French Moderne Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six-arm nickel chandelier from France. Newly rewired for six 60 watt bulbs.
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Vintage 1940s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
French Moderne Chandeliers
French Moderne Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's French polished bronze ten-arm chandelier. Measurements: Diameter: 27? Drop: 33?.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Lanterns
Materials
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.
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Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
French Moderne Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's French hammered metal chandelier with painted finish. Measurements: Height: 38" Diameter: 52"
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
French Moderne Horizontal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's French gilt bronze ten-arm horizontal chandelier with glass inset. Measurements: Height/Drop: 58" Length: 60" Width: 25"
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Moderne Star Shaped French Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French circa 1960's gilt brass moderne style 6-light chandelier with painted details.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
French Moderne Patinated Brass Chandelier by Maison Lunel
By Maison Lunel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
French moderne brass patinated six-arm chandelier, attributed tp Maison Lunel, France.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Moderne Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940’s French gilt bronze chandelier with 12 lights.. Measurements: Present drop: 40" (adjustable) Diameter: 28"
Category
Vintage 1940s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Moderne Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1940's French gilt bronze chandelier with 20 lights. Measurements: Height:43" total drop Diameter: 39.5"
Category
Vintage 1940s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Metal Moderne Sputnik Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's French gilt metal sputnik chandelier fixture with six chandelier lights. Measurements: Diameter: 32" Present drop: 48" (adjustable).
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Moderne Star Shaped Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A large circa 1960's French bronze star-shaped moderne 12-arm chandelier.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Horizontal French Moderne Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's French Moderne gilt metal horizontal body chandelier with eight lights.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
French Crystal Moderne Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1960's French oval nickel plated light fixture with crystal insets on the body. 8 Edison interior lights. Measurements: Present drop: 24.5" Length: 44" Width: 24"
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal
Set of Moderne Twelve-Arm Chandeliers, Sold individually
$16,000 / item
Set of Moderne Twelve-Arm Chandeliers, Sold individually
Located in New York, NY
A set of 3 circa 1960s French modernist twelve-arm chandeliers, polished bronze finish. Sold individually. Measurements: Diameter: 30" Drop (adjustable): 46".
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Adnet French Moderne Deco Pendant 1940
$1,600Sale Price|50% Off
Adnet French Moderne Deco Pendant 1940
By Jean Adnet
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful 1940 French Art Deco four-light golden brass fixture with crystal bobeches, Rewired. The golden brass is best shown in the lcanopy picture. The chandelier was made by Mor...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Pair of Moderne Twelve-Arm Chandeliers, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1960s French modernist twelve-arm chandeliers with a polished bronze finish. Sold individually. Measurements: Diameter 30" Drop (adjustable) 46".
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Moderne French Molded Glass Pendant Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's French molded glass light fixtures with "ice" pattern glass and six interior candelabra lights. Measurements: Drop: 32" Height of Body: 16" Diameter: 24"
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
Set of 3 Moderne Star Shaped Gilt Chandeliers, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
A set of 3 Moderne style star-shaped light fixture with gilt finish. 12 lights. Original chain and canopy. We have 2 sizes of these fixtures, this is the 21" diameter and a smaller a...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Large Moderne Crystal Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's gilt French crystals light fixture with 12 interior lights. Measurements: Height: 12"min drop Present drop: 20" Diameter:42"
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Set of Moderne Light Fixtures, Sold Individually
$6,800 / item
Set of Moderne Light Fixtures, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
Set of six French circa 1960's polished bronze light fixtures with milk glass insets. Sold individually. Measurements: Diameter: 20" Drop: 16" (adjustable)
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Pair of Moderne Crystal Light Fixtures, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1950's French moderne crystal light fixture with 8 interior lights. Sold individually. Measurements: Diameter: 29" Present drop: 47" (adjustable)
Category
Vintage 1940s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal
Set of Moderne Molded Glass Light Fixtures, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
A set of thirteen circa 1960's French midcentury molded glass moderne-style light fixtures with 3 interior lights each. Sold individually. Measurements: Diameter: 18" Minimum Drop: 6"
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Pair of Moderne Style Nickel Plated Light Fixtures
$6,800 / item
Pair of Moderne Style Nickel Plated Light Fixtures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French, 1960s nickel-plated light fixtures with art glass insets in a smoke tone. 4 Edison light bulbs each Measurements: 22" Diameter 24" Drop.
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Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Pair of Moderne Light Fixtures with Glass Insets, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1960s French bronze and convex molded glass ceiling fixture with six Edison socket interior lights. Measurements: Diameter: 23". Drop: 18".
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
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French Art Moderne bronze & crystal ten-light chandelier
Located in Kensington, MD
French Art Moderne bronze six-arm chandelier with glass bobeches, surrounding four tulip-shaped brass up lights.
Category
20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Brass
Arte Moderne Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
5 Arm chandelier with each arm terminating with housing for standard base lamps. Glass thickness varies. Bobeche approx. 8 mm; side fins approx. 8mm; bottom fins under the arms app...
