Postmodern Three-Light Brass and Etched Racetrack Oval Glass Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
Postmodern three-light brass pendants with etched glass round bobeches and larger race track oval etched glass surround. White corded electrical cable connects to the brass long tray...
Brass
Stunning Oval Italian Venini Murano Glass Tubes Chandelier Light Fixture
By Venini
Located in Hudson, NY
Stunning 1960s chandelier consisting of 43 hanging Murano glass tubes. The frame is nickel and all of the Murano glass is defect free. The fixture gives off a beautiful stunning ligh...
Metal
Italian Oval Shaped Multi-Color Spectacular Murano Glass Chandelier, 1970
By Venini
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding unique vintage Murano chandelier made by Murano crystal multicolored prism on four levels with a gold metal frame. The glasses are Aquamarine , transparent, blue, smoky,...
Glass
Venini Midcentury Oval Rose Gold Silver Green Italian Chandelier, 1980
By Venini
Located in Roma, IT
Oval colored glass lamp, Manifattura Venini Italia. The oval metal base holds five bands of rings of different diameters on which a myriad (about 200 pieces) of mouth-blown glass pi...
Metal
Yellow, Pink and White Venini Style Tronchi Oval Hanging Chandelier
By Paolo Venini
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Beautiful chandelier in very soft colors and nice shape of glass pieces. From underneath, each glass piece looks like a flower. Each piece of glass is 26 cm tall. 8 bulbs. Height i...
Glass
Mid-Century Murano Smoked Amethyst Handblown Glass Sixteen-Arm Oval Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece can would be ideal above an oval or rectangular-shaped dining table. Its overall height can be adjusted to suit.
Murano Glass
Impressive Italian Antique Oval Chandelier 1920s Classical Style Cast Brass Gold
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
This solid brass rare Oval chandelier Antique from the 1920s in classical style from Italy.
Brass
French Art Deco Period Iron Oval 8-Light Chandelier, circa 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Art Deco Period iron oval 8-light chandelier, circa 1930
Iron
Low Oval Plafonnier Crystal Chandelier Brass Lustre Ceiling Antique Art Nouveau
Located in Berlin, DE
Low oval ceiling crystal chandelier brass. Cabling completely renewed. Crystal hand knotted. Measures: Total height 60 cm, height without chain 30 cm, diameter 42 x 65 cm. weight (...
Crystal, Brass, Wire
Oval Brass Fontana Arte for Dominici Chandelier with Long Glass Pieces
By Dominici
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass oval chandelier by Fontana Arte for Dominici with clear and sanded glass pieces.
Brass
Low Oval Plafonnier Crystal Chandelier Brass Lustre Ceiling Antique Art Nouveau
Located in Berlin, DE
Low oval ceiling crystal chandelier brass. Cabling completely renewed. Crystal hand knotted. Measures: Total height 100 cm, height without chain 48 cm, diameter 100 x 65 cm. weight...
Crystal, Brass, Wire
Low Oval Plafonnier Crystal Chandelier Brass Lustre Ceiling Antique Art Nouveau
Located in Berlin, DE
Low oval ceiling crystal chandelier brass. Cabling completely renewed. Crystal hand knotted. Measures: Total height 45 cm, height without chain 45 cm, diameter 44 x 80 cm. weight (...
Crystal, Brass, Wire
Low Oval Plafonnier Crystal Chandelier Brass Lustre Ceiling Antique Art Nouveau
Located in Berlin, DE
Low oval ceiling crystal chandelier brass. Cabling completely renewed. Crystal hand knotted. Measures: Total height 75 cm, height without chain 55 cm, diameter 75 x 58 cm. weight (...
Crystal, Brass, Wire
Classical Oval Ring Chandelier Brass and Blackened Metal Ten-Light Fixture
By Coronet
Located in New York, NY
Great quality Classical Revival oval ten socket up light chandelier, marked "Coronet" on the cast brass canopy.
Brass, Steel
Elongated Oval Ceramic Chandelier Designed by Brendan Bass, Made in Italy
By Brendan Bass
Located in Dallas, TX
Elongated oval chandelier designed by Brendan Bass. Made in Italy Glazed ceramic with a matte charcoal textured finish. 60 watt max. Each socket (two). Brendan Bass Custom - Item ...
Ceramic
Low Oval Plafonnier Crystal Chandelier Brass Lustre Ceiling Antique Art Nouveau
Located in Berlin, DE
Low oval ceiling crystal chandelier brass. Cabling completely renewed. Crystal hand knotted. Measures: Total height 75 cm, height without chain 46 cm, diameter 80 x 50 cm. weight (...
Crystal, Brass, Wire
Orion Oval Chandelier, Brass and Glass, Contemporary Design, Europe by Schwung
Located in High Point, NC
This oval arrangement of lights explodes into a brass and glass sunburst, spreading across the ceiling. A constellation of illuminated globes linked to a central axis creates a space...
