Murano Smoky Art Glass Rectangular Mid-Century Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design, featuring a brass frame and single smoked glass. The glass half-shell is highly original and features a distinctive smoked color. The cha...
Brass
Murano Pink Art Glass Rectangular Mid-Century Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with brass structure and single pink glass. The glass half-shell is very original and has a unique pink color. The chandelier has a rectan...
Brass
Murano Pink Art Glass Rectangular Mid-Century Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with brass structure and single pink glass. The glass half-shell is very original and has a unique pink color. The chandelier has a rectan...
Brass
Silver Leaf and Aged Mirror Rectangular Mid-Century Modern Chandelier
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stylish large rectangular chandelier having eight arms with a geometric aged mirror design, silver leaf rods and fabulous custom silk shade. Each bulb 60 watt max. Comes with ceiling...
Mirror
Mid-Century Glass & Chrome Fitted Rectangular Pendant Chandelier by Kinkeldey
By Kinkeldey
Located in New York, NY
Designed with a rectangular profile, this chandelier epitomizes the geometric precision and functional elegance characteristic of mid-century modern design.
Chrome
$7,640 / item
Murano Art Glass Rectangular Mid-Century Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and unique glass color. The Murano furnaces create an indisputable timeless design, simple but elegant at the same t...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Set of Two Rectangular Mid Century Modern Polychrome Pendant Lamps Germany 1960s
By Piet Mondrian, Mathieu Matégot
Located in München, BY
Set of two extremely rare, lovely and highly decorative Mid-Century Modern rectangular polychrome pendant lamps or hanging lights. Designed and manufactured in Germany, 1960s. Execu...
Aluminum, Metal, Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Lucite Chandelier or Pendant 1960s Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage chandelier or pendant with few rectangular lucite elements with textured surface designed and manufactured 1960s Austria.
Lucite
Murano Art Glass Rectangular Pink Mid-Century Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and unique glass pink color. The Murano furnaces create an indisputable timeless design, simple but elegant at the s...
Brass
Murano Art Glass Rectangular Teal Mid-Century Chandelier, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and unique glass teal color. All in Murano glass with a brass structure. The glasses are treated with a particular ...
Brass
Custom Large Mid Century Style Rectangular Chandelier with Brass Cups
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom long brass rectangular chandelier with 10 cup shaped lights. Can be done in other metals and sizes.
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian Teak Brass and Glass Chandelier
By Stilux
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Mid-Century Modern chandelier in original patina with original rectangular white glasses, good conditions overall, only one glass has a line crackle not visible when mounted. It wo...
Brass
mid 20th century Orrefors Carl Fagerlund crystal rectangular chandelier 12 sided
By Orrefors
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Mid century chandelier comprised of twelve 4 x 7 inch Orrefors crystal panels arranged in a rectangular configuration. Two chandeliers available. Drop length can be adjusted and ...
Crystal
Murano Art Glass Rectangular Champagne Color Mid-Century Chandelier, 2000
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and unique glass champagne color and sandblasted. All in Murano glass with a brass structure. The glasses are treat...
Brass
Custom Large Brass Mid Century Style Rectangular Chandelier by Adesso Imports
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom long brass rectangular chandelier with 12 cylinder lights. Can be done in other metals and sizes
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Rectangular Faceted Cut Crystal Pendants by Kinkeldey
By Kinkeldey
Located in New York, NY
This pair of Mid-Century Modernist pendant chandeliers, crafted by the esteemed Austrian lighting manufacturer Kinkeldey, epitomizes the sleek sophistication of 1960s design.
Crystal, Nickel
Murano Art Glass Rectangular Silver Color Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and unique glass silver color. All in Murano glass with a brass structure. The glasses are treated with a particula...
Brass
Murano Art Glass Rectangular Bronze Color Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and a unique glass color. The Murano furnaces create an indisputable and timeless design, simple but elegant at the ...
Brass
Murano Rectangular Amber Smoky Art Glass and Brass Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design, featuring a brass frame and unique glass in amber and smoky tones. All Murano glass with a brass frame. The glass is treated with a speci...
Brass
Murano Rectangular Gold Black Art Glass and Brass Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and unique glasses with multiple shades, black, white and gold. Characterized by simplicity and linearity, the Muran...
Brass
Murano Rectangular Pink Violet Art Glass and Brass Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and unique glass with pink tones. All in Murano glass with a brass structure. The glasses are treated with a specia...
Brass
$893Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Brass and Crystal Pendant Light, Mid-Century Modern, 1980s
By Palwa
Located in Bochum, NRW
It would be a perfect addition and upgrade for any Mid-Century Modern or noble stylish interior.
