Modern 18 Karat Rose Gold Shiva Oval Pendant
Located in Poitiers, FR
Pendant in 18 karat rose gold. An oval-shaped pendant in rose gold, depicting the Hindu god Shiva, chased and openworked in a poly-lobed, striated and faceted design.
Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Sculptural Polished Brass and Fabric Shiva Chandelier by Morghen Studio
By Rossana Orlandi, Morghen Studio
Located in Milan, IT
Brass brushed chandelier in organza fabric and led light. External driver and dimmable. Shiva dances, twists with a scenographic and unexpected flow. The horizontal element is at the...
Brass
Gold Frame, Organic Loop Sculptural Brass Pendant Light by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Shiva, sculptural brass circular light pendant by Morghen Studio Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 30 x 80 x 80 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.0...
Brass
Unique Loop Linear Contemporary Brass Suspension Light by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Shiva, sculptural brass light pendant by Morghen Studio.
Brass
Art Donovan "SHIVA MANDALA" Illuminated Sculpture
By Art Donovan
Located in Southampton, NY
The "Shiva Mandala" is internationally recognized as Art Donovan's most ambitious work and a seminal sculpture that defined both his own style and the ensuing genre of Steampunk art ...
Brass
Shiva Chandelier in Brushed Brass and Fabric by Morghen Studio
By Rossana Orlandi, Morghen Studio
Located in Milan, IT
Brass brushed chandelier in organza fabric and led light. External driver and dimmable. Shiva dances, twists with a scenographic and unexpected flow. The horizontal element is at the...
Brass
Sculptural Brass Light Pendant, Shiva
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass light pendant - Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 190 x 50 x 30 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm Driver: ...
Brass
Sculptural Brass Light Pendant, Shiva
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass light pendant - Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 190 x 50 x 30 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm Driver: ...
Sculptural Brass Light Pendant, Shiva
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass light pendant - Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 190 x 50 x 30 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm Driver: ...
Sculptural Brass Light Pendant, Shiva
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass light pendant - Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 190 x 50 x 30 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm Driver: ...
Sculptural Brass Circular Light Pendant, Shiva
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass circular light pendant, Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 30 x 80 x 80 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm D...
Brass
Sculptural Brass Circular Light Pendant, Shiva
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass circular light pendant, Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 30 x 80 x 80 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm D...
Brass
Sculptural Brass Circular Light Pendant, Shiva
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass circular light pendant, Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 30 x 80 x 80 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm Drive...
Brass
Sculptural Brass Circular Light Pendant, Shiva
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass circular light pendant, Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 30 x 80 x 80 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm D...
Brass
Sample of Sculptural Brass Light Pendant, Shiva
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sample of Sculptural Brass Light Pendant, Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 190 x 50 x 30 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm Dri...
Brass
Shiva, Sculptural Brass Light Pendant by Morghen
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Shiva, sculptural brass light pendant by Morghen Materials: Satin brass, LED light Dimensions: 190 x 50 x 30 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm Drive...
Brass
Shiva, Sculptural Brass Light Pendant by Morghen
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Shiva, Sculptural Brass Light Pendant by Morghen Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 190 x 50 x 30 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm Dr...
Brass
Shiva, Sculptural Brass Light Pendant by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Shiva, sculptural brass light pendant by Morghen Studio Materials: Satin brass, LED light Dimensions: 190 x 50 x 30 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 l...
Brass
Shiva, Sculptural Brass Light Pendant by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Shiva, sculptural brass light pendant by Morghen Studio.
Brass
Shiva, Sculptural Brass Circular Light Pendant by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Shiva, Sculptural Brass Circular Light Pendant by Morghen Studio Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 30 x 80 x 80 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 ...
Brass
Shiva, Sculptural Brass Circular Light Pendant by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Shiva, sculptural brass circular light pendant by Morghen Studio Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 30 x 80 x 80 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.0...
Brass
Shiva, Sculptural Brass Circular Light Pendant by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Shiva, sculptural brass circular light pendant by Morghen Studio Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 30 x 80 x 80 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.0...
Brass
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H 11.82 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Sculptural Brass Circular Light Pendant, Shiva (1stdibs Gallery New York)
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass circular light pendant, Shiva Materials: Polished brass, LED light Dimensions: 30 x 80 x 80 cm (variable) Light source: 5m LED neon - 32 w - 3.000 k - 3.800 lm Drive...
$8,267 / set
H 47 in W 70 in D 47 in
Trapezi 5 Sculptural Statement Chandelier by Silvio Mondino Studio, Aged Brass
By Silvio Mondino Studio
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Trapezi is a Sculptural Italian Chandelier designed by Silvio Mondino Studio, inspired by the suspended movement of a circus trapeze artist. Its elements appear to float freely in sp...
