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This French Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has got twenty lights and features high quality handcrafted details.

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Crystal, Bronze

French Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi

$5,105 / item

$37,294

Art Deco Baccarat Style Oversized Crystal Empire Chandelier, 13 Lights

By Baccarat

Located in Lisbon, PT

A rare and impressive Art Deco Baccarat style oversized crystal Empire chandelier, featuring a richly detailed gilt metal frame and an elegant arrangement of crystal prisms, chains a...

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20th Century French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

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French Empire Style Silverplate Chandelier

Located in Stamford, CT

A C.1900 French Empire style silverplate chandelier with cut crystal inset and lions heads

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Early 20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Silver Plate

19th Century Large, French Crystal Chandelier in the Empire Style

Unavailable

H 47.25 in Dm 27.56 in

19th Century Large, French Crystal Chandelier in the Empire Style

Located in Eindhoven, NL

A wonderful 19th century French chandelier with a delicately embellished bronze frame and a nice original patina. The chandelier is richly hung with tear drops, cut octagons and cut...

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Antique 19th Century French Empire Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Empire Style Crystal sac de pearl Chandelier

Unavailable

H 35.44 in Dm 32.68 in

Antique French Empire Style Crystal sac de pearl Chandelier

Located in Oldebroek, NL

Antique sac de pearl chandelier. The top is made of a multitude of crystal beads and the bottom of the Chandelier is a large and beautiful coupe of Victorian cut frosted glass and fo...

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Baccarat Style French Empire Chandelier, circa 1920

Unavailable

Unavailable

H 53.15 in Dm 44.89 in

French Brass Empire Style Sac a Pearle Chandelier with Baccarat Crystal

Located in Oldebroek, NL

Antique sac a pearl chandelier with one light in the bottom bowl made of a multitude of crystal beads. Eight candle lights with sources of baccarat crystal and four lights within fou...

Baccarat Crystal Chandelier, Thirteen-Light Gilt Bronze, France, 20th Century

Unavailable

Sold

H 60 in Dm 36 in

French Empire Style Crystal Chandelier Nine Bronze Arms With Prisms And Bobeches

Located in Stamford, CT

French Empire style crystal chandelier, circa 1920s, 9 bronze arms, 5 have sockets and are lit, decorated with prisms and bobeches, the bottom part of Cascade style. .

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Petit French Empire Style Brass and Crystal Chandelier

Sold

$3,700

H 30 in Dm 15 in

Louis XVI Revival Style French Crystal and Bronze Chandelier

Located in Van Nuys, CA

A breathtaking French crystal and bronze chandelier, adorned with delicate crystal flowers and cascading tiers of droplets. Featuring eight lights, this exquisite piece showcases a f...

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Vintage 1930s French Neoclassical Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Bronze

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French Empire Style Crystal Chandelier For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal French empire style crystal chandelier for your home. Each French empire style crystal chandelier for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using crystal, stone and metal. If you’re shopping for a French empire style crystal chandelier, we have 125 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer French empire style crystal chandelier, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right French empire style crystal chandelier, those designed in Empire, Neoclassical and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made French empire style crystal chandelier over the years, but those crafted by Gherardo Degli Albizzi are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a French Empire Style Crystal Chandelier?

The average selling price for a French empire style crystal chandelier at 1stDibs is $5,900, while they’re typically $1,095 on the low end and $75,000 for the highest priced.

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.