Paavo Tynell Style Brass Chandelier by Lightolier
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Winnipeg, MB
Stunning and unique brass chandelier in the style of Paavo Tynell by Lightolier. This piece sculptural floral elements characteristic of Tynell designs. It provides nicely diffused l...
Brass
2025 Huge Brass Concave Convex 5 Lights Uplighter Pendant
By Gino Sarfatti, Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Concave and convex Brass pendant Uplighter with 5 lights . Disc are hand spun with prime quality brass . Solid sturdy hardware and construction . Diameter 30” Lower disc diamet...
Brass
$3,495 / item
Huge MCM Style Brass Pendant Uplighter with 4 lights
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier, Gino Sarfatti
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
MCM style BRASS pendant Uplighter with 4 lights . Concave and convex disc are hand spun with prime quality brass . Solid sturdy hardware and construction . Diameter 30 in Low...
Brass
Max Sauze Lightolier Brass & Walnut Mid Century Chandelier
By Max Sauze
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Max Sauze lightolier brass & walnut mid century chandelier This piece measures: 23 wide x 23 deep x 12 inches high with a chain length of 13 inches Excellent vintage condition ...
Brass
Paavo Tynell Star Burt Pendant Light
By Lightolier, Paavo Tynell
Located in New York, NY
Paavo Tynell Star Burst Pendant Light for Lightolier. Rare Star Burst Pendant design by Paavo Tynell.
Aluminum, Brass
Huge Contemporary MCM Style Antique Brass Pendant Uplighter with 4 or 5 lights
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier, Gino Sarfatti
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
MCM style BRASS pendant Uplighter with 4 or 5 lights ( youre choice , same price ) . Concave and convex disc are hand spun with prime quality brass . Solid sturdy hardware and c...
Brass
Black Iron and Brass Lightolier Chandelier, American, Mid-20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Black iron with brass twelve-arm light fixture. Recently re-wired, holds chandelier size light bulbs. American, mid-20th century.
Brass, Iron
1960s Rare Paavo Tynell Style Chandelier 5-Arm Pierced Cones Vintage Mid-Century
By Lightolier
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful and rare find, a 5 arm pierced cone off-white and brass chandelier in the manner of Paavo Tynell for Lightolier. Each cone is a diameter of 4 and height of 5.5 inches.
Aluminum, Brass
Midcentury Lightolier Hurricane Chandelier
Located in Wilton, CT
Excellent condition eight-light brass hurricane chandelier with centre downlight. Very well made by Lightolier, and an excellent transitional element.
Brass
$624Sale Price|62% Off
Early 20th Century Metalwork Radial Webs Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A brass chandelier with 5 arms of radial, webbed, arrows arcing to the center stem. Made by Lightolier in the early 20th century; with a complex, brass-bronze patina and decorative t...
Metal, Brass
Classic Mid Century Pull Down Saucer Disk Chandelier Pendant Light
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in New York, NY
Classic Mid Century pull down, saucer, disk chandelier in anodized aluminum brass and glass. The disk form shade features its original glass dish diffuser , with perforated metal...
Brass
Brass and Crystal Chandelier in the Style of Paavo Tynell
By Paavo Tynell, Lightolier
Located in Saint Louis, MO
A brass and crystal chandelier attributed to Lightolier, in the style of Paavo Tynell. Possibly designed by Gerald Thurston. Perforated brass upwards lights with crystal balls hangin...
Brass
Stunning Murano Italian Pink Glass and Brass 6 -arm Chandelier
By Mazzega, Lightolier
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Murano Italian Pink - lavender Glass and Brass 6 -arm Chandelier .. Simple ,elegant design. Superior quality ,All glass elements perfect.. Hand delivery avail to New York C...
Brass
$575 / item
Pair of Plastic Cylinder Hanging Lights
By Lightolier
Located in New York, NY
Pair of tubular plastic hanging fixtures. Each fixture has three brass elements which support the white shade, which hangs from a vertical painted white ( original paint finish )...
Brass
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
Modernist Three-Light Fixture
By Lightolier
Located in New York, NY
Modernist interpretation of a classic Billiard Light form. Three waisted form glass shades with white ground and yellow decoration hang from a thin brass rod, which is suspended in ...
Brass
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
1950s Gerald Thurston 6 Arms Brass Chandelier with Enameled Pierced Shade
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Gerald Thurston six arms brass chandelier with enameled pierced shade . Opale glass diffuser under . Contain 6 E26 Edison base socket rated at 60 watt each . Could ajust lenght ...
Aluminum, Brass
Solid Polished Brass Ball Pear Shape Shades Light Bar Pool Table Fixture Chandel
By Robert Sonneman, Lightolier
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid polished brass ball pear shape shades light bar pool table fixture chandelier. Adjustable shades.
Brass
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
Lightolier Silver Italian Six-Arm Chandelier
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Chicago, IL
Silver-plated six-arm Regency chandelier from Lightolier. Certain characteristics are similar to the design elements of Parzinger's work for Lightolier. Specifically, the silver tabl...
Brass, Silver Plate
1960 Italy 20" String Chandelier Chromed Brass in the Manner of Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari, Lightolier
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Oversized lighting object with finely chrome plated branches ending in an orbital ball. This string pendant light will draw the eye upward. Strong enough to stand alone as a single c...
Chrome, Brass
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Gerald Thurston 3 Arms Brass Chandelier , USA
By Paavo Tynell, Stilnovo, Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Elegant chandelier from Gerald Thurston for Lightolier , USA. Vented enameled aluminium shade sitting on a brass stucture . Glass diffuser under . 2 bulbs per shade . Contain...
Aluminum, Brass
1965 Sciolari Inox Chandelier with Lucite Cubes and Brass Rods, Italy
By Lightolier, Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
A bold , modern Gaetano Sciolari Chandelier made of thick polished stainless steel sheet with acrilyc cubes and brass rod . Well made with prime quality material. Solid, sturdy...
Stainless Steel, Brass
Modern Glass Rod Chandelier by Sciolari for Lightolier, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Rijssen, NL
Clean lines to complement all decors. Wonderful high-end light fixture by Sciolari for Lightolier. With brass detail hanging glass giving the piece an elegant appearance which refrac...
Brass
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
1950s 15 Arm Sputnik Chandelier with Down Light, Italy
By Stilnovo, Lightolier
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Unique, bold brass sputnik 15 arm chandelier with downward light . Contain 15 E12 candelabra size socket rated at 40 watt each . Down light has a E26 edison base size socket ...
Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass and Glass Chandelier, Stilnovo Style
By Gaetano Sciolari, Stilnovo, Sciolari Lighting, Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Mid-Century Modern brass and glass chandelier, Stilnovo style. Unusual Italian Mid-Century Modern Stilnovo style five-light brass chandelier with glass shades. This Italian M...
Brass
Midcentury Vintage Large Original Extreme Sputnik Chandelier
By Gino Sarfatti, Arredoluce, Lightolier, Stilnovo
Located in Chicago, IL
A great period example of a Midcentury Large Sputnik Chandelier. Not a reproduction. Uncertain to maker and origin. Possibly Italian. All original wiring. Will need to have inspect...
Brass
Midcentury Modern Brass & Teakwood Pendant Light Flush Mount by Gerald Thurston
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in Lisse, NL
Mid-Century Modern Brass & Teak Pendant Light by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier, 1950s.
Brass, Aluminum
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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