Monumental Polished Chrome Sputnik Chandelier
By Motoko Ishii
Located in New York, NY
Monumental polished chrome Sputnik chandelier featuring spherical clear glass shades by Motoko Ishii for Staff Leuchten.
Chrome
Faceted Chrome Lightolier Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in New York, NY
Modernist chrome hanging fixture by Lightolier (marked). This chandelier has eight triangular panels each 8" W at base. The fixture shows some cosmetic wear to the finish, specifical...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Pendant Chandelier, Glass and Chrome, USA, 1960s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century globe-shaped pendant chandelier made up of alternating glass and chrome panels. Truly unique style and shape. The reflective panels concave and convex from the center. ...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Textured Translucent Glass Chandelier with Chrome Fittings
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern chandelier was realized in Italy, circa 1970.
Chrome
Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Polished Chrome Chandelier by Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
This sculptural and graphic Mid-Century Modern chandelier was realized by the esteemed lighting atelier, Gaetano Sciolari, in Italy circa 1970. A rare and especially stunning example...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Chrome and Glass Chandelier by RAAK, 42”
By RAAK
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Beautiful 1970s chandelier. In very good condition. Probably made by RAAK Amsterdam.
Chrome
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-century Modern Style Lucite Chrome Chandelier with Canopy
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century Modern Style Lucite Chrome Chandelier with Canopy Offered for sale is a mid-century modern style Lucite and chrome chandelier with Lucite spear drops and a chrome frame ...
Metal, Wire
Midcentury Chrome Chandelier, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia - Made of chrome, glass - Re-polished - Fully functional - Good, original condition.
Chrome
$410Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Chrome Chandelier, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of chrome,Glass Re-polished Fully functional Original condition.
Chrome
Chrome and Lucite Rod Contemporary Modern Waterfall Chandelier Light Fixture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A chrome and lucite waterfall chandelier. This is a stunning light fixture with contemporary styling and materials. This piece features a series of lucite acrylic rods of different s...
Chrome
Italian Mid-Century Modern Rectilinear Chrome Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York City, NY
A dynamic and kinetic Mid-Century Modernist/ Space Age chandelier in chrome and lucite by Gaetano Sciolari. The total height can be shortened to ~31" ht (without the chain links) an...
Chrome
Pair of Mid Century Modern Wood & Chrome Hanging Chandeliers
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Unusual Pair of mid-century modern wood & chrome hanging chandeliers. Each chandelier have 9 bulbs.
Steel
Geometrical Chrome Chandelier by Boulanger
By S.A. Boulanger
Located in Voorburg, NL
This Sophisticated chrome chandelier of the 1960s is made by Boulanger Belgium. It has a classic look with a nice Geometric chrome structure: it is pure, simple and it gives a beauti...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Chandelier / Light Fixtures by Kinkeldey 1960s Chrome
By Kinkeldey
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Large chrome light fixture with 24 bulbs (E27) produced by Kinkeldey Lamps, Germany. This structure can be rearanged individually. We have four identical pieces for sale. All lamps h...
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Sputnik 16-Light Chandelier, Wired and Working
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Sputnik 16-Light Chandelier, Wired and Working Offered for sale is a Mid-Century Modern chrome Sputnik 8-arm chandelier with 16 lights.
Chrome
Esperia chrome Mid-Century chandelier
By Esperia
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-Century Modern chrome pendant chandelier or flush mount, stamped Esperia Italy 1970s.
Chrome
Murano Glass and Chrome Chandelier
By Carlo Nason, Mazzega
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Murano glass & chrome chandelier or flush-mount light, Mid Century Modern style, attributed to Carlo Nason, for Mazzega Italy 1970s.
Chrome
Mid Century Modern Chrome and Lucite Sputnik Orb Chandelier Light Fixture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome and Lucite Sputnik Orb Chandelier Light Fixture.
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Style Murano Glass Discs Chandelier in Chrome Steel
Located in Austin, TX
Italian Murano glass discs chandelier with a dense collection of handcrafted clear and white Murano glass discs on a chromed steel structure. Holds eight medium-base bulbs, rewired f...
Steel, Chrome
Italian modern cascade chandelier with chromed metal spheres, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern cascade chandelier with chromed metal spheres, 1970s Cascading chandelier with a round base, composed of five suspended spheres in chromed metal with the interior lacq...
Metal
Kalmar Ice Chandelier Chrome & Crystal Glass Panels Mid-Century Modern Austria
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Miami, FL
Kalmar ice 1 light pendant lamp or chandelier in chrome and panels of crystal glass. The Socket is made out of porcelain.
