How can you tell if a chandelier is Baccarat?

To tell if a chandelier is Baccarat, search for the maker's mark. You'll usually find it on one of the drip pans, the curved dishes positioned beneath the candle lights. By comparing the marking on your piece to images shared on trusted online resources, you can often determine if your fixture is an authentic Baccarat. When in doubt, have a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer evaluate your piece. Explore a collection of Baccarat chandeliers on 1stDibs.

How can I spot an authentic Baccarat chandelier?

You can spot an authentic Baccarat chandelier by locating the white engraved mark, which is usually found in the raised molded capitals on the drip pan. You can shop a collection of properly vetted Baccarat chandeliers from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

Ormolu Baccarat Chandelier

St Louis Crystal Chandelier

Midcentury Baccarat Crystal

19th Century French Empire Chandelier

French Ormolu Crystal

Antique Dagger

Empire Baccarat

$97,500

$26,500

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Chandelier

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The twelve arm chandelier is centered by a beautiful richly chased bottom acorn finial below love...

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Ormolu

Superb Eight-Light Baccarat/Bagues Ormolu Chandelier

Unavailable

H 43.31 in Dm 25.6 in

Superb Eight-Light Baccarat/Bagues Ormolu Chandelier

By Maison Baguès

Located in London, GB

A superb eight-light Bagues ormolu chandelier with cut and faceted plaques and the central stem of very high quality crystal glass.

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Antique Late 19th Century Louis XIV Chandeliers and Pendants

19th Century Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Twelve Branch Chandelier

Unavailable

H 34 in W 24 in D 24 in

19th Century Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Twelve Branch Chandelier

Located in London, GB

A wonderful twelve-light Baccarat crystal and gilt bronze chandelier. The drip trays with Baccarat stamp.

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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

1920s French Empire Crystal Chandelier

Unavailable

H 25 in Dm 27 in

1920s French Empire Crystal Chandelier

By Baccarat

Located in Mobile, AL

French Empire crystal five-light chandelier, possibly Baccarat crystal beads, circa 1920s.

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Vintage 1920s French Empire Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass, Ormolu

19th Century Baccarat Ormolu and Glass 18 Light Candelier

Unavailable

H 31.5 in Dm 25.6 in

19th Century Baccarat Ormolu and Glass 18 Light Candelier

Located in Maastricht, NL

A mid 19th century French ormolu and crystal 18 light Chandelier by Baccarat, around 1850.

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Antique 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

A Superb & Large Antique French Louis XVI Baccarat Chandelier

Unavailable

A Superb & Large Antique French Louis XVI Baccarat Chandelier

Located in New York, NY

AN EXQUISITE & LARGE ANTIQUE FRENCH LOUIS XVI BACCARAT GILT BRONZE & CUT CRYSTAL MULTI LIGHT TRIPLE TIER CHANDELIER OF PHENOMENAL CRAFTSMANSHIP EMBELLISHED WITH THE MOST UNIQUE CUT C...

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20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fifteen Light Baccarat Crystal Chandelier

Unavailable

H 47.25 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fifteen Light Baccarat Crystal Chandelier

Located in Toorak, VIC

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fifteen Light Baccarat Crystal Chandelier c.19th Century, France An outstanding and exquisite 19th century French Louis XVI style ormolu and...

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

H 48 in Dm 36 in

Antique French Original Baccarat and Ormolu Chandelier

Located in New Orleans, LA

Exceptional chandelier. Empress Eugenie period, 1860-1880.

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Antique 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Baccarat Style Three-Arm Crinoline Chandelier with Arrow Prisms

Sold

Sold

H 50.5 in Dm 23 in

French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Chandelier

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

An extremely elegant French 19th century neoclassical St. Ormolu and baccarat crystal six light chandelier.

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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Chandeliers and Pendants

French 19th Century Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu, Twelve-Light Chandelier

Sold

H 41.5 in Dm 38 in

French 19th Century Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu, Twelve-Light Chandelier

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A magnificent French 19th century Baccarat crystal and ormolu twelve light chandelier.

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Antique 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

Pair of French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI Style Baccarat and Ormolu Chandeliers

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H 53.5 in D 26.5 in

Pair of French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI Style Baccarat and Ormolu Chandeliers

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A very elegant pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat and ormolu balloon shaped chandeliers. Each chandelier has a central pierced ormolu band with a design of laurel...

