Murano Glass Chandelier, Italy, 1970
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Superb and rare chandelier attributed to the sciolari house, designated and produced in Italy in the 1970s. Chromed metal chandelier composed of murano glass crystals spread over 3 l...
Crystal
Quirky French Iron Chandelier
Located in Brecht, BE
A quirky 1950s iron chandelier never seen another one like this a rare find.
Iron
Gilt Bronze & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine & Elegant Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze & Crystal chandelier by Baccarat. France, circa 1930 Height 33" Diameter 18". 4 lights CW4539.
Crystal, Bronze
$439Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Chandelier, 1950s
By Zukov
Located in Praha, CZ
Design glass and brass three-flamming chandelier made in Czechoslovakia in 1950s. Very good condition. Cleaned and rewired. US wiring compatible
Brass
Doria Glass Tube Chandelier
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite chandelier with glass pirouettes encircling a brass plate with crackled glass diffuser. Takes six E-14 bulbs. Height of chandelier is overall height, chandelier body alone...
Brass
$6,328Sale Price|53% Off
Antique French Empire Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Empire crystal chandelier. 18 light with 18 4" wax candle covers.
Crystal, Bronze
Vintage Swedish Horizontal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Horizontal Hammered Iron light fixture with glass pendants with 12 lights. Measurements: Drop: 39" Length: 60" Width: 23"
Iron
Moderne Silver Plated Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An Italian silver-plated ten-light chandelier with its original finish. Measurements: Diameter: 24.5" Minimum drop: 28.5".
Metal
Clear Glass Murano Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A 1930s Murano glass chandelier with interior lights. Leaf shaped decoration.
Art Deco Hanging Lucite Chandelier
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Art Deco Hanging Lucite Chandelier — layered lucite and polished metal chandelier with refined geometry for elegant, timeless interiors. We sell items as acquired, without restor...
Lucite
Striking Hexagon Stained Glass Chandelier
Located in Peekskill, NY
With a 23 inch diameter this is a good size Arts and Crafts chandelier. It features striking color combinations of blue, white and amber with red highlights. The shape as a hexagon w...
Bronze
Six-Arm Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Six-arm gilt and turned wood chandelier with curvilinear tendril arms.
Giltwood
Eight-Arm Uplight Chandelier
By Stilnovo
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Eight-arm polished nickel chandelier with conical enameled metal uplight shades.
Nickel
$6,340 / item
1396 15-Lights Chandelier
By Epoca Lampadari
Located in Milan, IT
Designed to represent a spectacular hanging vase, this stunning 15 Lights Chandelier is crafted in hand-decorated metal and features amber colored murano glass. The striking Murano g...
Metal
Copper chandelier denmark around 1950s
Located in Wien, Au
Copper chandelier denmark around 1950s Polished and stove enameled
Copper
$2,125Sale Price|50% Off
Amber Graniglia Rondine Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian chandelier with clear textured Murano glass petals hand blown with amber Graniglia to produce granular textured effect, mounted on satin gold finish metal frame / Made in Ita...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Swedish Neoclassic Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish neoclassic eight-light crystal chandelier with woven crystals, with all original pendants and patina. Measures: Height 41 in. Diameter 33 in.
$293Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Chandelier, Czechoslovakia, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Chromed chandelier made in Czechoslovakia, in the 1970's. Made of milk glass, chrome. Fully functional, in original condition, with a few minor signs of use. Ready to be used.
Chrome
$293Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Chandelier, Czechoslovakia, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Chromed chandelier made in Czechoslovakia, in the 1970's. Made of milk glass, chrome. Fully functional, in original condition, with a few minor signs of use. Ready to be used.
Chrome
Italian Silver Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Parcel painted and silver giltwood chandelier. baluster standard issuing twelve tole scrolling arms painted and carved acanthus throughout
Giltwood, Paint
$9,248 / item
Selenite Chandelier by Aver
Located in Geneve, CH
Selenite chandelier by Aver Dimensions: D 38 x H 75 cm. Materials: Selenite, metal. Available in other sizes. Designed by Marcele Muraro, for Aver, the collection is produced w...
Stone, Metal
$7,828 / item
Selenite Chandelier by Aver
Located in Geneve, CH
Selenite chandelier by Aver Dimensions: D 38 x H 55 cm. Materials: Selenite, metal. Available in other sizes. Designed by Marcele Muraro, for Aver, the collection is produced w...
Stone, Metal
Mid-Century Spanish Chandelier
Located in Seattle, WA
Mid-Century Spanish chandelier. Clean lines, compact size.
A 1920s Forged Iron Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A triangular forged iron chandelier with palm tree and camel motifs. With four candelabra sockets, price includes new UL wiring, chain, and canopy. Circa 1920.
Iron
Vintage Swedish Horizontal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Horizontal Hammered Iron light fixture with glass pendants. 12 candelabra lights. Measurements: Drop: 39" Width: 24" Length: 62"
Iron
$46,400Sale Price|20% Off
French Antique Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique bronze chandelier, from 1950's with non-electrified with 24 candle holder chandelier was in Ex-Vice-president Dan Quayle office in 1989.
Bronze
$17,380 / item
Shade Eight-Light Chandelier
By Officina Luce
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Shine collection of strikingly modern lighting pieces, this chandelier is a precious addition to a contemporary decor and will make a statement in a living room, entryway...
Metal
Italian Antique Crystal Chandelier, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite and highly decorative Italian antique crystal chandelier from the 1950s, showcasing refined craftsmanship and elegant proportions. This rare piece features a sculptural ...
