Rectangular Midcentury Modern Chandeliers And Pendants

Kalmar Designs

Glass And Chrome Mid Century Chandelier

Brass Pink Glass Chandelier

Anders Pendant

Simon And Schelle

Elongated Chandelier

Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Chrome

Murano Art Glass Rectangular Mid-Century Chandelier

$7,430 / 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...

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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Murano Glass

Set of Two Rectangular Mid Century Modern Polychrome Pendant Lamps Germany 1960s

$2,857 / set

$3,475 / item

$9,475 / set

$1,086

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.

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Vintage 1980s European Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Brass

Set of Three Mid-Century Rectangular Faceted Cut Crystal Pendants by Kinkeldey

$14,475 / set

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.

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Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Nickel

Elegant Rectangular Chandelier

$2,950

Elegant Rectangular Chandelier

Located in Miami, FL

Two-tone (brass and gun metal) eight lights French chandelier with circular glass bobeches.

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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Rectilinear Polished Brass and Lucite Chandelier by Sciolari

$4,975

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...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Polished Chrome Four-Arm Chandelier

$2,975

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...

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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Chandelier by Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy, 1960s

$24,200

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...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Metal, Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Italian Crystal Pendant Light, 1960s

$1,714

Mid-Century Modern Italian Crystal Pendant Light, 1960s

Located in Puglia, Puglia

Glass pendant light featuring a central smoked-glass element with a bold cut, flanked by a rectangular clear glass panel; Italy, 1960s. It takes a single screw-base bulb. Ideal as an...

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Metal

Mid Century Perforated Steel Pendants

Located in Culver City, CA

Perforated Steel Pendants Italy, 1950 Rectangular pendant lights with black perforated steel shades, brass detailing and brass ceiling caps. 7.75”w x 7.75”d x 11.5”h Ref. L5558

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass, Steel

$16,800

Murano Rectangular Chandelier. 148 "Tiedro" Glass Elements

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This chandelier is a striking example of mid-20th-century Murano craftsmanship, composed of 148 transparent “Triedro” glass elements. Each glass piece is hand-blown in the traditiona...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Murano Glass

$585

German Mid-Century Black and Brass Six-Light Chandelier with Pressed Glass

Located in Los Angeles, CA

German Mid-Century chandelier in black metal and brass, fitted with six original cylindrical pressed-glass shades arranged symmetrically along a horizontal linear bar. Each shade fea...

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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass, Chrome

Gaetano Sciolari Golden Yellow Chandelier

Unavailable

H 26 in W 30 in D 15 in

Gaetano Sciolari Golden Yellow Chandelier

By Gaetano Sciolari

Located in Houston, TX

Large Mid-Century Modern four light chandelier by with brass mounts and chain.

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Stilnovo Chandelier, 1950

Unavailable

H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 15.75 in

Stilnovo Chandelier, 1950

By Stilnovo

Located in Fossano, IT

Beautiful chandelier realized by Stilnovo in 1950 Rectangular black metal box with a frosted glass as diffuser, this is hanging on the ceiling by a polished brass frame with final ...

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal, Brass

Galliano Round Chandelier in Steel

Unavailable

H 15.75 in Dm 31.5 in

Galliano Round Chandelier in Steel

By Delightfull

Located in New York, NY

Galliano round chandelier is a Mid-Century Modern light with a shape that was inspired by a pipe organ. With sculptural shapes and an extremely balanced design, this modern lighting ...

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21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers an...

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Steel

H 9.85 in Dm 13.39 in

Cylinder II, Copper Pendant, Jo Hammerborg, 1966, Fog & Mørup, in mint condition

By Fog & Mørup, Jo Hammerborg

Located in Frederiksberg, DK

CYLINDER II, copper pendant light by Jo Hammerborg in 1966 for Fog & Mørup - Scandinavian Modern copper light fixture with two individual pendants in extremely RARE mint unused condi...

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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Copper

Large Mid-Century Modern rectangular chandelier in glass and nickel

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H 20 in W 27.5 in D 18.5 in

Large Mid-Century Modern rectangular chandelier in glass and nickel

Located in New York City, NY

A fabulous rectangular modernist chandelier comprising 44 panels of glass forming a large rectangular shape, supported by a rectangular canopy and fluted double rod stem. Can be leng...

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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Mid-Century Rectangular Pendant Chandelier in Brass with Textured Glass Panels

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H 30 in W 20 in D 5 in

Mid-Century Rectangular Pendant Chandelier in Brass with Textured Glass Panels

By Carl Fagerlund

Located in New York, NY

A Mid-Century Modernist rectangular pendant chandelier in polished brass with textured glass panels. A rectangular ceiling box supports a pair of chains which support the lighted par...

