A Midcentury Murano Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian olive green chandelier with 8 candelabra lights.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Murano Glass
Olive Green Chandelier
Olive green Murano glass chandelier
By Venini
Located in Dallas, TX
Olive green Murano glass chandelier, Venini style Italy circa 1980s.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Gold Plate
Olive Green Murano Glass Waterfall Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
The Olive Green Murano Glass Waterfall Chandelier is a stunning and unique lighting fixture that adds a touch of elegance to any room.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Simplicissimus Chandelier, Olive Green Murano Glass by Multiforme
$3,044 / item
H 29.53 in Dm 29.53 in
Simplicissimus Chandelier, Olive Green Murano Glass by Multiforme
By Multiforme
Located in Trebaseleghe, IT
Simplicissimus 360 chandelier, 6 lights, Olive Green artistic glass by Multiforme This collection in Murano glass is characterized by superb simplicity.
Category
2010s Italian Other Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass
Astract Olive Green Ellipse Chandelier by Euroluce Lampadari
$18,865 / item
H 23.63 in W 59.06 in D 21.66 in
Astract Olive Green Ellipse Chandelier by Euroluce Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
Astract Olive Green Ellipse Chandelier by Euroluce Lampadari Dimensions: D 50 x W 150 x H 60 cm.
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Venini style Mid-Century Modern Chandelier, Olive Green Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Dallas, TX
The huge light olive green Murano chandelier is in excellent condition.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano blown Glass Chandelier, Metropolis, Olive Green Venetian Crystal
$46,000 / item
H 47.25 in Dm 50 in
Murano blown Glass Chandelier, Metropolis, Olive Green Venetian Crystal
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Venice, IT
Metropolis is a collection that forcefully evokes the class, symmetrical and plastic forms of Art Deco, shaped by a harmonious, fluid rhythm. The chandelier has a central body in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Simplicissimus Chandelier, 6+3 Arms Olive green Murano Glass by Multiforme
$4,160 / item
H 29.53 in Dm 25.6 in
Simplicissimus Chandelier, 6+3 Arms Olive green Murano Glass by Multiforme
By Multiforme
Located in Trebaseleghe, IT
Simplicissimus 360 chandelier, 6+3 lights, Olive green color artistic glass by Multiforme This collection in Murano glass is characterized by superb simplicity.
Category
2010s Italian Other Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Modernist Pagoda Chandelier in Hand Blown Murano Olive Green Tourmaline Glass
$9,475
H 31 in Dm 23.5 in
Modernist Pagoda Chandelier in Hand Blown Murano Olive Green Tourmaline Glass
Located in New York, NY
It features a pagoda form composed of an abundance of Vistosi style discs with translucent perimeters and opaque centers in hand blown Murano glass in a smoked olive green tourmaline...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
Light Olive Green and Golden Italian Murano Glass Chandelier In Barovier Style
$14,104
H 35.44 in Dm 29.53 in
Light Olive Green and Golden Italian Murano Glass Chandelier In Barovier Style
By Barovier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This spectacular chandelier features beautiful large hand blown Murano glass elements in 2 tones of green and golden colors.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Sputnik Art Glass Gold and Olive Green Color Chandelier and Pendant, 2000
$7,640 / item
H 47.25 in Dm 39.38 in
Murano Sputnik Art Glass Gold and Olive Green Color Chandelier and Pendant, 2000
Located in Roma, Lazio
The large gold and olive green colored glass disks make up this Murano chandelier from the 2000.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Danish Modern Olive Green Glass Pendant Ceiling Lamp, 1960s
By Vitrika
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This pendant light was designed and manufactured by Danish design trio Vitrika in the 1960s. The name Vitrika, or Vi-Tri-Ka means 'The three of us can do it'. The lamp features a oli...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Murano Pendant Lights, Olive Green, Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Murano glass Mid-Century Modern pendant lights, Italy circa 2000s. The Italian chandeliers are made of olive green, terracotta, black and pink Murano glass elements.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Modern Italian Wavy Olive Green Textured Murano Glass Satin Nickel Pendant
$7,500 / item
H 46 in Dm 24 in
Modern Italian Wavy Olive Green Textured Murano Glass Satin Nickel Pendant
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
A post-modern playful suspension couture light fixture, a creation entirely handcrafted in Italy with floral stylized shape, the satin nickel structure decorated all around with 16 j...
Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
Xl Polish Factory Lights With Prismatic Glass - Olive Green / Polished Steel
$767 / item
H 18.9 in Dm 18.9 in
Xl Polish Factory Lights With Prismatic Glass - Olive Green / Polished Steel
By Benjamin Electrical Company 1
Located in Nottingham, GB
RECLAIMED EXTRA LARGE FACTORY LIGHTS FROM EASTERN EUROPE These oversized industrial pendant lights once illuminated factories across eastern Europe. Made in Poland circa 1985 by ZA...
Category
Vintage 1980s Polish Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage 1960s Olive-Green Glass and Black Iron Gourd Pendant Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
So very 1960s Mod! This large gourd Mexican blown-glass pendant lantern is sized well and has great proportions. It is in mint condition. The olive-green glass casts a moody ambience...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Scandinavian Art Deco Flush Mount Ceiling Lamp, Oliver Green Glass, c.1930-50s.
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.45 in Dm 7.09 in
Scandinavian Art Deco Flush Mount Ceiling Lamp, Oliver Green Glass, c.1930-50s.
Located in Skien, NO
**Stunning Art Deco Style Ceiling Lamp, ca. 1930s-1950s – Scandinavian Modern Design** Elevate your space with this exquisite Art Deco-inspired ceiling lamp, a true testament to S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
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Light and Olive Green Amethyst Blossom Gentile Alternating Chandelier Earrings
By KATHRYN New York
Located in New York, NY
Designed in NYC .925 Sterling Silver 3 x 10 mm Light and Olive Green Amethyst Blossom Gentile Alternating Chandelier Earrings.
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Chandelier Earrings
Materials
Sterling Silver
Light and Olive Green Amethyst Blossom Double-Tier Chandelier Earrings
By KATHRYN New York
Located in New York, NY
Designed in NYC .925 Sterling Silver 6 x 7mm, 10 mm and 15 mm Light and Olive Green Amethyst Blossom Double-Tier Chandelier Earrings.
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Chandelier Earrings
Materials
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Olive Green Glass Pendant Light by Gino Vistosi Murano, Italy, 1960s
Unavailable
H 41.34 in Dm 5.52 in
Olive Green Glass Pendant Light by Gino Vistosi Murano, Italy, 1960s
By Gino Vistosi
Located in Saint Leonards-on-sea, England
A studding pendant, great in size. Beautiful olive green glass with an opaline inside for a very warm and soft light. Design documented as designed by Gino Vistosi. This model is al...
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Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Murano ice white and olive green leafs chandelier
Located in London, GB
A beautiful cylinder body and chromed metal structure chandelier decorated with individually hand blown Murano glass leafs in ice white and olive green .
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Materials
Chrome
Green Handmade and Handpainted Iron French Chandelier with Olives
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/7193. Wrought iron chandelier with olives, completely handmade and hand-painted. Wonderful for kitchen, patio, dinner room.
Category
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Materials
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Vintage Murano Glass Eight Arm Chandelier in Smoky Olive Green
Located in West Hartford, CT
Murano glass chandelier with 8 arms in a smoky olive green glass color.
Category
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Materials
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Chic Murano 1950s Olive Green Glass 6-Light Chandelier with Pink Embellishments
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H 29.5 in Dm 24 in
Chic Murano 1950s Olive Green Glass 6-Light Chandelier with Pink Embellishments
Located in San Francisco, CA
The baluster-form support above a ribbed bowl and pendant finials all emanating 6 scrolled arms with glass cups.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Large green Murano chandelier
Located in Buchanan, NY
Large light olive green 6 armed Murano chandelier
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Kisber (8 pieces) | Vintage Olive green enamel Industrial Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Warehouse, industrial hanging lamp. Thick olive green enamel shade with white interior. Weight | 2.5 kg. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for incandes...
Category
20th Century Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel
Kocser Clear (6 pieces) | Olive green Enamel Industrial Lamps
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Olive green enamel industrial lamp. With clear glass. weight: 5.0 kg / 11 lb. For use outdoors as well as indoors. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards fo...
