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Sistema Chandelier

Sistema Chandelier, Piattelli Design, Gunmetal Finish and Glass, 4-Shade
By Silvio Piattelli
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Sistema chandelier in Gunmetal Finish and opaline glass. This dark shiny plated finish has now got
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

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Metal, Brass

Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 8-shade
By Silvio Piattelli, Stilnovo, Bruno Gatta
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
in the center and too little at either side. This is the largest Sistema chandelier with 4 arms and 8
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

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Brass

  • Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 8-shade
  • Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 8-shade
  • Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 8-shade
  • Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 8-shade
H 19.69 in. W 57.09 in. D 26.78 in.
Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 6-shade
By Silvio Piattelli, Stilnovo, Bruno Gatta
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
wonderfully. This is the medium Sistema chandelier, with 3 arms and 6 shades. Ideal for an oval or long dining
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

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Brass

  • Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 6-shade
  • Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 6-shade
  • Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 6-shade
  • Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 6-shade
H 19.69 in. W 59.85 in. D 26.78 in.
Sistema Chandelier by Piattelli Design, 4-shade
By Silvio Piattelli, Stilnovo, Bruno Gatta
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
in the center and too little on either side. This is the smallest Sistema chandelier, with 2 arms and
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

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Brass

Sistema Chandelier, Piattelli Design, Brushed Nickel and Glass, 6-Shade
By Silvio Piattelli
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Brass Sistema chandelier, made with a nickel plated finish lightly brushed. This chandelier brings
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

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Brass, Nickel

Mars Sistema Solare Chandelier, Piattelli Design, Red Onyx and Brass, 8-shade
By Silvio Piattelli
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
technical data are the same of the equivalent Sistema chandelier with the same number of shades. The Sistema
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Onyx, Brass

Sistema Solare Chandelier, Piattelli Design, Ivory-toned Onyx and Brass, 8-shade
By Bruno Gatta, Silvio Piattelli, Stilnovo
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
. Specifications (Note: The Sistema chandelier has glass shades, while Sistema Solare has onyx shades). LED source
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

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Onyx, Brass

Sistema Solare Chandelier, Piattelli Design, Ivory-toned Onyx and Brass, 6-shade
By Silvio Piattelli, Stilnovo, Bruno Gatta
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
. Specifications (Note: The Sistema chandelier has glass shades, while Sistema Solare has onyx shades). LED source
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

Materials

Onyx, Brass

Sistema Solare Chandelier, Piattelli Design, Ivory-toned Onyx and Brass, 4-shade
By Silvio Piattelli, Arredoluce
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
: The Sistema chandelier has glass shades, while Sistema Solare has onyx shades). LED source: LED strip
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

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Onyx, Brass

Pendant Light Stitched Parchment, Santa & Cole
By Santa & Cole
Located in North Hollywood, CA
, the fondness for this lamp has lasted down the years. In the style of the Sistema Sisisi MT2 pendant
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Late 20th Century Spanish Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Parchment Paper

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Mid Century Teak and Opal Glass Boomerang Lamp by Philips, Netherlands, 1960's
By Philips
Located in CANGAS, ES
original sistema que permite espaciar y regular en altura sus tres pantallas de vidrio opalino blanco. El
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Opal

Vistosi Murano Glass and Metal Chandelier Angelo Mangiarotti
By Vistosi
Located in Hem, NL
This chandelier was designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Vistosi Murano in the 1960s and produced in
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

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Sistema Chandelier For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic sistema chandelier available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of brass, metal and glass, every sistema chandelier was constructed with great care. There are 1 variations of the antique or vintage sistema chandelier you’re looking for, while we also have 9 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect sistema chandelier — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each sistema chandelier bearing mid-century modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made sistema chandelier over the years, but those crafted by Silvio Piattelli are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Sistema Chandelier?

The average selling price for a sistema chandelier at 1stDibs is $7,145, while they’re typically $495 on the low end and $10,984 for the 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

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 legendary 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.

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 and vintage 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 (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), 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.

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 whimsical — like the work of Beau & Bien’s Sylvie Maréchal, frequently inspired by her dreams — 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.