeliers in Murano glass and nickel plated metal structure on 4 levels. The armor polished nickel supports 80 large pink and white alabaster glass tube. The a...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$3,554 / set
Pair Italian Murano chandeliers
By Vistosi
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair Vintage Italian Murano chandeliers in Vistosi style. The chandelier has 36 fantastic multicolored alabaster iridescent glasses in a nickel metal frame. Period: late XX century D...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$1,895 / item
Italian Disc Murano chandelier
By Vistosi
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian Murano chandelier in Vistosi style. The chandelier has 36 fantastic iridescent alabaster blue discs in a nickel metal frame. Period: late XX century Dimensions: 44,50 inches ...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$4,265 / set
Pair Murano Glass Chandeliers
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair Italian vintage glass chandeliers with alabaster pink glass tubes. The armor polished nickel supports 36 large glass tubes in a star shape. The alabaster technique created in Ve...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Pink Functionalist Chandelier
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Pink functionalist chandelier from functionalist villa in Slovakia. Excellent original condition.
Chrome
$1,520Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Small French crystal chandelier, 1 light on the fixture.
Crystal
Pink Murano Chandelier, 1950s
By Ercole Barovier
Located in Budapest, HU
A rare and poetic Murano glass chandelier from the 1950s, this sculptural piece embodies the romantic elegance and artistic freedom of Italian mid-century design. Entirely handcrafte...
Brass
Large Amber Murano Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian blown glass chandelier with 3 levels and 19 candelabra lights. Light amber color with red edges. Measurements: Diameter:73" Height of body:65" Min. drop:70"
Murano Glass
Large Oval Tulip Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950 Italian chandelier with tulip bobeches. 12 arms and 6 down-lights. Measurements: Length: 51" Width: 36" Drop: 20"
Metal
$5,686
Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Murano glass and brass chandelier, wired for Europ and USA ( 4 bulbs E27, compatible E26).
Brass
Art Deco Church Chandelier
Located in BAUD, FR
Beautiful Art Deco 7-light chandelier Entirely in brass 1930s Width: 61 cm Height: 47 cm Depth: 17 cm
Brass
$7,961Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair Poliedri Chandelier
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
It sounds like you have a stunning piece of art with that Italian pendant light! The combination of 111 amethyst and clear Murano glasses and a gold painted and brass structure creat...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$7,115 / item
Contemporary Gold Chandelier
By Stillux
Located in Milan, IT
An enthralling interplay of different textures distinguishes the elegant design of this chandelier. The cylindrical, grooved lampshades in transparent glass hosting the 17 tubular LE...
Metal
Tole Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Large Scale Tole and crystal chandelier. Eight arms. Ready to hang with original ceiling cap. Measures: 26" diameter x 28" length without chain. With chain and cap it hangs down 42"....
Crystal, Metal
French Crystal Beaded Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's French gilt metal chandelier with 12 lights. Measurements: Height: 29" Diameter: 31"
Crystal, Metal
Painted Iron Verdigris chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1950's French painted chandelier with 8 candelabra lights. Measurements: Diameter: 32" Min. drop: 38"
Iron
Giltwood Swan Head Chandelier
Located in Greenwich, CT
A giltwood chandelier with eight arms wired for candelabra bulbs on central carved and gilded acanthus leaf decorated bowl suspended on decorative rods from a large gilt swan head mo...
Giltwood
1930 Opalescent Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1930’s opalescent murano glass chandelier with 5 lights
Murano Glass
Colorful "Harlequin" Chandelier
By Arredoluce
Located in Tarrytown, NY
"Harlequin" chandelier composed of rays ending in colored enameled metal shades.
Metal
$7,200
Painted Tole Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920s French painted and gilt tole chandelier. Measurements: Drop: 25" Diameter: 16".
Metal
$3,032Sale Price / item|20% Off
Murano Sputnik Chandelier
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian Sputnik chandelier in a black and brass metal, 51 unobtainable trasparent and black glass tips. Murano blown glass in a traditional way. 10 light points. Period: late xx cent...
Metal
Nexus - double tier chandelier
By Brass Brothers & Co.
Located in Firenze, FI
A vertical architectural chandelier that combines symmetry and lightness. Two circular brass frames in amber-bronzed waxed tones are linked by slender rods and adorned with curved ar...
