antique empire chandelier
By French House & Garden
Located in Kiel, SH
high decorative antique bronze candelier from the empire. I guess the chandelier was electrified later .
Antique 1850s French Empire Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Bronze
antique empire chandelier
By French House & Garden
Located in Kiel, SH
high decorative antique bronze candelier from the empire. I guess the chandelier was electrified later .
Metal, Bronze
French Lemon Tole Chandelier, Gold 1970s
Located in Hastings, GB
Gilt lemons and leaves toleware chandelier circa 1970s, France Fabulous bright original gold leaf finish 3-arm chandelier with turned wooden finial and lamp holder cups 70cm total h...
Metal
$5,400
French Empire Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's French gilt and painted metal chandelier with 6 candelabra lights. Measurements: Drop: 24.5" Diameter: 25"
Bronze
Gold-Painted Iron Chandelier, France, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
A 1940s Art Deco gold-painted iron chandelier with six lights.
Iron
French Gold Gilt Bronze Six-Arm Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Bronze and gold gilt six-arm chandelier.
Bronze, Gold
$24,000
Antique French Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Chandelier with 10 lights. Made of Broze and in excellent condition. From the estate of O.P Leonard of Leonard's Department Store.
Bronze
French Neoclassic Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's French gilt and patinated chandelier with original patina. 6 lights. Measurements: Diameter: 21" Drop: 22"
Bronze
1940 French Bagues Gold Leaf Metal Chandelier 6 Lights
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1940 French Bagues gold metal and glass flowers 6 lights chandelier.
Metal
$3,680Sale Price|20% Off
French Rococo Gold Washed Bronze Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning fixture featuring an urn-shaped stem surmounted by contoured arms Ornately decorated with scrolling leaves and rosettes, and having floral Inspired candle cups with acanth...
Bronze
French Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's French gilt bronze crystal chandelier with 6 candelabra lights. Measurements: Drop: 31" Diameter: 18"
Crystal, Bronze
Art Nouveau Chandelier, Gold & Glass, France, Circa 1910
By Art Decor
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Nouveau chandelier with leaves. Gold with mercury and iridescent shades.
Gold
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
French Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
French crystal 19th century chandelier.
Crystal, Bronze
$6,960Sale Price|20% Off
French Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French blue and clear crystal chandelier, 18-light with 18 - 4" wax resin candle covers.
Crystal, Bronze
Exquisite French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisite French Chandelier 6 lights Already rewired for U.S. and in working condition The measurements below are just for the chandelier piece itself. It does not include any chain ...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Large French Horizontal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1930's French gilt bronze chandelier with beaded crystal body and crystal pendants and 14 lights. Measurements: Length: 72" Width: 38" Minimum drop: 36"
Crystal, Metal, Bronze
19th Century French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French chandelier, ormolu gold plated bronze with crystals.
Crystal, Bronze
$19,450
Antique French Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
In the style of Rococo. The chandelier is richly adorned with cut crystal prisms in various shapes—spear, teardrop, and almond-shaped. These prisms refract light beautifully, creatin...
Bronze
$8,500
French Empire Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine quality 19th century French Empire gilt bronze 9-light chandelier. Circa 1870. The chandelier has been professionally re-wired, cleaned and is ready to hang. Includes matching c...
Bronze
French Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's gilt bronze and crystals chandelier with 9 candelabra lights. Measurements: Present drop: 34" Heigh of body: 29" Diameter: 22.5"
Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1900's French chandelier with 12 candelabra lights. Measurements: Drop: 35" Diameter: 28"
Crystal, Bronze
Large Midcentury French Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's French polished bronze chandelier with 28 lights. Measurements: Current drop: 50" Diameter: 50"
Bronze
$4,650
French Empire Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
French bronze and crystal Empire style chandelier. Circa 1920. The chandelier has been professionally re-wired, cleaned and is ready to hang. Includes matching chain and canopy.