Crystal, Brass
Murano Art Glass and Brass Italian Mid-Century Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Fantastic Murano chandelier with an elongated design and a brass structure. Note the shape of the rods it is made of. Murano chandelier in artistic glass and brass. Made of an ovoid...
Brass
Set of Three Mid-Century Rectangular Faceted Cut Crystal Pendants by Kinkeldey
By Kinkeldey
Located in New York, NY
This set of three Mid-Century Modernist pendant chandeliers, crafted by the esteemed Austrian lighting manufacturer Kinkeldey, epitomizes the sleek sophistication of 1960s design.
Crystal, Nickel
Murano Art Glass Rectangular Sky Blu Color Chandelier and Pendant, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Murano chandelier with an elongated design, featuring a brass frame and uniquely colored glass. The Murano furnaces create a timeless and distinctive design, simple yet elegant. All...
Brass
Elegant Rectangular Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
Two-tone (brass and gun metal) eight lights French chandelier with circular glass bobeches.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Rectilinear Polished Brass and Lucite Chandelier by Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
This refined rectilinear chandelier was realized by Gaetano Sciolari in Italy, circa 1970. It features a cylindrical body with six arms of the same form attached via rectangular slat...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Chandelier by Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy, 1960s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold-white, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian chandelier on a rectangular chrome base, the Giogali glass pieces, rings are made of hand blown clear crystal glass, designed by Ange...
Crystal, Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Polished Chrome Four-Arm Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
This compelling Mid-Century Modern chandelier was realized in Germany, circa 1950. It represents an exceptional example of the time and place. A cylindrical rod descends from a circu...
Chrome
$10,500 / item
Rectangular Poliedri Murano Chandelier
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian rectangular shaped chandelier with clear polyhedron / polyhedral shaped Murano glasses mounted on white metal frame with chrome hardware / Made in Italy Measures: Length: 44 ...
Metal
$10,500 / item
Rectangular Poliedri Murano Chandelier
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian rectangular shaped chandelier with clear polyhedron / polyhedral shaped Murano glasses mounted on white metal frame with chrome hardware / Made in Italy. Measures: length: 4...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Chandelier by Ercole Barovier, Brass & Murano Glass
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian chandelier made of a rectangular brass base and hand blown Murano glass, designed by Ercole Barovier and produced by Barovier & Toso, in good...
Metal, Brass
J.T. Kalmar Rectangular Textured Glass & Brass Chandelier, Pendant Lamp, 1950s
By Kalmar Lighting, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
This is a beautiful Mid-Century chandelier / pendant light from the 1950s, crafted by J.T. Kalmar in Vienna, Austria. The chandelier features brass and white-painted metal hardware, ...
Metal, Brass
Large Mid Century Murano Glass and Brass Chandelier.
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in New York, NY
A striking vintage chandelier from the Mid-Century Modern era, Italian Murano production, circa 1960s-1970s. This piece features a rectangular brass canopy from which numerous indiv...
Brass
Eight Glass Globes Chandelier, Brass Frame, Mid-Century Modern, Italy
By Gino Sarfatti, Stilnovo
Located in Bochum, NRW
This luxurious, vintage-style horizontal chandelier brings sculptural clarity and ambient warmth to dining rooms, salons, or curated commercial spaces. A sleek rectangular brass fram...
Brass
Mid-Century Modernist Etched Glass Pendant Chandelier with Chromed Fittings
By Kinkeldey
Located in New York, NY
A set of three Mid-Century Modernist etched glass pendant chandelier in the style of Kinkeldy with chromed fittings. This chandelier features three downward hanging shades that each ...
Nickel
Mid-Century Modern Crystal Chandelier, Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors, Star-Cut Glass
By Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors
Located in Västra Frölunda, SE
A refined Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern chandelier designed by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors, Sweden, circa 1960s. The chandelier features a rectangular frame composed of star-cut c...
Cut Glass
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Murano Glass Chandelier with Brass Fittings
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern chandelier was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. It features...
Brass
Rectangular Chrome and Crystal Kinkeldey Pendant Light, 1970
By Kinkeldey
Located in Rijssen, NL
This modernist design chandelier was designed by the Kinkeldey design team during the 1970s and manufactured in Germany. A very elegant Kinkeldey chandelier, it is comfortable with a...
Crystal, Chrome
Italian mid-century modern Murano glass chandelier by Paolo Venini, 1950s
By Paolo Venini
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Murano glass chandelier by Paolo Venini, 1950s Chandelier with diffuser composed of numerous shaped strips of Murano glass and smoked glass, which are susp...