Brass
Huge Oval Gold-Plated Emil Stejnar Blowball Sputnik Chandelier, Austria, 1970s
By Rupert Nikoll, Emil Stejnar
Located in Vienna, AT
Magnificent oval snowflake blowball sputnik chandelier, a rare piece in this size. Exclusive 24-carat gold-plated model. Designed by Emil Stejnar, made in Vienna in the 1970s, in the...
Crystal, Brass, Gold
Oval Montgolfiè Empire Sac a Pearl Chandelier Crystal Lustre Ceiling Antique
Located in Berlin, DE
Cabling and sockets completely renewed. Crystal hand knotted Measures: Total height 140 cm, height without chain: 100 cm, diameter 73 cm x 45 , weight (approximately) 15 kg. Numb...
Crystal, Brass, Wire
Mid-Century Modern Brass and Glass Italian Oval Chandelier, circa 1950
By Arredoluce
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A rare chandelier designed and manufactured in Italy in the 1950s, white opaline glass diffusors are in perfect conditions, solid brass it's in original patina that gives it a vibran...
Brass
Italian Midcentury Oval Opaline Glass Chandelier in the Style of Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
This charming midcentury pendant light was designed and manufactured in Italy and it´s shape is very close to lamps by Stilnovo. It features a beautiful oval opaline glass shade, bla...
Brass, Metal
20th Century Swedish Polished, Smoked Glass Chandelier - Oval Light by Orrefors
By Orrefors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A half round, oval vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish chandelier, pendant made of hand blown smoked Orrefors glass, the outside of the shade is polished with grey pattern, lines prod...
Metal, Chrome
Large Flush Mount Clear Murano Glass and Brass Oval Wide Chandelier, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
Flush mount clear Murano glass oval chandelier in the manner of Barovier & Toso, Italy, 2021.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Translucent Glass Oval Chandelier with Brass Fittings, Camer
By Camer Glass
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern chandelier was hand blown in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for its superlative glass production- by the illustrious light...
Gold
Oval Montgolfiè Empire Sac a Pearl Chandelier Crystal Lustre Ceiling Antique
Located in Berlin, DE
old chandelier with love and professionally restored in Berlin. electrical wiring works in the US. Re-wired and ready to hang not one missing Cabling completely renewed. Crystal, han...
Crystal, Brass, Wire
White Murano Glass Oval Mid-Century Modern Chandelier Mazzega 1970s, 2 Available
By Mazzega
Located in Dallas, TX
Oval shape Mid-Century Modern chandelier, in white and clear Murano glass petals, with an ivory painted frame. The chandelier has 4 lights, medium base sockets, rewired. Designed b...
Murano Glass
Late Art Deco Fumé Oval Murano Chandelier with Hammered Brass Details, 1940s
Located in Florence, IT
Late Art Deco Fumé oval Murano chandelier with hammered brass details. Each piece of the fumé hand-blown Murano Glass has a low relief type processing. The chandelier weighs about 15...
Brass
Pair of Large Oval Double Bowl Shape Bronze and Crystal Basket Chandeliers
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of oval double bowl shaped bronze and crystal basket chandeliers. This palatial pair of Louis XI style chandeliers are simply spectacular in scale, form and quality. Each doub...
1960s Hand Wrought Iron Oval Fleur De Lys Chandelier from Brittany, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Recently found in a home in Brittany, France, this high quality wrought iron chandelier was hand-formed with fleur de lys motifs. The main body is a thick, open oval, formed by three...
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
1960s Hand Wrought Iron Oval Fleur De Lys Chandelier from Brittany, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Recently found in a home in Brittany, France, this high quality wrought iron chandelier was hand-formed with fleur de lys motifs. The main body is a thick, open oval, formed by three...
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Italian modern Oval Chandelier in white metal and plastic by Artemide, 2000s
By Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Oval Chandelier in white metal and plastic by Artemide, 2000s Chandelier with oval diffuser in opal plastic and ivory white painted metal. The diffuser has a double li...
Metal
French Six-Light Crystal Oval Chandelier from the Turn of the Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French six-light crystal oval chandelier from the turn of the 19th century. This French crystal six-light chandelier from the turn of the 19th century features an oval gilt metal f...
Crystal, Metal
Oval Brass Sputnik Chandelier, 24 Lights, Ivory Shades in the Stilnovo Style
By Stilnovo, Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
The arms are made with different lengths with the result of an oval design. Becoming perfect over a dining table or a rectangular room.
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
3-tier PENDANT LIGHT with 29 oval glass discs graewe chandelier 1960s
Located in Mannheim, DE
Beautiful vintage glass chandelier / hanging lamp from the 1960s to 70s with 29 oval glass discs with a textured surface. The frame is made of silver-colored metal. At the bottom in ...
Metal
Handblown Murano Glass Oval Five-Tier Gold Chandelier w/ Textured Glass Shades
By Mazzega
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Murano five-tier chandelier with textured glass shades. An enameled chrome frame supports five tiers of independently hung rectangular textured glass shades...
Enamel, Chrome
Italian Fontana Arte Style Pearl Aqua Blue Murano Glass Oval Brass Chandelier
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
This luxurious, customizable modern chandelier, inspired by the Fontana Arte style, showcases a sophisticated oval design entirely handcrafted in Italy. Composed of sophisticated ree...