Crystal, Bronze
French Mid-Centrury Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's French polished bronze chandelier with 12 lights. Measurements: Current drop: 28" Minimum drop: 18" Diameter: 37"
Bronze
Antique French Mazarin Gold Bronze Chandelier, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Mazarin gold bronze chandelier, Circa 1880.
Bronze
Antique French Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1900's French chandelier with original patina, 10 lights. Measurements: Min drop: 44" Diameter: 29"
Bronze
$16,000
French Art Deco Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A late 1940's French chandelier with glass elements on body. 6 arms and 1 center light. Measurements: Height of body: 45.5" Diameter: 36.25"
Bronze, Nickel
Antique French Gold Bronze 10 Light Chandelier, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French gold bronze 10 light chandelier with Greek Key Design, Circa 1890.
Bronze
French Moderne Horizontal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's gilt bronze moderne style eight-arm French chandelier with two interior lights and glass rods insets. Measurements: Length: 36" Width: 16" Height of body: 32" (adjust...
Bronze
French Floral Basket Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's French patinated bronze six-arm floral motif chandelier with molded glass and amber crystal body that has an interior light. Measurements: Drop: 34" Diameter: 24".
Crystal, Bronze
$116,000
French Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mounted to electricity. French work around 1880-1900. Chandelier from the Board Room of the National Society of French Railways, located at the time in the famous station Le Gare de...
Bronze
French Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
French gilt bronze chandelier with original gilding.
Bronze
French Beaded & Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A large circa 1920's French twelve light beaded chandelier with crystal insets on body and applied beaded crystal flowers. Measurements: Current drop: 46" Diameter: 36".
Crystal, Bronze
French Antique Cage Chandelier
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Antique French Cage Chandelier. Attractive four armed chandelier. Formed with a patinated wave frame with faceted lustres and drops. Sourced in Paris this piece of antique...
Bronze
Antique French Empire Gold Bronze Chandelier, Circa 1875-1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Empire Gold Bronze Chandelier, Circa 1875-1890.
Bronze
French Rare Museum Quality Carved Gold Gilt Eagle Chandelier
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning French carved gilt wood chandelier centered by a finely sculpted eagle with outstretched wings, perched above a foliate branch supporting three lights. Richly detailed with ...
Metal
$12,500
French Art Deco Chandelier
Located in Bridgewater, CT
French Art Deco chandelier in silvered bronze, very good quality of the casting. Shades not from the period but good quality as well. Sockets and wires need to be changed.
Bronze
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
French Art Deco Chandelier
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
French Art Deco chandelier Material: Electroplated bronze and pressed glass Circa 1930 Origin France Natural wear Perfect condition Electrified 220 W 4 external lights and two ...
Bronze
French Neoclassic Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century French chandelier with original gilt finish, swags of bronze forming the body, crystal beads chains and amethyst crystals. Measurements: Height 40" Diameter ...
Crystal, Bronze
French Midcentury Horizontal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French circa 1950s horizontal chandelier with patinated bronze finish and opaline glass cylindrical globes. Measurements: Length 52" Depth 25" Current drop 33" (adjustable).
Bronze
$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
$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
$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
1930's French Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Amazing 1930's French bronze chandelier with beautiful detail and design, lightly restored and newly rewired with some wear and patina due to age and use.
Bronze
French Louis XVI Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine French Louis XVI gilt bronze and blue enamel 8-light chandelier. A French Louis XVI chandelier is one of the most recognizable expressions of late‑18th‑century neoclassicism. Ci...
Bronze
French Louis XVI Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI gilt bronze 12-arm chandelier. A French Louis XVI chandelier embodies the neoclassical refinement that defined the late 18th century—clean architectural...
Bronze
French Designer, Chandelier, Bronze, Fabric, France, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A bronze and white fabric chandelier designed and produced in France, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 31” H x 23” Diameter Dimensions of Canopy: 2.4“ H x 3.75” Diameter Ch...
