$326Sale Price|20% Off
French Tole and Glass style Holophane Lamp Ceiling Pendant, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pendant light chandelier, France, mid-century Industriel style with glass inside (holophane style) for more efficient lighting. Suspension accessory: chain This can be rewired to USA...
Metal
Midcentury Jansen Style French Golden Sheet Chandelier Eight Lights
By Maison Jansen
Located in Miami, FL
In the Jansen style, midcentury golden sheet chandelier in the shape of a sheaf of wheat. Great design, perfect condition, bright lightening, European wired. Creation à circa 1980.
Tôle
Charming Pair of Italian Style Three-Arm Chandelier, Great Worn Patina Priced ea
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming pair of Italian style three-arm chandelier, great worn patina, priced per chandelier, have four available, comes with chain and canopy, newly wired so ready for installation.
Tôle
20th Century Tole Style 3-Light Hanging Lantern Light, German, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Add a touch of opulence to your home with this charming lantern pendant light. Perfect gilt and white lacquered metal to enhance any chic or eclectic home. We'd love to see it hangin...
Metal
Suspension en tôle et pampilles attribué à la Maison Jansen 1970's
By Maison Jansen
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Suspension en tôle et pampilles attribué à la Maison Jansen 1970's Maison Jansen, prestigieuse maison de décoration parisienne fondée en 1880 par Jean-Henri Jansen. Première firme d...
Metal
Small Italian Chandelier Vintage Hollywood Regency Toleware Floral Rosebuds
By Capodimonte
Located in Andernach, DE
Beautifully vibrant 1-light chandelier with crystal-like cut glass drops. Made from Toleware with a matte brass hued finish, wearing pastel pink and white hand crafted rose flowers f...
Tôle
$4,400Sale Price|67% Off
1940s Monumental Chandelier
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Eighteen-light tole, brass and chromed metal chandelier of monumental size.
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Art Deco Pair Venetian Tole Hand Painted Flush Mount Ceiling Fixtures Pendents
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of Venetian Tole Hand Painted Semi Flush Mount Ceiling Light Fixtures / Pendents Each Wired With An Edison Socket Height Is Adjustable by Adding Or Removing Chain.
Metal
c 1900 Hand Painted Red Flowers Pagoda Murano Drops and Stars Chandelier Rare
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing 1 light. Will be rewired with certified US UL sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for all other countries. Hand painted red Pagoda style chandelier with flowers and...
Tôle
Italian Tole Lantern with Hand-Painted Floral Garland and Opaline Glass Shade
Located in Atlanta, GA
A true celebration of craftsmanship and botanical elegance, this enchanting Italian tole lantern dates to the mid-20th century and evokes the romantic whimsy of a blooming garden. Su...
Sheet Metal
French Wrought Iron and Crystal Chandelier with 12-Light
Located in Pembroke, MA
A large, high-quality French cage-form wrought iron and crystal chandelier, rewired for US with 12-light. The chandelier features heavy cut crystals, some light amethyst or smoke col...
Crystal, Wrought Iron, Tôle
Two Chic Six-Arm Chandeliers in Lovely French Grey Finish, Gilt Accents.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Two chic six-arm chandeliers in lovely French grey finish, gilt accents. Newly wired and ready for installation. Priced per chandelier.
Tôle
Italian Crystal Flower Chandelier with 58 Crystal Flowers, Six Lights, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant Italian floral chandelier executed in painted and gilt metal, adorned with 58 faceted crystal flowers and six E14 light sources. A highly decorative piece with strong sculptu...
Crystal, Metal, Tôle
Italian Empire Basket Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 20th century Italian Empire style beaded crystal and tole basket chandelier. Circa 1920. The chandelier has been professionally rewired, comes with matching chain and canopy.
Crystal, Metal
Beautiful Italian Design Murano Glass Flower 4 Light Gilt Tole Pendant / Fixture
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning design, hand-crafted in Italy, modern art glass pendant light with glass flowers. This incredibly well designed and beautifully executed chandelier is in mint condition. Th...
Metal, Brass, Iron
Charming Pair of Italian Style Three-Arm Chandelier, Great Worn Patina Priced ea
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming pair of Italian style three-arm chandelier, great worn patina, priced per chandelier, have four available, comes with chain and canopy, newly wired so ready for installation.
Tôle
Italian Empire Basket Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Italian Empire style gilt tole and crystal basket form chandelier. Circa 1880.
Crystal
Empire Style Gilt Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1930s French gilt bronze Empire style 8-arm chandelier with painted tole body. Measurements Current drop: 29" Diameter: 26".
Bronze
Large Italian Design Stylish Flower 6 Light Tole Pendant w. Murano Glass shades
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning design, Italian made, modern artglass pendant light with mouth blown glass shades. This incredibly well designed and beautifully executed chandelier is in mint condition. T...
Metal, Brass, Iron
Italian Late 20th Century Iron Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Italian late 20th century patinated iron chandelier with attached tole shades, scroll arms, and reticulated tops.
Iron, Tin
Three-Light Empire Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Bronze and painted tole three-light Empire style chandelier with original patina.
