Gilt Bronze & Alabaster Two Tiered Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gilt Bronze & Alabaster Two Tiered Chandelier. 12 lights. France, circa 1910.
Vintage 1910s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster, Bronze
Gilt Bronze & Alabaster Two Tiered Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gilt Bronze & Alabaster Two Tiered Chandelier. 12 lights. France, circa 1910.
Alabaster, Bronze
Antique Two-Tiered Gilt Bronze and Alabaster Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Magnificent twelve-arm two-tiered gilt bronze chandelier with alabaster dome and shades, dome has four inside lights.
Alabaster, Bronze
Two Tier Bronze and Alabaster Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
Bronze and alabaster two-tier twelve-light chandelier, the domical alabaster globe fitted with four lights.
Alabaster, Bronze
Lennox Grand Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
From a clean round canopy, a column of blackened brass descends with frets of subtly veined alabaster. Two tiers of cantilevered radial arms branch from orbs, and a cone of alabaster...
Alabaster, Brass
Two Tier Vintage Natural Alabaster Chandelier Pendant
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Natural Alabaster Two-Tier Chandelier Italian Beauty. It comes with 3 feet of brass chain and is ready to install ceiling canopy.
Alabaster, Marble
French Two-Tier Bronze and Alabaster Pedestal or End Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A two-tier bronze and alabaster pedestal or end table.
Sold
H 39 in Dm 19.5 in
Large Two-Tier 1920s Alabaster & Brass Pendant Great Shape & Color Ceiling Lamp
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful design early 1900s light fixture. If you are decorating a home or office then this unique ceiling lamp from the 1920s could be exactly what you are looking for. The beau...
Alabaster, Bronze
TWO TIER BRONZE AND ALABASTER CHANDELIER
Located in Round Top, TX
Alabaster, Bronze
A Nice Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Alabaster 16-Light Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Alabaster Sixteen Light Chandelier Bronze casted with an alabaster bowl, each set of arms centered with a rams heads, flowers and bows. Bronze fe...
Alabaster, Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Twenty-Four Light Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Twenty Four Light Chandelier The all bronze chandelier with a central floral stem with foliage and fruit designs along the body and arms, twen...
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Chandelier. Imposing giltwood and alabaster chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Magnificent giltwood and alabaster Russian chandelier in the Empire style
Alabaster
Antique Gilt Bronze and Alabaster Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
#CW3271, exquisitely detailed eight-arm gilt bronze chandelier with alabaster dome, has two inside lights.
Alabaster, Bronze
Bronze Chandelier with Alabaster Shades
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine gilt bronze chandelier with alabaster shades Dimensions: Height 22", diameter 30" CW685.
Alabaster, Bronze
Superb Regency Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Superb Regency style gilt bronze chandelier. Exquisite detail. Original bright and matte finish. 16 lights in two tiers. France, circa 1900. Dimensions: Height 46" Diameter 36".
Bronze
Antique Chandelier. Gilt bronze chandlier with crystal
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exquisitely detailed gilt bronze chandelier with magnificent hand cut crystal illuminated centerpiece terminating at the top with a multifaceted pyramid, also featuring four other ha...
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Chandelier Giltwood and Bronze
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very fine giltwood and bronze chandelier, six lights.
Bronze
Antique Chandelier. Gilt bronze and alabaster chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unusual gilt bronze chandelier with alabaster dome, very fine gilt bronze frame, six lights
Alabaster, Ormolu
Antique Gilt Bronze and Opaline Glass Chandelier
Located in London, GB
This beautiful, tall chandelier is ideal for a grand entrance hall or room where it can be seen and admired. It is an exceptional piece of Empire style design, perfectly combining gl...
Ormolu
Gilt Bronze Chandelier with Rock Crystal Pendants
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1900 French neoclassic style gilt bronze twelve-arm two-tiered chandelier with rock crystal pendants. Measurements: Minimum drop: 42” Diameter: 28”
Rock Crystal, Bronze
High Quality of Regence Style Gilt-Bronze Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
About An exceptionally stunning, high quality of Regence style gilt bronze, eight-light chandelier with spreading ring turned stems mounted with female figural terms, above eight ...
Bronze
19th Century Gold Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique gold bronze chandelier, beautiful large chandelier with 12-light, it has just been American wired and certified ready to install. 12 - 6" was candle covers with dips which gi...
Bronze
Gilt Bronze & Alabaster Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Unusual Gilt Bronze Chandelier featuring three seated Satyrs holding a richly carved alabaster dome. France, circa 1910. 6 lights. Dimensions: Height 23" Diameter 19 1/2" ...
Alabaster, Bronze
English Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Victorian gilt bronze six-light chandelier. Measures: Diameter 75 cm. Height 90 cm. Six E27 bulbs.
Brass, Bronze
Antique Chandelier. Gilt Bronze and Alabaster Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very fine gilt bronze chandelier with alabaster bowl.