Bronze
Antique Scrolling Vines French Gold Tole Chandelier with Original Gilding
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Museum quality antique French chandelier, rewired to American standards.
Metal
Orientalist Chandelier, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
A thirty-six-light Oriental-inspired chandelier in patinated and gilded bronze and cut and faceted crystal, featuring two independent lighting circuits that can be lit together or se...
Crystal, Bronze
French Gilt Neoclassic Torch Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French circa 1920's Neoclassic chandelier with 3 lights, original painted finish. Measurements: Height: 32" Diameter: 13"
Bronze
Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Gold Bronze Chandelier, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptional Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Gold Bronze Chandelier, Circa 1890.
Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Gold Bronze Chandelier, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Gold Bronze Chandelier, Circa 1890.
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Basket Style French Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
The Antique French Louis XVI Basket Style French Chandelier is a stylish and elegant lighting fixture. This chandelier features a classic French design with a basket style configurat...
Crystal, Bronze
Small French 1940s Bronze Chandelier
Located in Buchanan, NY
Elevate your space with this lovely French 1940s bronze chandelier, featuring eight ornate arms and a beautifully aged, patinated finish. This stunning piece measures 22 inches in he...
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. It is ready to hang! 29h ...
Bronze
$12,800
French Louis XVI Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
fine 19th century French Louis XVI gilt bronze and crystal chandelier. Circa 1880. The chandelier has been professionally rewired, comes with matching chain and canopy. It is ready t...
Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Crystal and Gold Bronze 8-Light Chandelier.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Crystal and gold bronze 8-light chandelier.
Crystal, Bronze
$2,491Sale Price|51% Off
19th Century Ceiling Chandelier, France Around 1890, Gold Bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century Ceiling Chandelier, France around 1890, gold bronze Antique magnificent chandelier, voluminous body with curved light arms. 18 light arms.
Bronze
Antique French Crystal and Gold Bronze Basket Chandelier, Circa 1890's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Crystal and Gold Bronze Basket Chandelier, Circa 1890's.
Crystal, Bronze
19th c. French Gothic Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century French Gothic bronze chandelier. With its intricate design and Gothic detailing, this chandelier adds a touch of historical elegance to any room. The bronze mat...
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19th century French chandelier. Made with bronze and rock crystal.
Rock Crystal, Bronze
French, gold plated chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Gold plated chandelier with relief work on main well, cherubic figures on top well, highly detailed work on finial, French, circa 1900.
Antique Gold French Chandelier with Rose Glass Shades
Located in Mobile, AL
Antique gold French chandelier with rose and tulip glass shades.
Brass, Ormolu
Rococo Gold Bronze Oil Lamp Chandelier, France, 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
19th century French Rococo mercury bronze oil lamp chandelier originally oil converted to electric.
Bronze
French Antique Chandelier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French antique chandelier, origine Hotel in Paris Center Gilt bronze and crystal, 50 lights Made circa 1920 Possibility in pair + 20% TVA for CEE.
Crystal, Bronze
Exceptional Gilt Chandelier, French
Located in Northfield, IL
Stunning French gilt chandelier with beautifully carved wood body and five arms. Exquisitely detailed. Black silk cord wraps suspended stem.
Gold
French Antique Baccarat Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French antique "Baccarat" chandelier Origin France - Made from Baccarat manufacture after 1936 - Signed In perfect condition - 18 lights. + 20% TVA for CEE.
Crystal, Bronze
French Empire Bronze Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish French Empire chandelier dates to the early part of the 19th century and is fabricated in bronze dore and patinated bronze. Note: The piece has been professionally re...
Bronze
Bronze French Empire Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic 19th century French Empire bronze chandelier was acquired in Pairs and is the perfect size for a powder room, entry vestibule or dressing closet. Note: This...
Bronze
1920s French Empire Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Mobile, AL
French Empire crystal five-light chandelier, possibly Baccarat crystal beads, circa 1920s.
