Lattimo Large Teardrop Pendant Light, Hand Blown Glass - Made to Order
By Siemon & Salazar
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
A variation on the banded line, these pieces focus on their forms rather than the juxtaposition of colors. The name refers to the Italian technique of lattimo or milk glass. Two opaq...
Brass, Nickel
1950s European White Opaline Glass Teardrop Pendant Light
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Hand-blown in a delicate teardrop form, the milky-white opaline glass shade exhibits a softly translucent, even glow.
Blown Glass, Bakelite, Milk Glass, Opaline Glass
$3,015 / item
Tango Pendant Lamp
By Aiardini
Located in Milan, IT
This lamp is available also with polished gold metal frame and white or amber glass pendants.
Brass, Metal
$1,795 / item
Cocò Polished Nickel Pendant Lamp
By Aiardini
Located in Milan, IT
An exquisite shade boasting a teardrop shape meticulously crafted in Venice of white mouth-blown glass is a standout element of this modern pendant lamp. The shade rests on an arched...
Brass, Metal
Anna Karlin Mulberry Cone Pendant Duo
By Anna Karlin
Located in New York, NY
Sinuous curves of carved hardwood terminate in hand-upholstered conical silk shades, with a classically inspired wood ceiling rose. Inside each shade, a hand blown white glass teardr...
Silk, Blown Glass, Wood
$21,450 / item
Anna Karlin Mulberry Cone Pendant Trio
By Anna Karlin
Located in New York, NY
Sinuous curves of carved hardwood terminate in hand-upholstered conical silk shades, with a classically inspired wood ceiling rose. Inside each shade, a hand blown white glass teardr...
Silk, Blown Glass, Wood
$6,500 / item
Anna Karlin Sketch Pendant - Single
By Anna Karlin
Located in New York, NY
A single porcelain shade is suspended from a curved metal tube. Inside the shade, a hand blown white glass teardrop houses the light source. Materials: Sulfur Bronzed Metal, Porcel...
Steel, Brass
1/6 Small ‘Licht-Drops’ Globe Pendant by RAAK Amsterdam 1960s
By RAAK
Located in Echt, NL
Small ‘Light-drops’ Pendant by RAAK Amsterdam in very good condition. Six available. Handblown glass 18 cm. (7 Inch) globe with a teardrop pattern trapped inside the glass. The p...
Chrome, Metal
1/6 Beautiful ‘Licht-Drops’ Globe Pendant by RAAK Amsterdam, 1960s
By RAAK
Located in Echt, NL
Beautiful ‘Light-drops’ pendant by RAAK Amsterdam in very good condition. Six available. Handblown glass 25 cm. (9.85 Inch) globe with a teardrop pattern trapped inside the glass....
Chrome, Metal
Anzolo Fuga for Avem Murano "Bandiere" Flag Series Hanging Pendant, circa 1955
By Murano 5, Anzolo Fuga
Located in Bainbridge, NY
AVEM Murano Anzolo Fuga Arte Vetraria Muranese Bandiere Flag series Hanging Lamp, 1950's. Featuring an organic hand blown, elongated teardrop form in translucent Lattimo white glass ...
Murano Glass
Mid-century blown glass ceiling lamps/ flush mount by RAAK Amsterdam, ca. 1970
By RAAK
Located in Eindhoven, NL
A beautiful ceiling lamp/ pendant from RAAK Amsterdam. Clear glass handblown ball lamp with 'teardrops' inside the glass and a chromed and polished steel frame. Condition-very good...
Metal
Pair of Murano Glass Ceiling Lamps by Vintage Murano Gallery, 1990
Located in Villaverla, IT
These exquisite fixtures feature a delicate, clear glass shade with a swirling, ribbed pattern that captures and diffuses light beautifully. The lamps are accented with a stunning, h...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Leucos Glo Pendant
By Danilo De Rossi, Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
The Leucos lighting Glo' suspension adds a splash of downlighting and drama to a room with its extraordinary illusion of an illuminated, elongated drop of water. Designed by Danilo D...
Blown Glass
Pendulum Pendant - triple drop
Located in Sand City, CA
Foucault's Light! Our pendulum lights bring a touch of history to your interior space. Their shape was inspired by those fantastic Foucault Pendulums you find in so many planetariums...
Brass, Stainless Steel
Leucos Glo Pendant, 265 cm
By Danilo De Rossi, Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
The Leucos Lighting Glo' Suspension adds a splash of downlighting and drama to a room with its extraordinary illusion of an illuminated, elongated drop of water. Designed by Danilo D...
Blown Glass
Large Teardrop Vaseline Opaline Glass Pendants
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
The size and the color of this glass shade is amazing. It's one of the largest hand blown teardrop shades of this type that we have ever offered. The shape has the look of an early E...
Glass
Double Teardrop Vaseline Opaline Glass Chandelier
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
The size and the color of this glass on this double shade chandelier is amazing. It's one of the largest hand blown teardrop shades of this type that we have ever offered. The shape ...
Blown Glass
Vintage Brass Teardrop Chandelier with Crystal Murano Glass, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Elegant brass and Murano crystal chandelier. The lamp is decorated with hand blown crystal Murano teardrop glasses. The chandelier emits a stunning light. The lamp is fitted...
Brass
Vintage Brass Teardrop Chandelier with Crystal Murano Glass, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Elegant brass and Murano crystal chandelier. The lamp is decorated with hand blown cystal Murano teardrop glasses. The chandelier emits a stunning light. The lamp is fitted ...