Alabaster, Ormolu
$3,450
H 15 in W 10 in D 0.65 in
Wonderful French Ormolu Purple Enamel Gilt Bronze Bow Picture Frame Miniature
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful and rare French ormolu bronze and purple enamel picture frame with a miniature on the top with bows and tassels. Frame: 10" W X 15" H Picture:7" W X 9&q...
Bronze, Enamel
$2,028
H 27.4 in W 20.2 in D 1.9 in
Antique George V Sterling Silver Photo Frame by E.F. Braham Ltd, 1911
By E.F. Braham Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver photograph frame; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This exceptional antique George...
Silver, Sterling Silver
French “Clichy” Pink Reeded Glass & Brass Pendant Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, NL
French “Clichy” pink coloured glass pendant lamp Brass glass holder Weight : 0.90 kg / 2 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards...
Brass
$7,139
H 39.38 in W 11.82 in D 27.56 in
Art Nouveau Chandelier by Hector Guimard, Oxidized Bronze, France
By Hector Guimard
Located in Rebais, FR
Immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of Art Nouveau with this magnificent Guimard chandelier, a true masterpiece of refinement and poetry. Crafted from oxidized bronze with deli...
Bronze
$27,500
H 46.46 in W 101.58 in D 20.28 in
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega Decorative Fireplace Mantel
By Vittorio Valabrega
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega, decorative fireplace mantel, lacquered wood, plaster, glass, iron, Italy, 1930s This striking decorative fireplace mantel, presumabl...
Iron
Hand Carved, Louis XV Style Sofa Made By La Maison London
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XV style, hand-carved, curved back, freestanding, sofa. Hand finished in antique white and lightly distressed. Upholstered in a Lelievre, damask, fabric with deep filled, feath...
Hardwood
French Baroque Style Chandelier with Glass Grapes – Bronze & Glass
Located in Antwerp, BE
French Baroque Style Chandelier with Glass Grapes – Bronze & Glass, ca. 1970–2000 A rare and decorative French chandelier in Baroque revival style, richly adorned with handmade ...
Bronze
Set of French Carved Alabaster Fixtures. Sold Individually.
Located in New York, NY
Set of six circa 1950's French carved alabaster light fixtures with 3 Edison interior lights and patinated bronze chain and canopy. Sold & priced individually. This is a natural...
Alabaster, Bronze
Mid-Century Seguso Murano Blue Aqua Blown Bubble Lantern Chandelier Rare
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing one-light. Will be newly rewired with a certified UL US socket for the United States or appropriate socket for other countries and ready to hang. Rare size and color of aqua ...
Murano Glass
$3,840Sale Price|20% Off
H 34 in W 54 in D 34 in
English Thomas Lloyd Cigar Leather Wingback Chesterfield Settee
By Thomas Lloyd
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous English wingback chesterfield settee sofa featuring a cigar leather tufted upholstery hand-crafted in England by Thomas Lloyd from a hard frame covered with fine Italian ful...
Brass
$9,850Sale Price|23% Off
H 5.25 in W 26 in D 22 in
A French 19th-20th Century Ebonized Wood & Plated Surtout de Table Centerpiece
By Gianmaria Buccellati
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century neoclassical revival style ebonized wood and figural silver plated mounted plateau Surtout de Table centerpiece in the manner of Buccellati. The ...
Wood
$1,800Sale Price|35% Off
H 28 in W 44 in D 45.25 in
French Louis XV Style Handkerchief Folding Game Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A Classic French Louis XV style handkerchief card table that cleverly transforms from a narrower side table into a square gaming surface with embossed leather leaves, all supported b...
Wood
French Art Nouveau Wooden Pedestal by Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau two-tiered square pedestal with carved and marquetry decoration by Emile Gallé. The pedestal has two marquetry shelves depicting leaves. Its four sinuous legs ar...
Wood
$15,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.75 in Dm 31.5 in
Gio Ponti Murano Chandelier for Venini, Opaline Glass, Mid-Century
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in CABA, AR
Elegant and iconic, this Murano glass chandelier was designed by the celebrated Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti for Venini in the 1970s. A masterpiece of mid-century Italian...
Opaline Glass
$149,777Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.64 in W 84.65 in D 20.08 in
Louis XV Style Antique Rococo Fireplace in Fleur de Pecher Marble
Located in London, GB
A charming and imposing Louis XV style antique Rococo chimneypiece in Fleur de Pecher Marble with exceptional ormolu mounts by Francois Linke (1855-1946). The serpentine shelf rests ...
Marble, Ormolu
$75,609Sale Price|20% Off
H 22.84 in W 17.01 in D 2.37 in
17th Century Antiveduto Gramatica Magdalene Praying with a Skull Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Antiveduto Gramatica or Grammatica (Rome, Italy, 1571 – 1626) Title: Magdalene Praying with a Skull Medium:Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 58 x 43.2 cm - with frame 85 x 72 x...
Canvas, Oil
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.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.