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass, Ormolu
French Chandelier with Eight Lights
Located in Oldebroek, NL
French chandelier with eight lights. Color between bronze and silver. Characteristic French glass in the centre. Nice because of it's simplicity. This is just one of our large col...
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Empire chandelier, with central column and arrow sheath top cascading into an acorn finial. Surrounded by 6 elegant ormolu casted arms.
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Splendid late 19th century French Empire gilt bronze and tole chandelier having a coronet with chains hanging down to the chandelier that has six branch sconces, and a flame to the c...
Bronze
French Bronze Napoleon Style Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French bronze napoleon style chandelier. Rewired, bronze, 1920s. Canopy replaced.
Bronze
French Bronze Empire Style Chandelier
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A French Empire style bronze and gilt metal chandelier.
Bronze
Unavailable
H 44.2 in W 35.8 in D 35.8 in
Neoclassical French Chandelier by Mathias with Baccarat Crystals, Gold Plating
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Cologne, DE
Bright gold underlines the elegant appearance of the crystal elements.
Crystal, Gold Plate
French 1930s Empire Bronze Chandelier
Located in Fairfax, VA
This fabulous empire chandelier. This stunning fixture is made of beautiful black lacquer and ornate bronze. Professionally rewired and ready for installation. Seven lights, 60 wat...
Bronze
French Restauration Period Crystal Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 19th century French Restoration period six-light crystal chandelier.
Crystal, Bronze
French Classic 1930s Crystal Chandelier
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant 1930s eight-light bronze chandelier with large sparkling hand polished multi-color crystal prisms. Measurement: 22" wide and total height of 59" but minimum height fully ins...
Crystal, Bronze
French Country Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Cookeville, TN
Strands of faceted crystal grace this elegant Country French chandelier. The light fixture is accented with many prisms and crystal bobesches. These are mounted on a bronze fixture f...
Crystal, Bronze
French Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Sheffield, MA
Large Louis XV style birdcage-form bronze and crystal eight-light chandelier with large shaped decorative clear and pale amber-colored drops, four large glass capitals, large cut-gla...
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
French Bronze Art Nouveau Chandelier
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
With 3 angels holding candle lights and central glass shade, circa 1890.
Bronze
French Empire Crystal and Bronze Chandelier
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant twelve arm eighteen light French empire style bronze and crystal chandelier. This chandelier professionally cleaned, rewired and ready for installation. Measurment: 31" width...
Crystal, Bronze
Six-Arm Gold Metal and Giltwood Chandelier, France, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Gold metal and giltwood six-arm chandelier with ball details, France, circa 1950.
Gilt Metal
Unavailable
H 41.34 in Dm 47.25 in
French 18 Lights Chandelier in Gold Finishing, Transparent Crystal and Amber
By Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
These lamps match luxury, brilliance and grandeur of the royal palaces and, at the same time, sophistication and elegance. Combining french gold metal and transparent crystals with a...
Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gold Leaf
French Bronze Crystal Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Oldebroek, NL
French bronze chandelier with crystals and strings of beads. Very nice small and delicate bronze chandelier with six candle lights. Due to the size of the chandelier it is relati...
Crystal, Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Bronze Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
A French chandelier that was originally gas and now features five lights, circa 1840. In the French Moroccan style, it features Aladdin burners from two-tone bronze doré.
Bronze
French Bronze and Crystal Chandelier, 1950
Located in Oldebroek, NL
Impressive bronze chandelier richly decorated with fine crystal pendoloques. This eleven-light chandelier has ten candle lights supported with bobeches and one big crystal pinnacle i...
Crystal, Bronze
Unavailable
H 31.89 in Dm 18.9 in
Pair of French 22-Carat Gold-Plated and Rock Crystal Adorned Chandeliers
Located in London, GB
A pair of French 22-carat gold-plated and rock crystal adorned chandeliers with faceted cut crystals.
Crystal, Gold Plate
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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