19th Century French Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Iron and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This sophisticated French Tole, iron, and crystal chandelier has an open birdcage form with nine
Crystal, Iron, Tôle
Unavailable|$2,995
Porcelain chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
covered with colorful and delicate porcelain flowers and gilded tole leaves. Marking inside bowl: H39. US
Tôle
Unavailable|$10,400
Italian Chandelier
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
unusual example of Italian iron work, wrought with scrolls and tole leaves. A crystal flower crown plus a
Crystal, Metal, Tôle
Unavailable|$2,380
Early 20th c Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 20th c. French, Empire, style chandelier. The tole painted dish is mounted with bronze
Bronze, Tôle
Unavailable|$10,500
Louis XIV Style Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Painted blackish brown with gold leaf accents, three arms.
Iron, Tôle
Unavailable|$2,600
19th Century French Iron and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Mobile, AL
Antique French iron and crystal chandelier with eight lights. Beautiful original purple, amber, clear and smoked crystal prisms, excellent quality. Measures 22 inches wide and 25 inc...
Crystal, Iron, Tôle
Unavailable|$12,300
Italian 20th Century Tuscan Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Amber painted and silver gilt chandelier with six iron arms and wood bobeches in the Italian Tuscan style. Small chains interspaced with wooden balls swag from the top of the c...
Iron, Tôle, Vermeil, Silver
Unavailable|$6,800
French Wrought Iron Viking Dragon Ship Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
French wrought iron Viking dragon ship chandelier has eight candelabra arms with gilt Viking Shields on each arm. This wonderful ship chandelier is suspended by two hand wrought S ch...
Wrought Iron, Tôle
Unavailable|$1,911
Vintage Italian Tole Lemon Chandelier
Located in West Sussex, GB
Spring is in the air with this extremely pretty chandelier from Italy, circa 1940 Six arms are adorned with small lemons and twisted branches with leaves, a lovely aged patina to ...
Sold|$2,800 / item
Hand Painted Tole Pendants, France, circa 1910
Located in Culver City, CA
Hand Painted Tole Pendants, France, circa 1910 Ornate detailing in green and gold paint on metal
Metal, Brass
Sold|$1,100
Italian tole pendant light
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful, classic mid-century light has all original paint.
Sold|$3,750
Pair Lotus Form Gilt Tole Pendant Lights
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual and rare gilt tole metal lotus flower petals connected in vertical sequence creating the
Sold|$6,800
Glass and Tole Pendant Lantern
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950s molded glass pendant lantern with three interior candelabra lights and painted tole
Metal
1960s Gilt Leaf Flower Tole Pendant Alabaster Style Glass Hollywood Regency
By Herman Koegel
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Add a touch of opulence to your home with this charming chandelier! Perfect Leaves surround a alabaster style glass, to enhance any chic or eclectic home. We'd love to see it hanging...
Metal
1960s Gilt Leaf Flower Tole Pendant Milk Glass Ball Hollywood Regency Style
By Herman Koegel
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Add a touch of opulence to your home with this charming chandelier! Perfect Leaves surround a big milk glass globe, to enhance any chic or eclectic home. We'd love to see it hanging ...
Metal
Set of 6 Very Large Lily-of-the-Valley Pendants - France, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Lovely and very decorative set of six painted tôle pendants/chandeliers of varying size
Sold|$975
Tole Cage Pendant
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#1-2569 Cage pendant with leaf motif frosted glass shade
Sold|$2,995
French Tole Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
French tole chandelier with new wiring and wax sleeves
Tôle
Sold|$2,300
Foliate Tole Chandelier
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#1-2576 A foliate tole Italian basket shaped chandelier.Five lights.
Tôle
Sold|$6,500
19thc. Tole Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tole Chandelier with Porcelain Flowers
Tôle
Sold|$6,700
Italian Tole Chandelier
Located in Chireno, TX
Italian repousse tole and crystal chandelier from Italy. Has been wired for the USA.
Tôle
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Sold|$11,500
iTALIAN TOLE CHANDELIER
Located in New Orleans, LA
TWELVE LIGHTS MOUNTED ON TOLE STEM FASHIONED OF FLOWWERS AND LEAVES
Tôle
Sold|$13,500
ITALIAN TOLE CHANDELIER
Located in New Orleans, LA
TOLE FLOWERS
Tôle
Sold|$4,400
Neoclassical Tole Chandelier
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This Country French, Louis XVI style tole chandelier has six arms, and six interior lights.