Brass
Handcrafted Glass Pendant Lighting, Oliver Höglund
By Oliver Höglund
Located in Geneve, CH
Oliver Höglund Works Available At Black Door Gallery VØLT Pendants Molten hot glass shaped and blown by hand at around one thousand degrees celcius.
Blown Glass
Vintage Swedish Teak and Opal Double Pendant 1960s
By Uno & Östen Kristiansson, Luxus of Sweden
Located in Asaa, DK
Two teardrop shaped hand blown shades in white opaline glas with tops in solid turned teak.
Opaline Glass, Teak
Vintage Brass Teardrop Chandelier with Crystal Murano Glass, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Elegant brass and Murano crystal chandelier. The lamp is decorated with hand blown crystal Murano teardrop glasses. The chandelier emits a stunning light. The lamp is fitted...
Brass
Italian Venini Amber Murano Crystal Teardrop Waterfall Chandelier, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant large brass and amber Murano crystal chandelier by Venini. The lamp is decorated with hand blown amber crystal Murano teardrop glasses. The chandelier emits a stunning lig...
Crystal, Brass
French Double Bistro Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
We have a lamp very much like this over our own dining room table and love it. It sets just the right mood. The look is definitely Art Nouveau and the long hand blown teardrop vaseli...
Brass
White Opaline Mat Glass Vintage Mid Century Brass Top Pendant Light
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Opaline glass pendant. 2 meter black wire Weight: 1.80 kg / 4 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for incandescent ligh...
Brass
Cream Opaline Glass and Brass Pendant, Germany 1930s
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This elegant minimalist Art Deco pendant was designed and manufactured in Germany in the 1930s to 1940s during the Bauhaus period. The light features a round cream/ivory colored op...
Brass
$1,337 / item
H 13.39 in W 10.63 in D 10.63 in
Set Antique Vintage Acorn Opaline White Milk Glass Ceiling Pendant Light Lamp
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous run of church opaline acorn pendant lights with steel galleries, circa 1950. - Wear commensurate with age, all in excellent condition, the steel galleries are aged worn...
Glass
$2,800 / set
H 14.75 in W 8.5 in D 4 in
Pair of Art Deco Style Murano Glass Demi Lune Wall Sconces, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Art Deco style Murano glass demi lune wall sconces, in stock One LED E26 base socket. Black glass sphere and brass fittings. Textured Murano glass, Wired to the American sta...
Brass
$396 / item
H 5.91 in Dm 9.85 in
Antique French Coolie Milk Glass Brass Pendant Kitchen Task Lamp Light
By French Opaline
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique French Coolie Milk Glass Frill Pendant Light – A An early French glass coolie pendant light. The conical milk glass shade has been hand spun from opaque glass with a clear f...
Brass
$4,250 / set
H 15.75 in W 5 in D 3 in
Brass and Murano Glass Sconces, Mid-Century Modern Style, Italy, New Design
Located in Austin, TX
Petite sconces from Murano, Italy made with smoked glass stamped into a lovely curved shape with texture. The brass structure has been newly wired to fit US standards. This pair is...
Brass
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
Collection of Classic Octagon Closed Bell Pendents
Located in Peekskill, NY
These are nice classic pendents. The shape is a closed bell in an octagon. The look is elegant and up scale. Its milk glass with a unique egg shell finish. It still uses the original...
Milk Glass
Loon - Brass and opaline glass pendant by Candas Design
Located in REDA, 22
LOON - beautiful opaline matte glass and solid brass finish. Rod length(s) to order. Number of segments (joints) - to order. You can order without the joints; with the custom lenght ...
Brass
Swedish Designer, Pendant Light, Brass, Glass, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and etched glass pendant light designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s. Oxidation present to brass Wear consistent with age and use Overall Dimensions (inches): "H x "W ...
Brass
1970s Opaline Glass & Brass Pendant Light
Located in Praha, CZ
- rewired - 1x E26-E27 bulb - US wiring compatible
Brass
$2,562 / item
H 31.5 in W 6.5 in D 3.15 in
DeCastelli AARE Medium Wall Light in Brass by Alexander Purcell Rodrigues
By Alexander Purcell Rodrigues, DeCastelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Aare Gorge in Switzerland is testimony to natural erosion, shaped by the last ice age. Here, a river originating from melting glaciers once carved deep into the rock, cutting to ...
Brass
$5,331 / item
H 42.01 in W 25.99 in D 1.19 in
Mid century style Ceiling Suspended Mirror with Bronze Patina Frame, Vintage N.4
By Alguacil & Perkoff Ltd.
Located in London, London
Mid-century style Vintage N.4 ceiling suspended mirror with a high quality pure brass full frame with a bronze patina finish. This piece is part of our original and fully customisabl...
Brass, Bronze
$1,495 / item
H 8 in Dm 6.5 in
Barnacle Large Barrel Clear Pendant Ligh, Hand Blown Thick Glass - Made to Order
By Siemon & Salazar
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
This series revels in the material and the way the thick crystal forms and light play with each other. The unique light refractions will animate any surface nearby. Extremely hot mol...
Blown Glass
A set of French Neoclassic Alabaster Light Fixture, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
A set of five, circa 1960's French neoclassic style carved alabaster light fixture. Sold individually. Measurements: Current drop: 24" Diameter: 25"
Alabaster
$1,800 / item
H 6.5 in Dm 7 in
1960s Swedish Modern Pressed Amber Glass & Porcelain Wall or Ceiling Lamp
By Helena Tynell
Located in Glendale, CA
1960s Swedish Modern Pressed Amber Glass & Porcelain Wall or Ceiling Lamp Executed in thick and heavy textured light amber bubble glass and white porcelain mount. Can be mounte...
Metal
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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