Brass
White Petal Chandelier, Murano
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Chandelier made by hand blown glass chandelier composed by 75 glass petals (transparent and white “lattimo”) in a chrome frame. Dimensions: 65 inches (165 cm) height with chain, 37.4...
Metal
$18,500
Grand Venetian Chandelier
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
Truly stunning grand two-tier Venetian chandelier. The chandelier is elegantly accented with a gold centre armature which supports twenty-one-light sources.
Glass
French Armillary Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French 1950's painted metal chandelier with gilt details. Measurements: Drop: 25" Diameter: 23".
Iron
$1,840Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Murano Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Murano Italian chandelier.
Murano Glass
Bergamo Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
A vintage twelve-arm gilt carved wood and crystal chandelier made with antique and new parts from Begamo, Italy. Newly electrified.
Crystal
French Moderne Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six-arm nickel chandelier from France. Newly rewired for six 60 watt bulbs.
Nickel
$6,057 / item
Modern Bowl Chandelier
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern bowl chandelier with a textured white composite canopy above a bronze-finished steel bowl. With a painted chain and ceiling canopy. Dimensions: 43" W x 43" D x 31" H 108" c...
Metal
$8,800 / set
Molded Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An Italian molded glass 5-tiered chandelier, 1950s. Three available. Sold individually. Measurements: Height 34" Diameter 20".
$9,800
Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Wrought iron eight lights chandelier, scrolling motif on arms and hook chain, circa 1930s. Measurements: Height: 40" minimum drop. Diameter: 39".
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
French Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
French crystal 19th century chandelier.
Crystal, Bronze
$11,069
Art Deco Chandelier
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
An Art Deco wrought iron and glass chandelier, circa 1930, the central mottled glass bowl within a grape mounted frame hung with six shades.
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
Small French Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Small seven-light chandelier, one of the lights is in the center it's a decorative light, 5 - 4" wax candle covers, American wired.
Bronze
$22,000
Silver Plated Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920s silver plated neoclassic style chandelier with original finish. 20 lights. Measurements: Height 28? drop Diameter 40?.
$16,064Sale Price|20% Off
Crystal Chandelier Kalasjnikov
By Hans van Bentem
Located in Roeselare, BE
Chandelier of Hans Van Bentem in crystal and filled with leds
Crystal
$7,700
Petite Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming, beaded glass chandelier with amethyst and clear crystal tear drops and spheres. 6 lights. Wired for U.S. Measures: 46.5”H with adjustable chain and canopy. Chandelier on...
Crystal, Metal
$12,800
Murano Disc Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Modern Murano disc chandelier with pink and champagne glass on a brass frame. Great lines and style appropriate for any home. Sure to make a statement.
Brass
Alabaster Shade/Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a Custom designed Alabaster shade for several Chandelier designs used in our Lighting showroom . This is one piece still in stock that has never been used . ( New/Old ) inve...
Alabaster
$14,000
Glass Sputnik Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian Sputnik chandelier with extending hand blown glass flowers, a chrome-plated body and eight lights. Measurements: Height: 35" Diameter: 28".
Chrome
$8,233
1970's chandelier
Located in Brecht, BE
a waterfall of glass bulbs gives this 1970's chandelier a transparent and charming look.. in very good vintage condition ..
Chrome
$13,250
Carved Alabaster Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully hand-carved alabaster chandelier with the classic circular flared design. Held by 3 claws, chains and acanthus leaf canopy.
Alabaster, Metal
$13,500
Silvered Tole Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand pounded and cut silvered tole, 12 light chandelier from the area of Florence. Floral and foliate decoration with wax candle sleeves. Wired for US.
Tin
$14,000
Large Empire Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A twelve -arm French Empire-style gilt bronze and tole chandelier with foliage motif, circa 1940s. Measurements: Diameter 31" Drop 37".
$7,200
Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century French Empire-style chandelier with gilt and painted finish. Measurements: Diameter: 18" Height: 26.5".
Bronze
Customized Ash Chandelier
Located in Brecht, BE
This ash chandelier is made in my workshop, one of a kind.
Wood
Jackstone Chandelier Large
By Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Martyn Lawrence Bullard for Corbett Lighting The Jackstone Chandelier is inspired by the classic children's game jacks and is playful and energetic. Metal star shapes in vintage pol...
Brass
$14,000
Midcentury Shaded Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960s Italian midcentury chrome-plated brass six-light pendant chandelier with hammered and textured shade and variable drop. Measurements: Minimum drop 40" Diameter 30".
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."
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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.
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