Tôle
Sold|$3,800
Artful Tole Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lovely Belle Epoch Painted Chandelier
Tôle
Sold|$3,600
19th c. Tole Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Painted Chinoiserie Tole Chandelier
Tôle
Sold|$1,500
Leafy Tole Ceiling Light
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#1-2834 A tole leafy cage-shaped Italian four light ceiling light. Suppied with 3 feet of chain
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
Tôle
Sold|$4,800
CHARMING TOLE PINEAPPLE CHANDELIER
Located in Essex, MA
Tole and Wooden Pineapple Chandelier, Gilded
Tôle
Sold|$800
Italian Tole Floral Chandelier
Located in Redding, CT
Italian Tole Floral Chandelier with 6 arms.
Metal, Tôle
Sold|$2,100
Green Painted Tole Fixture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#1-1859a Four light green painted tole fixture with flowers.
Tôle, Brass
Sold|$2,150
Italian Foliate Tole Chandelier
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#1-2401 A white tole five light basket shaped chandelier.
Tôle
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|$3,850
Italian Painted Tole Chandelier
Located in Chireno, TX
Vintage tole chandelier with floral motif featuring elegantly time-worn painted and gilt details
Tôle, Iron
Sold|$11,250
Tole and porcelain chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Truly unique tole and porcelain chandelier
Tôle
Sold|$1,600
Tole and Alabaster Chandelier
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Four arm Tole chandelier with an Alabster egg center and crystal rain drop adornments
Crystal, Alabaster, Tôle
Sold|$7,500
PAIR PETITE TOLE CHANDELIERS
Located in New Orleans, LA
FOUR LIGHT CHANDELIERS IN THE BRIGHTON STYLE PAINTED WHITE
SUPPORTED BY FOUR CHAINS
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|$500
Italian Tole Palm leaf Chandelier
Located in Danville, CA
8 arm painted Tole Palm leaf Chandelier with bottom spotlight
Tôle
Sold|$2,850
A 40's Italian Tole & Brass Pendant Light
Located in Kent, Dover
An Italian chandelier of unusual design in painted metal and brass with a glass disk at the base.
Sold|$2,400
Multicolored Glass Drop Tole Chandelier
Located in Astoria, NY
A chandelier with multicolored jewel toned glass drops in gilt tole wheat sheaf form.
Tôle
Sold|$3,400
A French Tole Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
A French tole light fixture, the ring form body with scalloped edge and suspended from chain and
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|$28,500
Italian tole and crystal chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
An Italian Montgolfiere tole and crystal eight-light chandelier
Crystal, Tôle
Sold|$975
Dore' Bronze and Tole Chandelier
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
French Dore' bronze and tole 6 candle chandelier with an arrow motif
Tôle
Sold|$12,000
8231 A PORTUGESE TOLE CHANDELIER
Located in New Orleans, LA
A HIGHLY DECORATIVE CHANDELIER OF TOLE, CUT AND FORMED INTO FLOWERS, LEAVES AND GEOMETRIC FORMS
Tôle
Sold|$9,400
Italian Crystal and Tole Chandelier
Located in Chireno, TX
Italian Crystal and Tole Chandelier
Crystal, Iron, Tôle
Sold|$8,900
Italian Tole Chandelier from Genoa
Located in Chireno, TX
Italian chandelier with repousse' tole and crystals from Genoa.
Crystal, Tôle
Sold|$2,800
Tole Floral and Leaf Chandelier
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Tole floral, leaf and vine chandelier in round shape. White porcelain flowers surround the green
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
Carved Giltwood and Tole Chandelier
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Elegant carved giltwood chandelier with tole leaves and porcelain flowers
Tôle
Stylish Pagoda Style Iron and Tole Lantern Pendant Chandelier
Located in Hopewell, NJ
tole in a neutral chic taupe grey cream finish and 3 interior candle lights. 6 bell shaped decorations
Iron
Sold|$1,958
Italian Vintage Tole Floral Chandelier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian Vintage Tole Floral Chandelier, circa 1950s A stunning hand-painted Italian tole
Metal, Tôle
Sold|$2,450
Italian Gilt Tole Leaf Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Italian gilt tole chandelier with opaline glass lens.
Tôle
Sold|$2,500
Large Faux Bamboo Tole Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
very nice and big faux bamboo tole chandelier, it is a dark brown color.
Metal, Tôle
Sold|$4,800
TOLE CHANDELIER
Located in New Orleans, LA
AFOUR LIGHT TOLE PAINTED TOLE CHANDELIER WITH TOLE SHADES. ALL PAINT IS ORIGINAL
Midcentury Italian Gilt Tole Chandelier
Located in Winter Park, FL
A small Italian gilt tole chandelier with a pair of lovebirds. Height to top of canopy is Measures
Tôle
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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