Beautiful Silver Plate Vintage Compote with Aqua Floats
Located in Hopewell, NJ
tarnish. Pretty collection of light aqua glass floaters are included.
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Centerpieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Glass Float Light
Contemporary Pendant Lamp 'Pace 28-1', Float by AND
By AND Light
Located in Paris, IDF
Contemporary pendant lamp 'Pace 28-1', Float by AND Designer: Caine Heintzman Dimensions: - Ø 28
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pe...
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Pendant Lamp 'Pace 28-12', Float by AND
By AND Light
Located in Paris, IDF
Contemporary pendant lamp 'Pace 28-12', Float by AND Designer: Caine Heintzman Dimensions: - Ø 28
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pe...
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Pendant Lamp 'Pace 28-3', Float by AND
By AND Light
Located in Paris, IDF
Contemporary pendant lamp 'Pace 28-3', Float by AND Designer: Caine Heintzman Dimensions: - Ø 28
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pe...
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Pendant Lamp 'Pace 28-2', Float by AND
By AND Light
Located in Paris, IDF
Contemporary pendant lamp 'Pace 28-2', Float by AND Designer: Caine Heintzman Dimensions: - Ø 28
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pe...
Materials
Aluminum
1930s Streamline International Style ceiling light in chrome - plated brass
$4,098
H 41.34 in W 21.26 in D 17.72 in
1930s Streamline International Style ceiling light in chrome - plated brass
Located in Berlin, DE
characteristic of the Streamline International Style. Its partially sanded glass disc allows light to float
Category
Vintage 1930s French International Style Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Chrome
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Glass Brass Float 2.0 Light Pendant 16"
By SkLO
Located in Healdsburg, CA
, the spheres of the Float 16 and Float 20 Pendants are meant as a pure expression of handblown glass
Category
2010s Czech Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Glass Dark Oxidized Float 2.0 Light Pendant 20"
By SkLO
Located in Healdsburg, CA
, the spheres of the Float 16 and Float 20 Pendants are meant as a pure expression of handblown glass
Category
2010s Czech Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Fishing Float Pendant Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese fishing float made into pendant light. Bright blue glass,single socket.
Category
20th Century Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass, Rope
Single Large Fishing Float Pendant Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique japanese fishing float made into pendant light. Original rope and barnacles. UL listing
Category
20th Century American Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
A Sculptural Stilnovo Six-Light Brass and Wood Chandelier
Located in North Miami, FL
architecturally complex brass arms which allow the glasses to float. This hanging light has been professionally
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Green Glass Antique Japanese Fishing Floats 3-Light Pendant
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pendant light made from three, large, green glass, float spheres from Japan, with the original
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Steuben Glass Flush Mount Fixture
Located in Hudson, NY
original hardware. Innovative flush mount hanging system allows the etched glass to float seamlessly. Soft
Category
Early 20th Century American Flush Mount
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Pair of 19th Century Tole Lanterns
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of painted tole lanterns.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Lanterns
Materials
Tôle
Side End Table Jewel Square Crystal Glass Collectible Design Handmade Italy
$11,812 / item
H 24.41 in W 14.18 in D 14.18 in
Side End Table Jewel Square Crystal Glass Collectible Design Handmade Italy
By Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
The side table 'Cascata' is made up of 219 crystal glass elements assembled by hand one by one. This table shines like a jewel. 'Instant of a perpetual flow, motionless water in a c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Materials
Crystal
Modern Églomisé Blue Silver Glass Buffet with Bespoke Metal Base by Ercole Home
$17,500 / item
H 36 in W 96 in D 20 in
Modern Églomisé Blue Silver Glass Buffet with Bespoke Metal Base by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Mystic buffet or credenza by Ercole home has a 6-door front, with Espresso wood finish on oak. Hand-painted glass panels in Midnight Moon are on the door surface. The decorativ...
Category
2010s American Modern Credenzas
Materials
Metal
Marie Suri "Constellation" Fire Screen
By Marie Suri
Located in New York, NY
Marie Suri The "Constellation" fire screen Fire screen with scattered 2.5” and 4” steel medallions with bronze decoration. Mesh backing makes these an excellent choice for wood-bur...
Category
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Ormolu and Malachite Center Table
Located in Tarzana, CA
A large and impressive Empire style Gilt Bronze & Malachite center table. The table features a circular top, which has been beautifully inlaid with malachite and edged with gilt bron...