Brass
$6,062 / set
H 55.12 in Dm 31.5 in
Trapezi 4 Sculptural Statement Chandelier by Silvio Mondino Studio, Brass-Glass
By Silvio Mondino Studio
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Trapezi is a Sculptural Italian Chandelier designed by Silvio Mondino Studio, inspired by the suspended movement of a circus trapeze artist. Its elements appear to float freely in sp...
Brass
$4,164Sale Price / set|10% Off
H 51 in W 71 in D 25 in
Trapezi 3 Sculptural Statement Chandelier by Silvio Mondino Studio, Brass-Glass
By Silvio Mondino Studio
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Trapezi is a Sculptural Italian Chandelier designed by Silvio Mondino Studio, inspired by the suspended movement of a circus trapeze artist. Its elements appear to float freely in sp...
Brass
$7,693 / set
H 48 in W 69 in D 48 in
Trapezi 5 Sculptural Statement Chandelier by Silvio Mondino Studio, Brass-Glass
By Silvio Mondino Studio
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Trapezi is a Sculptural Italian Chandelier designed by Silvio Mondino Studio, inspired by the suspended movement of a circus trapeze artist. Its elements appear to float freely in sp...
Brass
$2,011Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 26.78 in Dm 31.5 in
Modern Pendant Light 018 by Naama Hofman, Satin Brass & Acrylic
By Naama Hofman
Located in Berlin, DE
Pendant Light Object 018 is a minimalist horizontal pendant that highlights the elegance of a simple line of light, creating both comfort and spatial harmony. Ideal above kitchen cou...
Brass
$5,500 / item
H 43.31 in W 49.22 in D 39.38 in
Brazilian Contemporary Sculptural Brass Pendant Light - Max
By Cristiana Bertolucci
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
This pendant is named Sacurá Max. It is a Sculptural light pendant in brass with natural finish without varnish. The finish on this sculptural pendant light darkens over time. The ma...
Brass
Wide Swell String Pendant Light in Brass by Pablo Designs
By Pablo Studio, Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Elegant and infinitely flexible, swell string single is a modular LED lighting system designed to seamlessly blend the line between indoor and outdoor lighting. Swell String Single a...
Aluminum, Steel
$13,667 / item
H 53 in W 103 in D 58 in
Trapezi 10 Sculptural Statement Chandelier by Silvio Mondino Studio, Brass-Glass
By Silvio Mondino Studio
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Trapezi is a Sculptural Italian Chandelier designed by Silvio Mondino Studio, inspired by the suspended movement of a circus trapeze artist. Its elements appear to float freely in sp...
Brass
Modern Brass Suspension Chandelier in Stilnovo Style, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Suspension in the style of Stilnovo.
Metal, Brass
$860 / item
H 10.36 in W 14.89 in D 13.55 in
'Memoir 120' Brass Chandelier by GamFratesi for Lyfa, 3 Pendants
By Lyfa, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Paris, IDF
Memoir 120 Chandelier signed by GamFratesi for LYFA. DIMENSIONS W 37,8 x D 34,4 x H 26,3 cm COLOURS Black or brass Textile wire (white) 600cm Light source: Socket: 3 x G9 Max wa...
Brass
$14,008 / item
H 23.63 in W 27.56 in D 51.19 in
Organic Form Contemporary Sculptural Branch Brass Chandelier by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Dafne pendant light sculpted by Morghen Studio Materials: Grinded brass, LED Light, silicone Dimensions: 130 x 70 x 60 cm Made to order dimensions are possible, please contact us fo...
Brass
$15,375 / item
H 11.82 in W 118.12 in D 35.44 in
Sculptural Branch, Contemporary Linear Brass Pendant Light by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass light pendant Howl 3 by Morghen Studio Dimensions: 300 x 90 x H 30 Materials: Melted brass, LED Light, Silicone Finishes: burnished, blackened, silvered Length: ...
Brass
$5,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 5.5 in W 53 in D 13 in
Signal Linear Pendant, Souda, Medium, White & Brass, Made to Order
By Shaun Kasperbauer, Souda
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Price is for a signal linear pendant with white shade and brass accents. This piece is customizable so we can also make the finishes per order to your spec. Lamping: G8 LED Bulbs (...
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
$2,983 / item
H 31.5 in Dm 64.97 in
LO015_Modern brass and Acrylic linear Pendant Light by Naama Hofman
By Naama Hofman
Located in Berlin, DE
LIGHT OBJECT 015 Horizontal pendant light object. Inspiring simplicity is the essence of this horizontal pendant light object. Designed to make a strong impact by using just two lin...
Brass
Cosmic 'Pendant Duo Sol 70' Handmade Satin Brass Pendant
By Eva Menz for Atelier001
Located in London, England
Inspired by planet-like shapes and textures, the Cosmic collection plays with both metal properties and a selection of patina finishes. The Pendant Duo Sol is composed of three c...