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Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Modern Metal & Chrome Modernist Atomic Chandelier Pendant Light 14"

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H 14 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in

Mid Century Modern Metal & Chrome Modernist Atomic Chandelier Pendant Light 14"

Located in Dayton, OH

Rare mid century / retro / atomic / modernist stoplight style pendant light with a brown painted metal rectangular form accented with silver discs and four chrome sockets.

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal, Chrome

1970s Rectangular Kalmar Pendant Chandelier

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H 30 in W 44 in D 8 in

1970s Rectangular Kalmar Pendant Chandelier

By J.T. Kalmar

Located in New York, NY

Rectangular Kalmar pendant chandelier, Frame in brass with transparent Murano glass.

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Vintage 1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Sold

H 37.01 in W 26.78 in D 16.15 in

Brass and White Glass Rectangular Chandelier

Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF

Twelve-light chandelier made of a brass structure and six tall white glass rectangle each diffusing the lights of two bulbs.

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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Mid-Century Modern Rectilinear Chrome and Iridescent Glass Eight-Arm Chandelier

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H 31 in Dm 17.5 in

Mid-Century Modern Rectilinear Chrome and Iridescent Glass Eight-Arm Chandelier

Located in New York, NY

This stunning and graphic Mid-Century Modern chandelier was realized in the United States, circa 1970. It features a cylindrical body in lustrous chrome with a matching finial that r...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Rectilinear Polished Brass and Lucite Chandelier by Sciolari

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H 38 in Dm 24 in

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...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Hand Blown Translucent and Frosted Murano Glass Chandelier

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H 14.75 in Dm 15 in

Mid-Century Modern Hand Blown Translucent and Frosted Murano Glass Chandelier

Located in New York, NY

This elegant and understated Mid-Century Modern chandelier was realized in Italy, circa 1970. It features a volumetric rectangular body consisting of a hollow cylindrical hand blown ...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Chrome

Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass, Chrome and Lucite Chandelier by Sciolari

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H 40 in Dm 22 in

Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass, Chrome and Lucite Chandelier by Sciolari

By Gaetano Sciolari

Located in New York, NY

This truly exceptional and iconic chandelier was realized by the esteemed Italian midcentury lighting atelier, Sciolari, circa 1970. It features a wealth of curvilinear nickel bands ...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass, Nickel

Murano Art Glass Oval Pink Color Mid-Century Chandelier and Pendant, 2020

$7,430 / item

H 35.44 in W 61.03 in D 15.75 in

Murano Art Glass Oval Pink Color Mid-Century Chandelier and Pendant, 2020

Located in Roma, Lazio

Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and special pink and darker colored glass. All in Murano glass with a brass structure. The glasses are treated with...

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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Murano Glass Tronchi Chandelier, Pink

$1,554Sale Price / item|20% Off

$850

H 33 in Dm 12 in

Fontana Arte Grey Glass Mid-Century Chandelier

By Fontana Arte

Located in New York, NY

A smoked glass six bulb chandelier in the style of Fontana Arte, with three glass disks, each with a diameter of 10". Six sockets. Will include brand new socket converters for Europe...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Chrome

Elegant Murano Poliedri Chandelier - Carlo Scarpa - 138 pink and white alabaster

$5,944

$13,718 / item

H 15.75 in Dm 35.44 in

Huge and Amazing Triedri Murano glass Chandelier, 391 Pink Prims Triedri

Located in Budapest, HU

A magnificent Murano glass chandelier, 391 pink triedri on crome frame. This large Mid-Century Italian chandelier is truly a timeless classic. Period: late 20th century Dimensions:...

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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

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Located in Roma, Lazio

Fantastic Venetian light pink and white color for a Cascade of Murano leaves. A striking color for this chandelier. All in Murano art glass with light pink leaves placed all around....

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Rectangular Midcentury Modern Chandeliers And Pendants For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of rectangular midcentury modern chandeliers and pendants available for sale. Each of these unique rectangular midcentury modern chandeliers and pendants was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, glass and brass. We have 51 antique and vintage rectangular midcentury modern chandeliers and pendants in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Rectangular midcentury modern chandeliers and pendants have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Rectangular midcentury modern chandeliers and pendants bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Many rectangular midcentury modern chandeliers and pendants are appealing in their simplicity, but Atelier Petitot, Bakalowits & Söhne and J.T. Kalmar produced popular rectangular midcentury modern chandeliers and pendants that are worth a look.

How Much are Rectangular Midcentury Modern Chandeliers And Pendants?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $5,564, while they’re typically $442 on the low end and $18,500 highest priced.

A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

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

Emerged during the mid-20th century
Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
A heyday of innovation in postwar America
Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
Promotion of functionality

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

Charles and Ray Eames
Eero Saarinen
Milo Baughman
Florence Knoll
Harry Bertoia
Isamu Noguchi
George Nelson
Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa

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.

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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