OnElegant Mid-Century Italian Toleware Floral Chandelier with Hand-Painted Roses
Located in Antwerp, BE
elegant and romantic mid-century Italian tole chandelier featuring beautifully hand-crafted and hand
Metal, Tôle
$6,800 / item
Pair of Empire Style Chandeliers, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French circa 1910's bronze six-arms chandeliers with original finish. Sold individually. Measurements: Drop: 32" Diameter: 26"
Bronze, Tôle
1940s French Montgolfier Balloon Toleware Chandelier
Located in London, GB
1940s French Montgolfier balloon toleware chandelier. Wonderful and rare hand-painted ceiling light based on the Montgolfier brothers pioneering C18th balloon design. In very good ...
Tôle
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
19th Century Chinoiserie Decorated Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century chinoiserie decorated chandelier possibly Venetian, the pagoda form having six lights with crimson shades, 15" H x 28" W.
Tôle
French 19th Century Chandelier
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 19th century chandelier.
Bronze, Tôle
Mid-Century Gilt Metal Palm Leaf Chandelier, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Gorgeous Italian chandeliers in the shape of palm leaf flowers, made of gilt metal.The chandelier is hand-crafted and in very good vintage and working condition. They can use up to ...
Brass, Tôle
French Wrought Iron and Crystal Chandelier with 12-Light
Located in Pembroke, MA
iron, with the right amount of wear to show its age, and gilded tole leaves accent the frame. Very chic.
Crystal, Wrought Iron, Tôle
$2,098 / item
Five Italian Chandelier with Porcelain Flower Roses
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian Hollywood Regency four light chandelier in brass with yellow porcelain rose flowers. We have 4 pieces with pink flowers and 1 with yellow flowers. Diameter 15" - 38 cm. He...
Brass, Tôle
Sublime 19th Century French Empire Chandelier
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Sublime French Empire chandelier.
Tôle
Unavailable|$3,800
Tole Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Early 19th C. 3-light hand painted tole "hot-air balloon" chandelier. US wired.
Tôle
Unavailable|$725
Venetian Style Tole Lantern Larger Pendant
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Restored larger Venetian style tole hanging lantern pendant. Gilt metal. Measurements are of
Metal
Unavailable|$725 / set
Pair of Venetian Style Tole Lantern Pendants
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Venetian style pair of restored tole hanging lantern pendants. Gilt metal. Measurements are of
Metal
Unavailable|$5,900
Painted Tole Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
6 arm French painted Tole Chandelier. Floral painted cartouche on each sleeve and bonnet. US wired
Tôle
Unavailable|$3,450
Vintage Black Tole Chandelier
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great four light painted tole chandelier
Tôle
Unavailable|$1,950
Vintage Tole Light Fixture
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A mid 20th century tole store prop now wired as a hanging sculptural light.
Tôle
Unavailable|$8,900
Louis XVI Tole Chandelier
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A Louis XVI hand-painted tole chandelier with gilt-bronze ram's head mountings.
Tôle, Bronze
Unavailable|$15,000 / set
Crystal and Painted Tole Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Four tiered painted tole, twelve light crystal "ballroom" chandelier. Two available. Priced
Crystal, Tôle
Unavailable|$1,800
French Tole Chandelier with Lantern
Located in Boston, MA
An unusual black tole six-arm chandelier with a six paneled pierced centre lantern retaining its
Tôle
Unavailable|$3,900
French Tole and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
A birdcage shaped frame with twining tole leaves, cut crystal flowers and drops accented by four
Crystal, Iron, Tôle
Unavailable|$5,995
Painted Wood and Tole Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Gray painted carved shaft with golden undertones. The 6 iron arms are embellished with tole flowers
Iron, Tôle
Unavailable|$1,600
Tole Lantern
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tole Lantern
Unavailable|$4,800
Painted Tole and Porcelain Flower Chandelier
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great antique tole and porcelain candle lit chandelier from Falcon Lair property in Los Angeles
Tôle
Unavailable|$2,698
Large Vintage French Gilt Tole Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive large gilt tole chandelier, probably French, with eight lights, in very good condition
Tôle
Unavailable|$6,200
Tole Chandelier in the Form of Lilies
Located in New York, NY
An Iron and Tole Ten Light Chandelier Made in the Form of Stems of Lilies, France, 1950's
Tôle
Unavailable|$5,200
19th Century Italian Tole Six-Light Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tole chandelier of generous proportion, six horn-shaped arms supporting pillar "candles"
Tôle
Unavailable|$4,800
Empire Style Chandelier in Bronze and Tole
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great looking highly detailed empire style chandelier with dark finish on the body--which looks lighter in color in the photos
Tôle
Unavailable|$4,100
C. 1920 Italian Tole Chandelier with Bisque Flowers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This big Italian tole chandelier looks like something out of Brooke Astor's sunroom. It is
Tôle
Unavailable|$3,300
Iron and tole 6-llight chandelier with painted tole roses.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iron and tole 6-llight chandelier with painted tole roses. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT WWW
Unavailable|$3,800
Yellow Tole Lantern with Glass Globes French Empire Style
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
great looking tole bouillotte hanging lantern with paint decorated finish and glass shades and drip
Tôle
Unavailable|$4,950
Early 20th Century Wood, Tole And Iron Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carved wood stem with 6 mirror insets. The 6 scrolled iron arms with molded tole painted terra
Iron, Tôle
Unavailable|$2,800
Mid 20th C Iron and Painted Tole Pineapple Chandelier
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great looking classic Italian painted iron and tole chandelier with white and green paint original
Tôle
Unavailable|$3,450
Vintage Green Tole Chandelier
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Classic Green Tole chandelier with gilt decoration and painted tole shades & glass globes
Metal
Unavailable|$3,800
Tole Three-Light Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Red tole-painted three-light chandelier in the chinoiserie style. Freshly rewired for USA.
