Sold|$2,500
Tole and Alabaster chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Red painted tole four-arm chandelier with a large polished alabaster egg-form knob.
Alabaster, Tôle
Sold|$11,250
Tole and porcelain chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Truly unique tole and porcelain chandelier
Tôle
Sold|$18,500
TOLE AND MIRROR CHANDELIER
Located in New Orleans, LA
TOLE DIAMONDS BACKED BY MIRROR HUNG IN GARLANDS TO CLASSIC BALOON SHAPE AND TOPPED WITH A TOLE CROWN 18 LIGHTS
Tôle
Sold|$4,200
Painted Tole Balloon Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s painted metal balloon chandelier with original finish, four lights. Measures: 24" minimum drop 12" diameter.
Tôle
Sold|$2,100
Gilt Tole Pineapple Chandelier
Located in Hopewell, NJ
8 arms, wonderful classic motiffe, big and lush with wonderful pineapple leaves jutting from the top of the fruit.
Tôle, Iron
Sold|$500
Italian Tole Palm leaf Chandelier
Located in Danville, CA
8 arm painted Tole Palm leaf Chandelier with bottom spotlight
Tôle
Sold|$28,500
Italian tole and crystal chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
An Italian Montgolfiere tole and crystal eight-light chandelier
Crystal, Tôle
Sold|$2,800
Tole Floral and Leaf Chandelier
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Tole floral, leaf and vine chandelier in round shape.
Tôle
Sold|$18,948
Italian Tole and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful 18c tole and crystal chandelier with 6 arms
Crystal, Tôle
Sold|$2,400
Tole Floral Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Six arm painted tole floral chandelier,
Sold|$1,950
Tole Painted Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Whimsical Tole Painted Chandelier featuring beaded swags
Sold|$795
Tole Floral Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Nice Five arm tole floral chandelier with new cream colored candle covers. 17" diameter X 45" long.
Iron
Sold|$650
Tole Painted Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Tole painted metal chandelier in black and gold.
Metal
Sold|$550
Tole Floral Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Nice petite tole floral chandelier with single bulb. New socket and wiring. 12" long without attached chain.
Iron
Sold|$1,500
Tole Birdcage Chandelier
Located in Stamford, CT
Pink and grey painted tole birdcage light fixture.
Sold|$2,400
Italian Tole Tassel and Swag Chandelier
Located in Southampton, NY
Italian tole tassel and swag chandelier.
Tôle
Sold|$1,800
Tole Foliate Chandelier
Located in Stamford, CT
Flat painted orange and green foliate six arm chandelier.
Sold|$1,900
tole leaf chandelier
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4 lite leaf chandelier(Brunelli designs can custom paint at clients specs at additional cost)
Metal
American White Tole and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Southampton, NY
American White Painted Tole and Crystal Chandelier
Crystal, Tôle
French Empire Painted Tole & Bronze Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Empire style chandelier in green painted tole and bronze with six branches. 6 candelabra lights, rewired to UL standards.
Tôle, Bronze
Sold|$3,000
Tole Flower Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
From France, circa 1870s Re-engineered for electricity Hand-picked by buyers at Ann-Morris, Inc.
Italian Tin Tole Palm Branch Chandelier
Located in Rochester, NY
Italian tin tole six light palm chandelier in older soft white painted surface.
Metal, Tôle, Tin
Sold|$4,800
Empire Tole Peinte Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The palm corona with triple chain suspension above a circular ring decorated in black on a yellow background with cityscapes on the outside and issuing six branches with shades. Lat...
Tôle
Sold|$17,725
8228 TOLE AND CRYSTAL ITALIAN CHANDELIER
Located in New Orleans, LA
A SIX LIGHT ITALIAN BALLOON SHAPED CHANDELIER. THREE TIERED, GILDED AND REPOUSSE CIRCLES HOLDING CRYSTALS AND CANDLE ARMS.
Tôle
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Sold|$28,000
PAINTED TOLE AND BOIS DORE CHANDELIER
Located in New Orleans, LA
EIGHT ARMS OF PAINTED TOLE LEAVES IN TWO TIERS MOUNTED ON A CARVED BOIS DORE STEM
Tôle, Gold Leaf
1960s French Tole Toleware Daisy Chandelier
Located in London, GB
1960s French tole daisy chandelier. A very lovely, hand-painted, five-arm ceiling light with scalloped ceiling rose.
Tôle
Sold|$6,000
French Bronze Tole and Porcelain Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A French bronze tole and porcelain flower chandelier in the style of Napoleon III.
Crystal, Tôle, Bronze
Sold|$1,296
Italian Tole Lily Chandelier
Located in Redding, CT
Italian Tole Lily Chandelier. Gorgeous sculptural chandelier.
Iron
Sold|$9,500
Tole eight light chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
A painted tole eight light chandelier
Sold|$1,900
Tole and crystal chandelier
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5 lite gilded tole and crystal chandelier
Metal
Sold|$9,800
Tole and crystal chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Directoire painted tole and crystal seven-light chandelier
Sold|$6,700
19th C. Empire Tole And Crystal Chandelier
Located in Chireno, TX
Early 19th c. tole and crystal chandelier with decorative repousse' ring.