Category
20th Century French Empire Center Tables
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Knotty Contemporary Rattan Indoor-Outdoor Armchair, Cushions in Sunbrella Fabric
$1,600 / item
H 30 in W 41 in D 35 in
Knotty Contemporary Rattan Indoor-Outdoor Armchair, Cushions in Sunbrella Fabric
By Nina Edwards Anker
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Looped are a set of armchairs in polyethylene rattan, comprising of sculptural knot forms. Edwards Anker says: “The affect of the form imitates the function, which is to embrace the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Armchairs
Materials
Rattan
Baccarat Crystal and Dore Bronze-Mounted Centrepiece or Jardinière
$11,850
H 12.2 in W 16.5 in D 9.5 in
Baccarat Crystal and Dore Bronze-Mounted Centrepiece or Jardinière
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
An unusual antique Baccarat crystal and Dore bronze-mounted oval shaped centrepiece, the removable oval shaped crystal bowl, beautifully hand-cut and engraved with floral and vine de...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Portoro Black Marble Antique Country French Side Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
An exquisite little gem in our Country French hand carved side table featuring dovetailed joinery to the solid walnut frame with black Portoro marble insert top & Cabriole legs. A sw...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Side Tables
Materials
Marble
An Anglo Indian Circular Inlaid Game Table with Hinged Flip Top
$7,080Sale Price|20% Off
H 29 in Dm 32.25 in
An Anglo Indian Circular Inlaid Game Table with Hinged Flip Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
the hinged circular top centering a beautifully inlaid checkboard on one side flipping to reveal an inlaid Parcheesi (Ludo) board on the reverse; raised in 4 dramatically incurved su...
Category
Antique 1890s Indian Anglo-Indian Game Tables
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
$13,000
H 9.75 in W 11.25 in D 11.5 in
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat crystal centerpiece. This stunning circular centerpiece is raised on three rectangular Ormolu block ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Louis Comfort Tiffany Pastel Favrile Glass Dinnerware
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exuding the elegance of Art Nouveau design, this dinnerware service for 12 from Tiffany Studios is composed of pastel-hued, opalescent green Favrile glass. The plates, bowls and glas...
Category
20th Century American Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
French Style Wrought Iron Greenhouse with Door and Windows in White Color
$27,722
H 106.3 in W 236.23 in D 157.49 in
French Style Wrought Iron Greenhouse with Door and Windows in White Color
Located in Marbella, ES
French style wrought iron greenhouse with doors and windows that open outwards in white color. Ready for glass panels to be installed.
Category
2010s French Garden Ornaments
Materials
Iron
Karin Beek''Sitting Cat'' Dutch Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Cat, Feline, 2022
$8,250
H 16.54 in W 10.63 in D 12.6 in
''Sitting Cat'' Dutch Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Cat, Feline
By Karin Beek
Located in Utrecht, NL
Karin Beek's (1948) bronze sculptures are characterized by a friendly, round and at the same time monumental style. They breathe the atmosphere of everyday life. Beek would like her ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carved Italian Alabaster Sculpture of a Maiden at the Well, circa 1900
$4,500
H 32.5 in W 11 in D 8 in
Carved Italian Alabaster Sculpture of a Maiden at the Well, circa 1900
By Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Tarzana, CA
Carved Italian Alabaster sculpture of a maiden at the water fountain Italy, circa 1900. Depicting a young maiden leaning on a decorated water fountain, with a onyx ball finial....
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Baccarat Attributed Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Centerpiece Bowl
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
Our French centerpiece, circa 1880, features a large oval shaped glass bowl exquisitely cut with diamond and shell motifs and engraved with floral designs on the sides, and an ormolu...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Planters, Cachepot...
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Carved Alabaster Compote Centerpiece with Dolphins
$2,953
H 19.3 in W 20.48 in D 18.12 in
19th Century Italian Carved Alabaster Compote Centerpiece with Dolphins
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful and rare antique Italian alabaster tazza compote. Features carved grape leaves around the bowl and dolphin pedestal. Decorate a dining table or a console with this elegant...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Centerpieces
Materials
Alabaster
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Finding the Right Chandeliers-pendant-lights for You
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.
Questions About Glass Float Light
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Authentic glass fishing floats were made to be used, so they’ll generally have some signs of wear. Real examples of these vintage treasures will often include impurities like bubbles and flecks of other materials embedded in the glass. Shop vintage glass fishing floats from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 17, 2023Yes, glass pendant lights get dusty. However, all lighting fixtures will eventually gather dust. Regularly wiping your pendant lights can reduce the presence of dust. Shop a variety of glass pendant lights on 1stDibs.
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