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Vintage 1930s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Art Moderne Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
Octagonal Aluminum Hanging Fixture Supported by Four Rods and Shade with Incised Metal Apron Embellished with Deco Geometric Designs Affixing Frosted Glass Bottom Ending in Smaller O...
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Vintage 1930s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
French Moderne
Located in New York, NY
French Moderne fixture, circa 1960. geometric in form
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Phenomenal French Art Deco/Moderne Saturn Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
It took many years to gin up the courage to tackle the restoration of this positively stunning light! The wiring alone, as in so many instances of French lighting, was ... a nightma...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
French Art Moderne 5-light Chandelier, Chrome, Copper & Wood
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chrome, copper, wood and glass, a likely combination!! Hence my delight when I stumbled upon this one in La Belle France at one of my secret locations, where only I and a tiny handfu...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
Chrome-Plated Sphere Chandelier, French Art Deco/Moderne, Jacques Adnet?
Located in San Francisco, CA
We don't get 'em this big, with this much "wow" (and fun) factor, with such amazing SPHERES, very often!! Like, next to NEVER. The chrome plating, which is original, is in extremel...
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20th Century French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Stellar Eight-Light French Art Deco, Moderne, Chandelier by Petitot
By Atelier Petitot
Located in San Francisco, CA
The central element of this amazingly configured light is "signature Petitot" (one of France's grand master lighting designers); I've had other fixtures by Petitot with this identica...
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Vintage 1930s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Art Moderne Gilt Bronze Mirrored Chandelier by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Six Arms
Category
20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Moderne Luminaire
Located in Charleston, SC
Elegant Painted Chandelier with Six Lights Mounted on a Circular Frame with Frosted Glass Discs Under Each Light and Upstretched Curved Arms Mounted on a Ovid Form with Original Tass...
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Vintage 1940s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
French Art Deco/Moderne Lighting Fixture by Petitot
By Atelier Petitot
Located in San Francisco, CA
Here's a striking example of Petitot's Modernist work, complete with little wings on each corner! The metal is solid brass; I've completely disassembled it, had it freshly chrome pl...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
French Moderne Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful classic French Moderne chandelier from the 1930s. It has a polished nickel frame with alabaster shades
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Alabaster, Nickel
Large French Moderne Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A french Adnet style French Moderne chandelier in nickel and glass. 12 light sources
Category
Vintage 1930s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
French Moderne Chandelier
Located in Petaluma, CA
Very clean, elegant and original four light chandelier is a fine example of French moderne lighting.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
French Moderne Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A beutiful French Sixties chandelier with a Deco Moderne feel.11 glass elements on a polished nickel frame.A very clean and crisp look.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
French Moderne Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A beutiful French Sixties chandelier with a Deco Moderne feel.11 glass elements on a polished nickel frame.A very clean and crisp look.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
French Moderne Chandelier
Located in North Miami, FL
French brass 12 light chandelier with central lucite disc
Category
20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
French Moderne Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A great French 1940's brass,black enamel, and opaline glass chandelier. Six light sources
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Vintage 1940s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Classic French Moderne Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A classic polished nickel French Deco chandelier with white cloud tulip shaped glass shades.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
French Moderne 5 lite chandelier
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#1-2160 Brass and crystal 5 lite French Moderne chandelier keyword search chandelier cieling lighting pendant sconce lantern
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Vintage 1950s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Moderne French Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's moderne style French blown glass and gilt metal chandelier.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
French Art Moderne Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A grand French Art Moderne eight light chandelier with a star shaped brass fixture and large elegant frosted glass shades.The brass has warm patina.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
French Art Moderne Chandelier
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This fabulous, large Art Moderne bronze finished eight-light chandelier, c. 1930s, is from France and features a paneled and mirrored standard, composed of old and new mirror plates,...
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Early 20th Century French Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
French Moderne Silver Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A smart and elegant six arm French chandelier with a silver finish.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Silver
French Moderne Brass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A hand crafted top quality six arm brass chandelier. The chandelier has beautiful scrolling arms,hammered bobeshes, and many decorative details. The true brass is a warm golden color...
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Vintage 1930s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
French 1940s Moderne Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A nice 1940s French eight-light chandelier composed of a bronze fixture with decorative enameled opaline glass shades.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
French Moderne Billiard Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful French 1940 modernist chandelier with an aged brass and glass rod fixture and aged paper shades.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
French Moderne 1960s Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A sleek 1960s French chandelier composed of a polished brass and black enamel body and four large spun resin shades. Newly wired.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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French Moderne Chandeliers For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of French moderne chandeliers available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and glass, all French moderne chandeliers available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of French moderne chandeliers available, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. French moderne chandeliers bearing Mid-Century Modern or Art Deco hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. French moderne chandeliers have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Arlus, Charles et Fils and Maison Lunel are consistently popular.
How Much are French Moderne Chandeliers?
French moderne chandeliers can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $4,333, while the lowest priced sells for $1,800 and the highest can go for as much as $28,000.
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.
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