Crystal, Chrome
$2,320Sale Price|57% Off
Space Age Mid Century Modern Chrome Italian Chandelier By Esperia, 1970
By Esperia
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Esperia signed 9 chrome trumpets lamps, Mid-Century Modern chandelier or flush mount.
Chrome
Chrome Chandelier / Pendant, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Original, no replica.
Chrome
Gaetano Sciolari Space Age Chrome Chandelier Italy 70s Mid-Century Modern
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Palermo, IT
Iconic Space Age design piece chandelier produced in the 1970s by Gaetano Sciolari. Made of metal with a polished chrome finish. Featuring a curved arm structure that supports blown...
Chrome
Geometric Sciolari Chrome Chandelier, 1960s
By Gaetano Sciolari, S.A. Boulanger
Located in Antwerp, BE
Chrome Italian chandelier design by Gaetano Sciolari 1960s. Geometric metal chromed structure with 13 lights. The chandelier remains in very good vintage condition with normal patina.
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Eight-Arm Chrome, Ebonized Walnut & Faceted Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
This graphic Mid-Century Modern chandelier was realized in Denmark, circa 1960.
Chrome
$2,080Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Danish Mid Century Modern Burl Wood & Chrome Hanging Chandelier
Located in Wayne, NJ
Unusual mid-century Danish modern burl wood & chrome hanging chandelier. The height of the chandelier without the chain is 14.75".
Chrome
Large Italian Chrome Sciolari Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in London, GB
A large chrome chandelier by Italian designer Sciolari, with 12 arms and 24 light fittings.
Chrome
German Mid-Century Modern Polished Chrome and Glass Ball Sputnik Chandelier
By Honsel
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This Mid-Century Modern chandelier was made in the 1960s in Germany.
Metal, Chrome
Sciolari Chrome 8 Arm Chandelier
By Lightolier, Sciolari Lighting
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Beautiful eight art chandelier with canister light fixtures extending from circular arms. Each canister has pinhole perforations creating a dramatic experience. Lights face up and do...
Chrome
1970s Cubist Chandelier Chrome Glass
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Stunning 4 light chandelier in a cubist style. Made around the 1970s, this light has chrome, metal and glass parts. Reminds of the cubic chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari. The light is ...
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Lightolier Atomic Chrome and Glass Sputnik Style Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage sixteen light chrome and white glass shade chandelier by Lightolier. Fixture features a chrome frame with trumpet form arms, round glass shades and great Sputnik form. Chande...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Italian Gaetano Sciolari Chrome and Crystal Glass Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian Gaetano Sciolari chrome and crystal glass cascade pendant with 9-light from 1970s.
Chrome
1960s Napako Mid-Century Modern Czech Four Arm Glass Wood Chrome Chandelier
By Napako
Located in Praha, CZ
Mid-Century Modern four-arm chandelier manufactured by Napako in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s.
Metal, Chrome
Large Mid-Century Modern Italian Chrome & Lucite Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari, Lightolier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1970s Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier chandelier, signed with manufacture label. Wired and in working condition. Takes 8 candelabra bulbs, 40W-max each.
Steel, Chrome
$1,049Sale Price|47% Off
Bakalowits Chandelier in Chrome, 1950s
By Bakalowits & Söhne
Located in Wien, Au
Bakalowits chandelier in chrome, 1950s Very good original condition.
Crystal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Stig Lindström Chandelier, Glass, Teak & Chrome, Lival 1960s
By Lival Oy
Located in Helsinki, FI
A modernistic Stig Lindström ceiling pendant manufactured by Lival Oy in Finland mid 1960s. The pendant features six light bulbs in milk-glass / metal shades on a chrome and teak bas...
Metal, Chrome
Gaetano Sciolari Mid-Century Modern Italian Chrome and Glass Chandelier, 1970
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari and produced by Sciolari Lighting in chromed metal and glass, ten E14 bulbs with 51 spheres of blown glass. Angelo Gaetano Sciolari (1927-1...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier, Textured Clear Glass and Chrome, 1970s
By Richard Essig
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A 18 arm sputnik chandelier with dramatic textured glass covers and a chrome frame, manufactured in Germany in Mid-Century, circa 1970. The design is attributed to Richard Essig. The...
Chrome
Gaetano Sciolari Geometric Chrome Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Antwerp, BE
Gaetano Sciolari Geometric Chrome Chandelier. Materials: Chromed metal (iron and brass) tubes and rectangular slats.
Metal, Chrome
Sciolari Chrome and Glass Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in London, GB
A Sciolari chrome chandelier with 20 glass and chrome drops, surrounding a four-light chrome fitting in the centre. Suspended on chains from a chrome ceiling plate. Re-wired for UK f...