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Chandeliers

Sold

H 45 in Dm 33 in

French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Chandeliers

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

An outstanding and high quality pair of French mid-19th century Louis XVI St. ormolu and Baccarat crystal eight-light chandeliers.

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H 32 in W 16 in D 16 in

French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Chandelier

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A fabulous French 19th century neoclassical St. ormolu and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The chandelier displays an elegant cut crystal ball centered by three tiers of most decorative...

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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu 24 Light Chandelier, Circa 1885.

Sold

H 48 in Dm 38 in

Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu 24 Light Chandelier, Circa 1885.

Located in New Orleans, LA

Antique French Richly Draped Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu 24-Light Chandelier, Circa 1885.

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Antique Late 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

H 34 in Dm 24 in

Signed Baccarat Gilt Bronze and Crystal 12 Light Chandelier, circa 1890

By Baccarat

Located in Pittsburgh, PA

This truly fantastic chandelier is of the finest quality and of beautiful proportion! It is signed Baccarat on all twelve crystal bobeches and on the bronze frame.

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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Chandeliers and Pendants

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$1,890 / item

H 39 in W 33.5 in D 36 in

Alma Upholstered Accent Chair in Faux Mohair Velvet

By Bloom Home Inc

Located in Old Town Orange, CA

Introducing the Alma Accent Chair – a timeless piece crafted for comfort and style. Upholstered in a faux mohair style velvet, the color is our french havane, a warm honey, caramel t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Chairs

Materials

Metal

20th Century Pair of Italian Triton Garden Statues - Antique Marble Sculptures

$96,000 / set

H 47.5 in W 35.5 in D 29.5 in

20th Century Pair of Italian Triton Garden Statues - Antique Marble Sculptures

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Circa 20th Century, a pair of large antique garden statues hand carved in natural stone named Biancone d’Istria Marble. These antique natural stone statues or garden ornaments were p...

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Early 20th Century Italian Statues

Materials

Marble

$10,971

H 49.22 in W 77.56 in D 33.86 in

Restoration period mahogany-veneered sofa bed with canopy

Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Restoration-period mahogany-veneered boat-shaped sofa-bed with slightly inverted headboard. The front is soberly adorned with an ormolu plaque featuring scrolls and fleurons framing ...

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Antique 1820s French Restauration Bedroom Sets

Materials

Bronze

Circa 1880 Italian Giltwood LXV Style Chaise Longue

$7,310

H 39.38 in W 30.32 in D 68.9 in

Circa 1880 Italian Giltwood LXV Style Chaise Longue

Located in London, Park Royal

This wonderfully elegant Chaise Longue, Circa 1880 is from Tuscany, Italy. Finely carved in the LXV style, it includes an armrest on one side which adds the piece's overall form and ...

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Chaise Longues

Materials

Gold Leaf

Circa 1880 Italian Large Gilt wood LXV Style Confidente Sofa

$11,373

H 18.9 in W 112.21 in D 33.47 in

Circa 1880 Italian Large Gilt wood LXV Style Confidente Sofa

Located in London, Park Royal

A rare antique find from Tuscany Italy. This 'Confidante' sofa, circa 1880, is in beautiful condition. The large frame is finely carved in the LXV style, with its original water gild...

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Sofas

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Gold, Gold Leaf

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Ormolu Baccarat Chandelier For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal ormolu baccarat chandelier for your home. A ormolu baccarat chandelier — often made from metal, crystal and ormolu — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a ormolu baccarat chandelier — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A ormolu baccarat chandelier, designed in the Louis XVI, Louis XV or Neoclassical style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made ormolu baccarat chandelier over the years, but those crafted by Baccarat and Cristalleries De Baccarat are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Ormolu Baccarat Chandelier?

Prices for a ormolu baccarat chandelier start at $1,950 and top out at $425,000 with the average selling for $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.

Questions About Ormolu Baccarat Chandelier

How can you tell if a chandelier is Baccarat?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024
To tell if a chandelier is Baccarat, search for the maker's mark. You'll usually find it on one of the drip pans, the curved dishes positioned beneath the candle lights. By comparing the marking on your piece to images shared on trusted online resources, you can often determine if your fixture is an authentic Baccarat. When in doubt, have a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer evaluate your piece. Explore a collection of Baccarat chandeliers on 1stDibs.
How can I spot an authentic Baccarat chandelier?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
You can spot an authentic Baccarat chandelier by locating the white engraved mark, which is usually found in the raised molded capitals on the drip pan. You can shop a collection of properly vetted Baccarat chandeliers from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.