French 19th Century Chandelier in the Directoire Style
Located in New Orleans, LA
French 19th century Directoire tole, iron and crystal chandelier with crystal drapes hanging from plumes at top, and unusual square cut crystals around the center ring, with hanging ...
Crystal, Iron
Painted Pineapple Chandelier, France, circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Fun and rather lovely painted iron and tôle four-light chandelier from the 1940s-1950s.
Metal
Vintage French Five-Arm Chandelier, Faux Bamboo, 1960s Design
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-20th Century vintage French faux bamboo tole palm tree 5 arm chandelier. Bring a touch of vintage French charm to your home with this 1960s design five-arm chandelier.
Metal
An Important Neoclassical Style Eight Light Chandelier
Located in Sheffield, MA
An Important Neoclassical Style Bronze Cut Glass & Tole Peinte Eight Light Chandelier With scrolling candle arms and faceted tole panels painted with classical motifs.
Bronze
$2,995Sale Price|40% Off
1980s 9 Arm Massive Faux Bamboo Chandelier , Italy
By Maison Jansen
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Extremely well made faux bamboo chandelier with tole palm leafs . Solid sturdy construction.
Metal
Italian 19th Century Painted and Gilt Metal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Saxe porcelain, glass, tole, and gilt metal chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by its original most decorative glass dome with a finely mottled bottom finial.
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Beaded and Crystal Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful traditional antique Italian beaded and crystal chandelier with tole giltwood. Makes an elegant statement.
Crystal
Mid-20th c. Italian Baltic Beaded Chandelier with Multiple Swags & Pendants
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is superb example of Italian creativity and craftsmanship. The chandelier derives its form from Classic Baltic Chandeliers of the 19th century, but it has been given a 20th cent...
Crystal, Tin
Tuscan 19th Century Charles X Period Patinated & Giltwood Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very unique and most decorative Italian early 19th century Charles X Period Tole, patinated and Giltwood chandelier, from Tuscany.
Metal
1960s Hollywood Regency Gilt Metal Chandelier by Hans Kögl, Italy
By Hans Kögl
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Hollywood Regency style six-light gilt metal chandelier with tôle lily flowers. Original canopy and chain.
Metal
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Six-Light Chandelier ‘aux Termes
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The bowl in blue-painted tole. The prototype for this chandelier dates to the end of the eighteenth century, is attributed to the bronzier François Rémond and is in the Nissim de Ca...
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Six-Light Chandelier 'Aux Termes'
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The bowl in blue-painted tole. The prototype for this chandelier dates to the end of the eighteenth century, is attributed to the bronzier François Rémond and is in the Nissim de...
Bronze
$4,563Sale Price|37% Off
Large French Rock Crystal Chandelier in the style of Maison Baguès, circa 1940
By Maison Baguès
Located in London, GB
A large French eight-arm gilt tole and rock crystal chandelier in the style of Maison Baguès, circa 1940.
Rock Crystal, Metal
Italian Florentine Polychrome Tole Floral Five-Light Chandelier, circa 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Decorative Italian Florentine chandelier with an elaborate arrangement of hand-painted metal flowers, leaves and curling stems in red, blue, yellow, green and soft cream tones. The ...
Tôle
Large Bronze Library Light with Shades
Located in New York, NY
French circa 1950's gilt bronze chandelier with painted tole lamps, 12 lights. Body supported by three rods.
Metal
Wonderful Vintage Tole Chinoiserie Cream Gold Glass Pagoda Fixture Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Vintage Tole Chinoiserie Style Cream & Yellow / Gold Gilt Trim And Decor 3 Edison Light And Frosted Glass Bottom Panel Pagoda Form Lantern Decorated With Bells Light Fi...
Metal
Hollywood Regency Italian Floral Tole Painted Lantern / Chandelier - 3 Lights
Located in Kennesaw, GA
There are two available! This is a Hollywood Regency era Italian tole polychrome lantern. It has three interior candle style bulbs. There is no glass but could be added. The wiring h...
Metal
Hollywood Regency Italian Floral Tole Painted Lantern / Chandelier - 3 Lights
Located in Kennesaw, GA
There are two available! This is a Hollywood Regency era Italian tole polychrome lantern. It has three interior candle style bulbs. There is no glass but could be added. The wiring h...
Metal
$750Sale Price / item|54% Off
Wonderful Pair Black Gold Trim Tole Pagoda Chinoiserie Lanterns Chandeliers
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of Black & Gold Trim Tole 4 Panel Pagoda Chinoiserie Form Lantern Light Fixtures Each With 4 Rewired Candelabra Sockets, These Chandeliers Come With Chain And Canop...
Metal
Wonderful French Green Tole Patina Glass Fleur De Lis Lantern Chandelier Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful French Green Tole Patina & Glass Inset 3 Candelabra Light With Fleur De Lis Accent Lantern Chandelier Fixture Completely Rewired With New Sockets, We Do Have A Larger...
Metal
3-Light Gilt Metal Starburst Sunburst Flush Mount Chandelier Coco Chanel Style
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A Hollywood Regency midcentury gilt tole sunburst starburst chandelier in Coco Chanel Style, the fixture requires three European E14 candelabra bulbs, each bulb up to 40 watts.
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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