Crystal, Tôle
1940s Italian Cherry Tôle Toleware Chandelier
Located in London, GB
1940s Italian cherry toleware chandelier (1 of 2 available). Gorgeous hand-painted, five-arm light with scalloped 'drip trays' and decorative base. In very good condition with some ...
Tôle
Sold|$3,200
Baltic Tole & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant Baltic tole and crystal 4-light chandelier. Having beaded strands cascading from crown and connecting each arm to decorative arms in feather form.
Sold|$650
Italian Tole Apple Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Italian tole red apple floral chandelier with green leaves.
Metal
Sold|$1,100
Italian tole "lemon" chandelier with 5 arms
Located in Houston, TX
Charming tole light loaded with lemons.
Tôle
Sold|$3,800
Italian Tole Six Light Chandelier C. 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian tole six light chandelier with painted chinoiserie shades.
Tôle
Tole Hand Painted Twelve Light Oval Chandelier
Located in Water Mill, NY
Hand painted Two Tier Tole Chandalier with Gilding and original Ceiling Canopy
Tôle
Sold|$13,600
Pair 19th C. Tole And Crystal Chandeliers
Located in Chireno, TX
Pair tole and crystal chandeliers. Tole crown and painted wooden ring holding arms..
Crystal, Tôle
Sold|$4,950 / set
Excellent Pair of Tole and Crystal Chandeliers
Located in Dallas, TX
Fabulous pair of gilt tole and crystal six-light chandeliers. Having lustrous gilt frames in leaf form, curved arms terminating in leaf bobeches, and adorned with various types of dr...
Crystal, Tôle
Sold|$3,000
Mid-Century 1950 Tole Palm Tree Chandelier
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing four lights, rewired and ready to hang. Original tole color. Adding another 5 inches of original chain and canopy. Free priority shipping from Italy.
Tôle
Gilt Tole Italian Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A gilt metal , 1920s 3 light chandelier with porcelian flowers. Original patina.
19" diameter, 32" drop
Metal
Sold|$15,500
19th Century Italian Tole and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Highly Decorative Italian Chandelier
Crystal, Tôle
Italian Tole, Iron and Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Uniquely styled mid-20th century tole, iron and rock crystal chandelier. The scrolling arms crown adorned with tear drop prisms and beaded swags above an open-work baluster festooned...
Crystal, Iron, Tôle
French19th Century Tole and St Cloud Porcelain Chandelier
Located in Southampton, NY
19th Century French Green Painted Tole and St Cloud Porcelain Chandelier
Tôle
Sold|$1,650
Italain Tole Painted Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Interesting vintage light fixture in beautifully aged condition.
Metal
Vintage Italian Tole Floral Wildflowers Chandelier, circa 1950
Located in Pearland, TX
Mid-20th century Italian tole floral five-arm chandelier. This charming hand painted chandelier has scrolling green leaves and lovely vibrant wildflowers.
Tôle
Sold|$19,500
7267 16 LIGHT CHANDELIER CARVED WOOD AND TOLE
Located in New Orleans, LA
A CARVED WOODEN BAULSTER FORMS BASE FOR 16 TOLE ARMS EMBELLISHED WITH CARVED LEAVES. BOBECHE OF WOOD AND TOLE. TERRACOTTA/GREY PAINT.
Tôle
Large-Scale Tole Floral Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in Bridgeport, CT
In two green scrolling vine tiers with attached porcelain polychrome flowers, four lights above and eight below. The lights with gilt acanthus leaf fittings and gilt spheres at the t...
Tôle
Sold|$30,000
7229 PAIR TOLE AND WROUGHT IRON CHANDELIERS
Located in New Orleans, LA
BEAUTIFUL PERIOD WORK. NOTE THE GILDED SPIRAL SUPPORTS.
Tôle, Iron, Gold Leaf
Sold|$3,267
Vintage Tole and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Graceful European tole and crystal chandelier with unusual oval basket made of twisted tole.
Crystal
Sold|$4,900
Italian Tole and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Chireno, TX
Tole repousse and crystal Empire style chandelier from Italy.
Crystal
Sold|$975
1960s Italian Tole Floral Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Italian tole floral chandelier.
Sold|$975
1960s Italian Tole Floral Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Italian tole floral chandelier. Canopy provided.
Iron
Sold|$4,960
1950s Austrian Tole & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Denver, CO
This iron, tole leaf and crystal chandelier feature intricately detailed crystal leaves, rosettes, beading and multiple shaped pendalogues.
Crystal, Metal
Tole Painted Italian Floral Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Tole floral Chandelier in pinks, greens and yellow.
Metal
Sold|$650
Italian Gilt Tole Tassle Chandelier
Located in Redding, CT
Italian gilt Tole tassel chandelier. This 6-arm chandelier will light up a room with romance.
Iron
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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