Brass
$12,528
H 39.38 in W 59.06 in D 30.71 in
Minimalist 4 rings Pendan light in Satin Brass by Morghen Studio
By Rossana Orlandi, Morghen Studio
Located in Milan, IT
Ophelia is a composition made by linear elements closed on themselves, with a fragile and taut balance in which everyone enlightens and is enlightened, shades and is shaded. The thin...
Brass
LUdown Cylinder Flush Mount
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Inglewood, CA
The LUdown cylinder flush mount fixture by Lumfardo Luminaires is part of our contemporary collection. Available In patinated unlacquerd brass or aged silver and steel with (1) E26 m...
Steel, Brass, Gold, Silver
$2,431 / item
H 11.8 in W 11.8 in D 7.5 in
Tulip Organic Modern Contemporary Wall Sconce, Wall Light in White Plaster
By Hannah Woodhouse
Located in London, GB
Handmade Tulip organic modern wall light/ wall sconce, in silky smooth white plaster, created by artist Hannah Woodhouse in her London studio. Contemporary organic modern design insp...
Plaster
$3,674 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 55.91 in
Orbitale chandelier with 3 rotating arms on the new Giacometti style finish.
By Diego Giacometti, Silvio Piattelli
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This new finish adds a unique textured look to the Orbitale collection. It is a thick, handmade plaster finish called the Giacometti finish, used by Diego and Alberto on some of thei...
Gold, Brass
Mae Solid Wood Nightstand and Side Table by Crump and Kwash
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Mae Nightstand Solid wood frame / hand turned legs / hand rubbed oil finish / solid brass pulls / dovetailed solid wood drawer boxes / premium, full extension, soft close drawer ...
Maple, Oak, Walnut
Petite LUsaucer Brass Fixture by Lumfardo Luminaires
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Inglewood, CA
Sharp and elegant 12" ceiling flush mount or wall mount fixture. This fixture is a new take on the traditional concept of indirect lighting that functions to accent a room with rich ...
Brass
$8,750 / item
H 35.44 in W 63 in D 27.56 in
Brass and Alabaster Mobile Chandelier by Glustin Luminaires
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Mobile kinetic chandelier made of patinated brass with a round counterweight and two enlighten alabaster globes. Original design by Glustin Luminaires.
Alabaster, Brass
Brazilian Contemporary Sculptural Brass Pendant Light
By Cristiana Bertolucci
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Sacurá - Sculptural light pendant in brass with natural finish without varnish. The finish on this sculptural pendant light darkens over time. The mall cotton domes in various colors...
Brass
$2,838 / item
H 24 in W 24 in D 24 in
Modern Fabric Pendant Light by Studio Mirei, Nebula 60, from Costantini
Located in New York, NY
The Nebula collection is drawn out of the interstellar clouds of dust and gas in space - regions where stars begin to form. Made of a woven natural fiber from the banana tree, which ...
Natural Fiber
$12,042 / item
H 43.31 in W 82.68 in D 55.12 in
Brass and Alabaster Three Globes Mobile Chandelier by Glustin Luminaires
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Mobile kinetic chandelier made of three patinated brass arms of light each holding different sized alabaster globes and counterweight to ensure the balance of the piece. Original ...
Alabaster, Brass
$1,594 / item
H 13.78 in Dm 9.45 in
Murano Round Green Glass and Brass Modern Wall Light and Sconces, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Very special Murano glass wall light, stylish and elegant, their design truly unique in their kind. Beautiful coloring. The wall light is composed of a brass stem where a system for...
Brass
$2,500 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Petrol by Yiannis Ghikas
By Yiannis Ghikas, Miniforms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
$10,416 / item
H 39.38 in W 67.72 in D 14.97 in
Long Brass Chandelier With Rectangular Murano Glass Panels
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Long and narrow chandelier, ideal above a dining table, made of a brass structure and covered with Murano glass panels. The structure has a surprising shape with 90 degres angles sy...
Brass
Long Ceramic Chandelier by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Free-shape chandelier made by the French ceramic artist Olivia Cognet. Staying true to her organic shaped works, Olivia offers us here an wider iteration of her classic beautiful and...
Ceramic
Maillon LED Horizontal Pendant Light 6
Located in Westport, CT
Elegant grouping of 6 metal rings with integrated LED diffusing a clean natural light. Soft white 3000K. 75 watts – 110 lumens / watt, dimmable. Finishes: Rose gold, polished or ...
Stainless Steel
Anna Karlin Sketch Light, Large
By Anna Karlin
Located in New York, NY
It is as the name suggests, a sketch brought to life. Glowing porcelain shades made in England hang from its metal structure. Inside each shade, a hand blown white glass teardrop hou...
Aluminum, Steel
Long Chandelier in Iron and Ceramic by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful new design by the french artist Olivia Cognet, this chandelier made of a central iron horizontal stem holding the sources of light (G9 sockets encased in small opaline glob...
Iron
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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.