Sputnik Kaiser

1960s Brass Sputnik Chandelier

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Metal

Located in Aachen, NRW

Wonderful Sputnik chandelier made by Kaiser Leuchten, Germany, circa 1970-1979.

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Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Opal, Metal, Chrome

Modernist Adjustable Metal Sputnik Wall Light Kaiser Leuchten, 1960s, Germany

$834Sale Price|20% Off

Modernist Adjustable Metal Sputnik Wall Light Kaiser Leuchten, 1960s, Germany

By Kaiser Leuchten

Located in Kirchlengern, DE

Article: wall light Producer: Kaiser Leuchten, Germany Origin: Germany Age: 1960s This vintage wall light was made by German premium light pro...

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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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H 36 in Dm 20 in

Mid-Century Modernist Sputnik Chandelier with Three Handblown Glass Globes

By Kaiser Leuchten

Located in Almelo, NL

This fantastic Mid-Century Modernist sputnik chandelier was designed in Germany 1960s featuring a patinated brass frame and three handblown opal glass globes.

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

Materials

Brass

Kaiser Sputnik Molecular Shape Chandelier, 12 Opal Glass, Germany, 1970s

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H 27.56 in W 24.41 in D 17.33 in

Kaiser Sputnik Molecular Shape Chandelier, 12 Opal Glass, Germany, 1970s

Located in Aachen, NRW

Wonderful Sputnik chandelier made by Kaiser Leuchten, Germany, circa 1970-1979.

Category

Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Opal, Metal

Mid-Century Modernist Sputnik Chandelier with Nine Handblown Opal Glass Globes

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H 38 in Dm 24 in

Mid-Century Modernist Sputnik Chandelier with Nine Handblown Opal Glass Globes

By Kaiser Leuchten

Located in Almelo, NL

This fantastic Mid-Century Modernist Sputnik chandelier was designed in Germany 1960s featuring a patinated brass frame and nine handblown opal glass globes.

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

Materials

Brass

$2,450

H 29.53 in Dm 20.87 in

Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier in Brass and Opaline Glass, CZ 1970s

Located in Almelo, NL

Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier in Brass and Opaline Glass, Czech Republic, 1970s A striking example of 1970s Eastern European design, this Mid-Century Modern Sputnik chandeli...

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

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Brass

1970s Lightolier 16-Arm Chrome Sputnik Style Chandelier with Glass Shade , Usa

$2,695Sale Price|46% Off

H 18 in Dm 22 in

1970s Lightolier 16-Arm Chrome Sputnik Style Chandelier with Glass Shade , Usa

By Lightolier

Located in St- Leonard, Quebec

16 mouth blowed glass shade sitting on a deep chrome finish structure from Lightolier. Each shade measure 5 in. diameter. Solid, well made construction. Use 16 candelabra E12 s...

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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Chrome

Large Brass Sputnik Chandelier, Sciolari Style, Germany, 1960s

$2,180

$820

H 25.5 in Dm 21 in

German Mid-Century Modern Polished Chrome and Glass Ball Sputnik Chandelier

By Honsel

Located in Nuernberg, DE

This Mid-Century Modern chandelier was made in the 1960s in Germany. It is made of six unique glass balls mounted on a chrome frame. The fixture requires six European E14 candelabra ...

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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal, Chrome

Stunning Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass & Brass Sputnik Chandelier

$11,016

H 53.15 in Dm 39.38 in

Stunning Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass & Brass Sputnik Chandelier

Located in Meda, MB

This chandelier was produced in Murano in a mid-century style and it is composed of 30 glass iridescent spheres while the structure is in brass. Perfect conditions.

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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

$1,949

H 20.87 in Dm 19.69 in

Sputnik Chrome Chandelier by Doria , Germany, 1960s

By Doria Leuchten Germany

Located in Aachen, NRW

Stunning Chandelier with six smoked glass globes on a chrome frame. Made by Doria - Wonderful light effect. Best of the 1960s from Germany. High quality and in very good conditi...

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Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal, Aluminum, Brass

$6,957 / item

H 39.38 in Dm 51.19 in

Murano Sputnik Art Glass and Brass Midcentury Chandelier and Pendant, 2000

Located in Roma, Lazio

Particular circular sputnik, with brass structure and Murano glass spheres. It looks like a system of planets that gravitate circularly. A chandelier with a unique design of its kind...

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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier

$6,957 / item

H 23.63 in Dm 43.31 in

Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier

Located in Roma, Lazio

A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

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Brass

Italian Art Deco Style Pair of Murano Glass and Brass Sconces

$6,800 / set

H 18.88 in W 8.75 in D 4.5 in

Italian Art Deco Style Pair of Murano Glass and Brass Sconces

Located in Austin, TX

Fabulous murano pair of sconces in blown "Pulegoso" white glass tubes held to the brass frame by gilded brass rings. The thick glass gives a beautiful glow, excellent quality of cons...

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2010s Italian Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

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Sputnik Kaiser For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the sputnik kaiser you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each sputnik kaiser for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, glass and brass. Your living room may not be complete without a sputnik kaiser — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A sputnik kaiser, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Hollywood Regency or Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one sputnik kaiser that is appealing in its simplicity, but Kaiser Leuchten, Kaiser and Doria Leuchten Germany produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Sputnik Kaiser?

A sputnik kaiser can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,063, while the lowest priced sells for $798 and the highest can go for as much as $26,550.

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.