Crystal, Metal
$3,845Sale Price / item|20% Off
20th Murano 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 multicolored Murano glasses and a gold and brass structure creates a truly ele...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
A Magnificent Cut Crystal Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Magnificent Baccarat Style Crystal Chandelier featuring a multi-baluster stem and thumb cut scroll arms in two tiers adorned with hand cut drop crystals. Originally for candles now...
Crystal
Large Silver Plated Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French Empire-style circa 1920's silver-plated ten-arm chandelier. Measurements: Diameter: 32" Current drop: 36" (adjustable).
Metal
$11,780 / item
Rustic French Bastille Chandelier
Located in Westwood, NJ
Rustic French Bastille Chandelier Based on an original discovered in a French market, the chandelier centers around a heart-shaped rustic body and is handcrafted in steel. The rust e...
Steel
Cream Colored Murano Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian Murano cream and amber glass chandelier with 6 lights. Measurements: Current drop: 30" Diameter: 28".
Murano Glass
Seven-Light Multicolor Balloton Glass Chandelier
By Tozoo
Located in Milan, IT
This seven-light chandelier features seven textured glass spheres crafted with the traditional balloton technique, creating a rich, tactile surface that enhances light reflections. E...
Glass
Maison Baguès, chandelier Circa 1950
By Maison Baguès
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Maison Baguès, chandelier Circa 1950
Bronze, Metal
1970s Mazzega Glass Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970s Mazzega glass and chrome chandelier.
Art Glass
$9,000 / item
STACK Chandelier, Linear LED
By Ridgely Studio Works
Located in Toronto, CA
Starting with a sketch, the concept of a line drawing made of light drove the development of the Stack fixture. The Stack light’s design language creates a volumetric composition tha...
Steel
1960s Glass Orb Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s glass orb chandelier.
Glass
Clear Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A large, 1950s Murano glass chandelier with ten lights, clear color body. Measurements: 38" diameter. 49" drop.
Kerylos Style Italian Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's Italian sixteen light bronze chandelier with carved alabaster insets. Measurements: Height: 58" Diameter: 43".
Alabaster, Bronze
Midcentury Silver & Glass Chandelier
Located in Kent, Dover
A French mid-century chandelier of interesting design in silvered metal with good quality glass detailing, with a spherical centre stem and drip sconces.
Brass
Sciolari Chandelier in Brass
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant 1960s 8-light gold plated brass and chrome chandelier by Sciolari of Italy. This chandelier has (8) E14 candelabra based sockets.
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Original Art Deco Brass Chandelier
Located in Tarporley, GB
Original Art Deco aged brass chandelier. English 1930’s. Part of a larger collection of Art Deco light fittings all purchased from an original 1930’s Art Deco house. Very stylish ...
Metal, Brass
A Neoclassic Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French circa 1920's fifteen-arm gilt bronze neoclassic style chandelier with crystal pendants. Measurements: Current drop: 58" Minimum drop: 48" Diameter: 38".
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. Measurements: Height (minimum drop): 32" Diameter: 28.5".
Bronze
Midcentury Oval Frosted Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's Italian 8-arm bronze and frosted glass chandelier. Measurements: Drop: 21" Length: 38" Width: 32"
Bronze
Pink Art Deco Chandelier
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Pink art deco chandelier with 4 pink lampsahdes, bakelite fitting and chrome body.
Chrome
Murano Seguso Floral Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Murano glass chandelier with floral pattern. Has gold and off white petals and leaves.
Murano Glass
$347Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Chandelier, Czechoslovakia, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Chandelier made in the 1930's, in Czechoslovakia. Made of bakelite, glass and metal. Repolished, fully functional, in original condition, with signs of wear. Ready to be used.
Chrome
$4,300 / item
Balancier Chandelier by Gallery L7
By Gallery L7
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful four-arm two-tone brass chandelier by Gallery L7, handcrafted and finished in Los Angeles from American brass, in powder coated brass, with four brass arms carrying two adj...
Brass
Midcentury Brass Sputnik Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A classic Midcentury Sputnik brass chandelier. It consists of 16 arms radiating, each culminating in a single bulb socket. Dimensions: 20 in. diameter 15.75 in. height Condition no...
Brass
Girasole Vertical Glass Discs Chandelier
By Euroluce
Located in Milan, IT
The Girasole vertical chandelier showcases a sculptural composition of glass discs suspended within circular metal frames. Each disc, crafted in Veneto, varies in size and is arrange...
Metal
$11,050
Six-Tier Venini Chandelier
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
A very striking Venini crystal chandelier in an unusual hexagon-like shape. The chandelier, circa 1960s, is composed of a metal frame with hundreds of clear class triedri shaped crys...
Glass
Chandelier Crystal Baccarat & Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Top quality of chandelier in bronze and crystal Baccarat, this chandelier is very elegant and it can find a place in any room, any style of home because quality always find a place f...
Crystal, Bronze
Moderne Gilt Metal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's ten-arm gilt metal Italian chandelier with foliage motif. Measurements: Diameter: 50" Minimum drop: 25".
Metal
French Style Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A reproduction of French style eight-arm Chandelier with giltwood. The price below is for a single chandelier.
Giltwood
Original baroque parlor chandelier 1910
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Glazed metal frame adorned with glass elements in the form of prisms, obelisks, and stars, and a matching spherical finial at the bottom. Fitted for eight electric lights with E12/E1...
Crystal, Brass
$13,650Sale Price|35% Off
French Bronze Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Large bronze crystal chandelier with 25 lights and 25 -6" white wax covers.
Bronze
Italian Modernist Chandelier, 1950s
By Arredoluce, Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Italian modernist suspension chandelier from the 1950s, attributed to Stilnovo. Four satin glass diffusers hang from a black lacquered square frame with a smaller square floatin...
Brass, Steel
French Neoclassical Tole Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French neoclassical tole chandelier.
Tôle
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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