Chrome, Metal
Sciolari Spider Chrome Chandelier, 1960s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Antwerp, BE
Impressive round spider ceiling lamp, chrome metal designed by Sciolari, Italy with 6 bulbs. Also a set of two wall lights available. The lamp has been carefully cleaned and checked...
Chrome
$9,326Sale Price|57% Off
Huge Chromed Chandelier, circa 1960s
Located in Wien, Au
Huge chromed chandelier, circa 1960s. Very good original condition. Not one glass part is broken, they are in excellent condition. 18 bulbs We can change the high of the chandeli...
Crystal, Chrome
Midcentury Chrome and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century chrome and crystal chandelier. Ten sockets for lots of light . Rewired and ready to use includes ceiling cap
Chrome
Lucite and Chrome Italian Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
Italian chandelier in lucite and chrome. Ten tubes, 20 bulbs, adjustable form. US wired and in working condition.
Brass, Chrome
Italian Glass and Chrome Chandelier
By Quattro Zero Edited By Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
A three tiered chandelier attributed to Zero Quattro with green bevelled triangular pieces of glass on a chrome frame circa 1960s Measures: 50cm diameter x 30cm height (without...
Chrome
Italian Modern Multi Light Sputnik Chandelier with Chrome Reggiani Lamps, 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Unique creation with 30 original Reggiani chrome eyeball lamps, like a stars in the space, rounded with a metal frame. We can wire for US standards, 30 E27 lamp bulbs.
Chrome
Gaetano Sciolari Cube Chrome Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
Murano glass light fixture with chrome frame. Measures: 40" H (includes rod) without rod: 15" H. Light fixture itself: 15.5" x 15.5".
Chrome
Postmodern Black, Chrome and Acrylic Chandelier
Located in Astoria, NY
Postmodern Clear Acrylic and Chrome Five-Light Chandelier, the chrome support with with black resin spheres terminating in black patinated circular base with five chrome arms and lig...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern 10-Light Chrome Trumpet Lamp Chandelier Attributed to Reggian
By Reggiani
Located in Deland, FL
Built from chrome bent into ten trumpet-shaped lamps this extraordinary chandelier is the epitome of Italian Modern design.
Chrome
$595Sale Price|33% Off
Mid-century Modern Chrome and Lucite 5 Arm Chandelier with Square Shades
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century Modern Chrome and Lucite 5 Arm Chandelier with Square Shades Offered for sale is a mid-century modern chrome and lucite five-arm chandelier with square black fabric shad...
Metal, Chrome, Wire
1970s Italian Chrome Plated Chandelier
By Vetro Artistico 1
Located in Praha, CZ
- Restored - cleaned and rewired - E26-E27 bulbs - US wiring compatible
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Chandelier, Rupert Nikoll, Textured Glass Nickel Chrome, 1960
By J.T. Kalmar, Orrefors, Rupert Nikoll
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A light fixture by Rupert Nikoll, Austria, manufactured in Mid-Century, circa 1960 (late 1950s or early 1960s). It is made of a nickeled (similar to chrome) frame which holds nine l...
Nickel, Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Italian 8 Drop Light with Chrome Chandelier Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous chandelier from the studio of Gaetano Sciolari. 24 solid glass balls suspended by a stainless steel chain. Balls are topped by chrome sleeves on three levels which are illum...
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Italian Mid-Century Modern Twelve-Light Chromed Steel Chandelier, 1970
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern twelve-light chromed steel chandelier, 1970 Twelve-light chandelier with chromed steel bracelets and original period chain stem.
Metal
Chrome Eight-Light Spoke Chandelier
By Dimond Lighting Company 1
Located in New York, NY
Bright chrome eight light spoke fixture, complete with chain, and canopy. Working, original condition.
Chrome
$2,797 / set
OTT Chrome and Crystal Chandelier, 1970s
By Ott International
Located in Rijssen, NL
This modernist design chandelier is designed by the OTT International design team during the 1970s, and manufactured in Germany. This chandeliers are executed to a very high standard...
Crystal, Metal, Chrome
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.
There are many lessons to be learned from the lofts, apartments and townhouses of architects and decorators in Manhattan and beyond.
Having created extravagant homes for reality TV’s biggest stars, the designer is stepping into the spotlight with his first book.
The Louisiana-born and -bred architect talks to 1stdibs about the art of making timeless places that matter.
The Palm Springs interior decorator developed a mid-century style that defined the vacation homes of celebrities and other notables, including Bob Hope and Lucille Ball.
The houses from this New York studio cloak modernist tendencies within what are often more traditional trappings.
In the market for a fantastic fixture from the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s? Here are some names to know.