Brass
Wonderful French Bronze Oval Mirror Panel Figural Bow Top Ormolu Swag Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French bronze fixture with oval mirror panels and alternating lady figural arms with bow top and ormolu swags.
Bronze
French Art Deco Oval Chandelier in the manner of Petitot in Nickeled Bronze
By Atelier Petitot
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite oval shaped French Art Deco chandelier in the manner of Petitot. This beautiful chandelier features numerous glass rods that are vertically and continuously stacked between...
French Vintage Oval Shaped 4-Light Painted Iron Chandelier in Light Cream Color
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French vintage oval chandelier. This French mid-20th century four-light chandelier features a central ring decorated with a running motif of volutes. The scrolled arms support the ...
Iron
Pair Fusilli Oval Spiral Chandelier Crystal Sac a Pearl Lamp Lustre Art Nouveau
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of Fusilli oval spiral chandelier crystal sac a pearl lamp lustre Art Nouveau Original preserved chandelier, circa 1950. Cabling and sockets completely renewed. Measures: To...
Crystal, Iron, Wire
Two White Murano Glass Oval Shape Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers by Mazzega 1970
By Mazzega
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of oval shaped Mid-Century Modern chandeliers, in white and clear Murano glass petals, with an ivory metal painted frame. Priced by pair, but can be sold individually. Each ch...
Murano Glass
French Wrought and Painted Iron Oval-esque, Two-Tier Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hanging from original iron rods from four hooks, the fixture having two levels, the top level with eight gilt iron bobeches, the bottom level connected by scrolls and having eight sp...
Metal, Wrought Iron
Italian Empire Style Gilt Brass & Green Enamel 8-Light Oval Chandelier, 20th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
The ring of oval form with applied gilt brass neoclassicly inspired decorations, the bobeches raised, suspended from original lozenge-form chains and complete with original canopy.
Brass
Italian art déco chandelier 50s in oval solid brass and glass Pietro chiesa
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large Italian art deco chandelier from the '50s. Structure and hanging system in solid brass, lampshade in transparent and frosted round glass slabs (certainly more recent). Very fin...
Brass
Art Deco Oval Shape Brass and Murano Glass Chandelier by Ercole Barovier 1940
By Ercole Barovier
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional six-shade Murano glass chandelier with elegant shaped brass mount, by Ercole Barovier. Excellent vintage condition. Six E 27 light bulbs compatible with US standards. Th...
Blown Glass
Large Chandelier, Murano Light Fume Glass in Oval Spiral Ribbed Elements 7 Tiers
By Vistosi, Murano 5, Barovier
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Color is the wonderful and Murano exclusive Fume color. An amber brown used often in lighting because of its best play with light. This beautiful chandelier carries over 120 eleme...
Iron
Large Oval Shaped Italian Wrought Iron and Daino Antler 8-Light Chandelier, UL
Located in Atlanta, GA
Expertly crafted of Daino antlers that are held together with iron pins and counter weighted for balance, having cast iron bobeches, the upper wrought iron section in the shape of a ...
Oval Brass Chandelier in the Style of Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940's
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
Oval brass chandelier designed in the style of Pietro Chiesa for the Italian manufacturer Fontana Arte in the 1940's is made in a brass structure with 12 arms and lights. At each end...
Brass
Sold|$2,800
Oval pendant fixture
Located in New York, NY
Ceiling fixture composed of multiple long triangular prisms arranged around an oval frame [bears eight-lights].
Steel
Large Oval Venini Chandeelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960s oval shaped Venini chandelier with several tiers of glass hangings. Interior lights. Available in our 238 East 60th Street Store.
Metal
Sold|$2,800
Camer Murano Oval Fixture
By Camer Glass
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970's crystal chandelier consisting of multiple levels of Murano glass rods. Frame is in a brass finish.
Sold|$2,750
Copper Oval Pendant Lanterns
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
French copper oval pendant lights with original glass and metal mesh. Can be fitted with chain or pole. Three available.
Copper
Sold|$6,969 / item
Molecule Spark Oval 17
Located in High Point, NC
Sparks of light trail brass lines in a circular formation. Radiating out from a spherical nucleus, seventeen sprightly rods wield illuminated hemispheres, spectacular spatial punctua...
Brass
Sold|$185
One oval glass shade
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
glass shades
Blown Glass
Sold|$11,500
BRASS OVAL AUSTRIAN SNOWFLAKE SPUTNIK
Located in New York, NY
BRASS OVAL AUSTRIAN SNOWFLAKE SPUTNIK
Brass
Sold|$1,000
Wire mesh oval hanging light
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wire mesh oval hanging light. Diffuses light up and down but not horizontally.
Sold|$5,200
An Oval Bronze Ceiling Light
Located in New York, NY
An oval bronze ceiling light with open fret frame having Vitruvian scroll motif and arrow and cross band molded edge securing frosted and cut glass dome with carved starburst. (4 Edi...
Bronze
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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