Metal
Big Rectangular Chandelier, Vienna, 1960s
Located in Wien, Au
Big rectangular chandelier, Vienna, 1960s Original condition.
Brass
$3,151Sale Price|63% Off
Romeo Rega Mid Century Metal and Glass Chandelier
By Romeo Rega
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Chandelier by Romeo Rega made of small rectangular chromed metal piece, with one-in-two covered with a black and gold decor. White and orange pampilles are hung to each piece as well.
Metal
$5,876 / item
Style of Max Ingrand Mid-Century Rectangular Glass
By Max Ingrand
Located in Roma, Lazio
Three "S" are not enough to indicate the immense Italian style of Max Ingrand of this Murano glass chandelier. The Murano furnaces create an indisputable timeless design, simple but ...
Brass
Mid Century Modern Crystal Glass Vintage Chandelier by Bakalowits 1960s Austria
By Bakalowits & Söhne
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage chandelier with sparkling hand-cut crystal glasses in squared and rectangular form. A fantastic chandelier designed and manufactured by Bakalowits & Soehne...
Crystal, Brass
After Fontana Mid-Century Modern Italian Crystal Pendant Light, 1960s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pendant light glass chandelier with an intense smoky cut flanked by a rectangular transparent glass sheet modeled by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1960. It contains a single screw bulb. Perf...
Crystal, Metal
Mid-Century Bow Form Polished Brass & Nickel Pendant Chandelier W/ Mottled Glass
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modernist Bow Form Polished Brass & Nickel Pendant Chandelier W/Mottled Glass Shades originates from France, Circa 1950. A unique composition rendered with ...
Brass, Nickel
$15,000 / item
Rectangular Tronchi Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian rectangular chandelier shown in dusk green hand blown Murano Tronchi glasses arranged in cascading tiers, mounted on polished nickel finish metal frame hanging with two chain...
Murano Glass
$15,000 / item
Rectangular Tronchi Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian rectangular chandelier shown in dusk green hand blown Murano Tronchi glasses arranged in cascading tiers, mounted on polished nickel finish metal frame hanging with two chain...
Murano Glass
$9,600 / item
Rectangular Triedri Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian rectangular chandelier with clear Murano glasses cut in Triedri technique arranged in two layers on gold finish metal frame / Inspired by Venini / made in Italy 10 lights / E...
Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
$9,600 / item
Rectangular Triedri Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian rectangular chandelier with clear Murano glasses cut in Triedri technique arranged in two layers on gold finish metal frame / Inspired by Venini / made in Italy 10 lights / E...
Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Mid Century Modern 8 Arm Chrome & Mottled Murano Glass Chandelier by Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid Century Modern chandelier was realized by the fabled 20th century designer, Gaetano Sciolari in Italy circa 1970. It offers a grouping of eight volumetric rectangul...
Chrome
Monumental Mid Century Chandelier in Glass, Metal and Patinated Brass 1960
Located in Meer, VAN
Monumental Mid Century Chandelier in Glass, Metal and Patinated Brass. The Netherlands, 1960. A large and highly unique mid century chandelier in white lacquered metal, patinated br...
Metal, Brass
Large Mid Century Modern Murano Glass Pendant Light attributed to Gino Vistosi
By Gino Vistosi
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Exceptional Mid-Century Modern pendant light attributed to Gino Vistosi. This light was handcrafted in Murano, Italy around the 1950s.The design features a rectangular tube form in t...
Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Glass Brass Pendant J. T. Kalmar Austria 1960s
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage clear glass pendant or chandelier from two textured glass parts with four brass fittings.
Brass
Pair of Monumental Mid Century Chandeliers in Glass, Metal and Patinated Brass
Located in Meer, VAN
Monumental Pair of Mid Century Chandeliers in Glass, Metal and Patinated Brass, The Netherlands, 1960. A highly unique and impressive pair of large mid century chandeliers in white ...
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Italian Glass Flush Mount Chandelier
Located in Vilnius, LT
Italian mid-century flush mount chandelier is made of rectangular gold-plated metal base with faceted glass in the frames. This chandelier includes 2 pcs. E14 bulbs. It is in a very ...
Metal
Mid-Century Italian Glass Flush Mount Chandelier
Located in Vilnius, LT
Italian mid-century flush mount chandelier is made of rectangular gold-plated metal base with faceted glass in the frames. This chandelier includes 4 pcs. E14 bulbs. It is in a ver...
Metal
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.
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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.
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