Unavailable|$3,220
Faux Bamboo Tole Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Faux Bamboo Painted Tole Chandelier
Metal
Unavailable|$12,500
A Green Tole Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
The corona suspending four chains suspending a green tole and dore bronze mounted bowl issuing four
Unavailable|$700
Petite Italian Tole Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1960 petite Italian 3 light tole chandelier. Morning glory floral motif. Rewired for US
Paint
Unavailable|$1,412
Vintage French Eight-Light Painted Tôle Chandelier, circa 1960
Located in Houston, TX
A vintage French tôle painted six-light chandelier from France, circa 1960. The upper vase shaped
Tôle
Unavailable|$2,400
Tole Painted and Wood Chandelier
Located in Stamford, CT
Painted Tole chandelier accented with turned wood candle holders and pendant wood finials. The tole
Metal
Unavailable|$1,850
Italian Tole Chandelier with Floral Motif and Custom Shade, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A fabulous vintage tole chandelier with flowers sprouting from an urn. Original paint finish
Tôle
Unavailable|$15,700
Italian Piedmont Chinoserie Style Crystal and Tôle Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Orientalism styled chandelier was originally candle. The chandelier has a Tôle frame with six candle arm
Crystal, Tôle
Unavailable|$3,585
A Gold-painted Tole Chandelier
Located in Madrid, Madrid
A twelve-arm- chandelier in gold-painted tole with a central floral motif.
Iron
Unavailable|$1,600
Whimsical Five Light Tole Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Wonderful whimsical five light tole chandelier with floral motif.
Metal
Unavailable|$3,250
An Eight Branch Tole Chandelier
Located in London, GB
An Italian gesso eight branch tole chandelier with gilt bronze mounts.
Bronze
Unavailable|$1,895
Vintage Painted Tole Tulip Chandelier
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great looking rewired tole chandelier with great patina and floral motif
Iron
Unavailable|$1,895
Vintage Painted Tole Floral Chandelier
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great looking vintage tole floral chandelier with old painted finish in green and yellow
Metal
Unavailable|$4,350
French iron and tole chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French iron and tole chandelier with painted saxe flowers. 5-lights. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE
Unavailable|$3,800
Tole Model of an Antique Sailing Ship Wired as a Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An unusual tole model of an antique sailing ship wired as a chandelier three lights, Continental
Tôle
Unavailable|$2,500
Italian Tole 'Arrow Form' Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
bobeches are yellow painted tole; the arrow tips and feathers are brass. A second chandelier is available.
Unavailable|$2,900
Faux Bamboo Tole Ware Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic faux bamboo chandelier dates to the 1960s-1970s and was created in Italy. Note: Requires five candleabra based bulbs. Note: The main body (not including ...
Metal
Unavailable|$11,392
Italian Painted and Gilt Tole and Crystal Six-Light Grotto Chandelier
Located in Paris, FR
An Italian painted and gilt tole and crystal six-light grotto chandelier, circa 1925-1930.
Crystal, Tôle
Unavailable|$4,850
French 2nd Empire Napoleonic Style Tole and Brass Chandelier, circa 1880
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
?This is a very smart French 2nd Empire Napoleonic style tole and brass chandelier, circa 1880
Brass, Tôle
Unavailable|$1,750
Tole Nasturtium Flower Basket Chandelier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This is a petite chandelier perfect for a casual dining or sunroom. It is in the form of a potted nasturtium plant with flowers in shades of yellow, red and orange, and an antiqued ...
Metal
Unavailable|$2,200
French Floral Tole Basket Chandelier
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Wonderful basket chandelier draped with metal roses, bows and a twisted iron handle topped with an iron bow. Very unique, and very pretty with a beautiful softness to the faded paint.
Steel, Iron
Unavailable|$2,316
Midcentury Italian Tole Metal Leaf Chandelier
Located in Cookeville, TN
Multicolored leaves have been hand painted and adorn this tole chandelier from Italy. Each leaf has
Metal
Unavailable|$1,450
French Tole Chandelier with Porcelain Flowers
Located in Richmond, VA
French Tole Chandelier with Five Lights
Unavailable|$8,000
1920s Gilt Tole Eight-Arm Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
1920s gilt tole eight-arm chandelier with acanthus leaf and spiral motifs. Electrified.
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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