Category
20th Century Polish Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Architectural Chandeliersin Patinated Brass and Olive Green Hand Blown Glass
Located in Almelo, NL
Architectural chandelier Bohemian 1850-1870, beautifully crafted in patinated brass and olive green hand blown glass.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Czech Gothic Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Vintage olive green colored glass pendant lamp, 1960's/1970's
By Holmegaard
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This stunning glass pendant lamp is a rare one we have not seen before. The combination of the elegant olive green colored glass and industrial shape makes it suitable in a variety o...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Vintage French Empire Style Gilt Brass Three Light Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
A handsome French Empire style three light chandelier with olive green silk shades, solid gilded brass quivers, a solid gilded brass crown and a central olive green orb with solid gi...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Empire Revival Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Murano Glass Olive Green Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Chandelier from the Italian island of Murano. This piece has eight hand-blown branches. This chandelier has been newly wired to fit US standards. Overall ceiling height is current...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
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Murano Olive Green Glass Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Italian Murano chandelier in a sumptuous olive green handblown glass, with twelve lights, rewired for the US.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Olive Green Murano Glass Chandelier, Italy, 1980s
By Mazzega
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid century modern olive Green Murano glass chandelier, Italy 1980s.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Gold Plate
Murano Vistosi 1960s Olive Green Color Murano Bent Glass Chandelier
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Murano Vistosi 1960s Olive Green Color Murano Bent Glass Chandelier
By Vistosi
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing chandelier in bent glass by Vistosi Murano, midcentury, 1960s, in a very beautiful and unique olive green color, simulating the shape of an olive.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Murano Glass
Modernist Pagoda Chandelier in Handblown Murano Olive Green Tourmaline Glass
Located in New York, NY
It features a pagoda form composed of an abundance of vistosi style discs with translucent perimeters and opaque centers in handblown Murano glass in a smoked olive green tourmaline ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Italian Chandelier Six Arms Olive Green and Brass Sputnik Era
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H 26 in Dm 34.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Italian Chandelier Six Arms Olive Green and Brass Sputnik Era
By Stilnovo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration a vintage Italian Modern chandelier with six sculptural arms. Made in Italy, circa 1950s. Rewired. Original paint and patina. It requires E-14 bulbs (not ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
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Pair of olive green Murano glass pendants
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Murano glass Mid-Century Modern pendant lights, Italy circa 2000s. The Italian chandeliers are made of olive green, terracotta and gold hand blown Murano glass elements.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Houseof Metal Diner Pendant Light in Olive Green
By houseof
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
Everyone makes a diner pendant these days... but not like ours. The adjustable pendant wire suspends a high quality metal shade, which focuses light down on to the work surface below...
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2010s Chinese Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Olive Green Patinated Brass Art Deco Pendant with Alabaster 'Lava' Shades
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique color combination Art Deco pendant. This beautiful color and shape Art Deco pendant could be the perfect lighting solution for your living room, bedroom or kitchen. It comes ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Mid-Century Olive Green Glass Pendant Lamp by Jacob E. Bang for Holmegaard & FM
By Jacob Eiler Bang
Located in Esbjerg, DK
The 'Kreta' pendant ceiling light was designed by Jacob E. Bang for Danish company Fog & Mørup in the 1960s. It was manufactured at Holmegaard Denmark. The light is made from olive g...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass
Green Pendants Fog & Mørup 1960s, Attractive Olive-Green Hanging Lamps, Pair
By Fog & Mørup, Jo Hammerborg
Located in Brondby, Copenhagen
Green Pendants (pair) by Fog & Mørup in the 1960s - pair of attractive olive-green hanging lamps in very good vintage condition! A beautiful pair of cylindrical metal pendants wit...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
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Metal
Stunning Olive Green Midcentury Ceiling Pendant
Located in Miami, Miami Design District, FL
MEASUREMENT GIVEN INCLUDES METAL DETAIL REWIRED REFINISHED CHAIN IS 16" WE CAN CUSTOM THE LENGTH OF THE CHAIN
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Vintage 1950s American Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
1950's Stilnovo Chandelier Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Antwerp, BE
a Olive green Stilnovo chandelier with 5 nice shaped shades nice and working condition
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Vintage 1950s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
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Olive Green Chandelier For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the olive green chandelier you’re looking for. Frequently made of glass, metal and murano glass, every olive green chandelier was constructed with great care. Find 14 options for an antique or vintage olive green chandelier now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without an olive green chandelier — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right olive green chandelier, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Industrial styles are of considerable interest. Fog & Mørup, houseof and Idman Oy each produced at least one beautiful olive green chandelier that is worth considering.
How Much is a Olive Green Chandelier?
An olive green chandelier can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,900, while the lowest priced sells for $101 and the highest can go for as much as $9,500.
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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