Midcentury Wood Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's Italian wood chandelier with 5 lights Measurements: Drop: 18.5" Diameter: 18"
1950s Italian Used Chandeliers
Wood
Midcentury Wood Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's Italian wood chandelier with 5 lights Measurements: Drop: 18.5" Diameter: 18"
Wood
$6,200
Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's Italian glass chandelier with 3 downward lights. Measurements: Minimun drop: 28" Diameter: 18".
Murano Glass
$4,718 / set
Chandelier, 12625
Located in PARIS, FR
This chandelier has six lights and is made exclusively of bronze.
Bronze
Midcentury Italian Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian tiered white and clear Murano glass petals chandelier with 9 interior lights. Measurements: Drop: 16" Diameter: 30"
Murano Glass
"Flower" rattan chandelier
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Wonderful "foliages" rattan 3 lights chandelier constituted of several removable leaves and an incredible central hand woven trunk.
Rattan
$5,250
Gilt Bronze & Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine & Decorative Gilt Bronze & Crystal Chandelier in the Louis XVI taste featuring Eagles heads. 12 lights.
Crystal, Bronze
$1,715 / item
Italian Murano chandelier
By Vistosi
Located in Budapest, HU
Vintage Italian Murano chandelier in Vistosi style. The chandelier has 36 fantastic multicolored alabaster iridescent glasses in a nickel metal frame.
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$5,491
Huge brass chandelier
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Large circular chandelier in solid brass, suspended from the ceiling with decorative chains.
Brass
Bronze & Alabaster Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Exquisite Bronze Chandelier of Great Quality featuring hand carved Alabaster Dome & Shades.
Alabaster, Bronze
$1,880Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass Italian chandelier, period 1950 s brass base and glass.
Brass
$14,500
English Crystal Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Magnificent English Crystal Chandelier. Originally for candles, now electrified. 16 lights in two tiers.
Crystal
$10,320Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Murano Chandelier 80 pcs of glass 10 lights. With a Mixture of Caramel and Clear Texture Glass Beautiful Chandelier!
Murano Glass
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian chandelier from the 1950s, wood brass and 3 glass Murano glass shade.
Glass
$3,950
Italian Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass Italian chandelier newly rewired for 12 candelabra bulbs.
Brass
$3,950
French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully detailed three-light French iron chandelier with new mica.
Iron
$12,500
Cherub Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large decorative faux alabaster and faux bronze plafonnier featuring cherubs and garlands supported by four bronze chains, has six internal lights.
$4,850
French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French iron chandelier with brass bobeches; newly wired for twelve candelabra sockets, each up to 60 watts.
Iron
$2,400
Rectangular Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Long rectangular chandelier. Flush mount is adjustable. Height of just the chandelier is 9 inches.
Chrome
$11,439 / item
Pair Murano Chandeliers
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair chandelier featuring a circular metal frame with a gold finish, suspended from a matching chain.
Metal
$10,295 / item
Pair Murano Chandeliers
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair chandelier featuring a circular metal frame with a gold finish, suspended from a matching chain.
Metal
$11,439 / item
Pair Murano Chandeliers
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair chandelier featuring a circular metal frame with a gold finish, suspended from a matching chain.
Metal
$2,900
Italian Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1950s chandelier in original condition.Fume sculptural six glass shades
Metal
$4,250
French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass, iron and glass French chandelier. Newly rewired with four candelabra sockets; each able to take bulbs up to 75 watts.
Brass, Iron
$6,800
English Metal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An English circa 1920's tole 8-light chandelier. Measurements: Diameter: 22.5" Height of body: 24"
Metal
$6,800
French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French iron chandelier with original wax candle covers (may be changed for new brass tubes); newly wired for seven standard sockets up to 75 watts each.
Iron
$6,000
Poliarte Chandelier
By Albano Poli
Located in Albany, NY
Chandelier composed of 36 cast glass cylinder components.
Glass
$6,200
Venini Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tiered Venini chandelier.
Glass
$4,160Sale Price|20% Off
Stilnovo Chandelier
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1950s Stilnovo chandelier with multicolored glass shades. (Large glass shades 15 inches ).
Blown Glass
Kalmar Chandelier "Tulipan" Chandelier, Austria, Murano Glass, 1960s
By Kalmar Lighting, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Antwerp, BE
Kalmar. The Flush Mount, Chandelier is in a very good original condition with minimal signs of age.
Metal, Brass
$2,160Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a beautiful Italian Giltwood chandelier with 13 lights. has 6 arms, each containing two lights.
Giltwood
$5,600
French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French chandelier with glass crystals.
Glass
$3,520
Lightolier Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in Chicago, IL
16-light chandelier by Lightolier.
Steel
$4,118 / set
Pair Murano chandeliers
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair Italian Murano glass chandeliers with alabaster wisteria glass tubes. The armor polished nickel supports 36 large glass tubes in a star shape.
Metal
$18,000 / item
Murano Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Murano glass chandelier.
Metal
$1,800Sale Price|50% Off
Corteccia Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian chandelier with clear Murano glasses hand blown in cylindrical shapes and bark like effect using Corteccia technique, mounted in three layers on nickel metal frame / ...
Nickel
$6,784Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Crystal Chandeliers
Located in Dallas, TX
19h Century Crystal Chandelier with flower mounted with blue centers, and beaded chains and prisms.
Crystal
19th Century Italian Empire Crystal Chandelier Nine-armed Candle Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
The chandelier is already set up for electric lighting as you can see from the small holes for the electric wires on the plates.
Crystal, Iron
$9,800
Italian Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Unusual silverwood and Tole chandelier.
Tin
$10,146
Decorative Timber Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A decorative timber chandelier. The shaft with acanthus leaves and foliage, the eight arms with foliage and gadrooning.
Wood
$14,000
Large Empire Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th Century French Empire style chandelier with gilt and painted finish. Measurements: Height: 45" Diameter: 28.5"
Bronze
$5,900
Horn Chandelier
Located in Washington, DC
Horn Chandelier
Horn
$5,200
Vistosi Chandelier
By Vistosi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vistosi Glass chandelier. Hanging from a polished nickel frame.
Chrome
Italian Chandelier, 1960s
Located in Palermo, PA
Italian chandeliers, 1960s. Dimensions: H=80 cm; W=45 cm; D=35 cm.
Enamel, Steel
$75,000
Ormolu Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Ormolu cire perdue chandelier in tied rope pattern with tassels. Adorned with cherubs and acanthus leaves with sunburst design at cap.
Ormolu
$8,500
French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass and iron 1940s French chandelier with fleur de lis and dragon details. Gold glass is new.
Brass, Iron
$6,800
Italian Tulip Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's Italian chandelier with tulip bobeches, 9 candelabra lights Measurements: Diameter:26" Drop:20"
Brass
$3,200
Carved Chandelier
By Sally Sirkin Lewis
Located in Westport, CT
Carved Pineapple Original Chandelier
$11,000
Ruhlmann Chandelier
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Jacques Emile Ruhlmann Chandelier Small fixture made of multiple rows of satin glass pearls.
Glass
$7,200
Mazzega Chandelier
By Mazzega
Located in Inglewood, CA
A monumental Italian glass pendant/chandelier by Mazzega from the 1960s. The signature Mazzega glass work forms the 6 large shades that suspend in a spiral from the center plate.
Chrome, Aluminum
$17,500
Italian Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Italian eight-light chandelier festooned with beaded roping; a central glass baluster column surmounted with a crown of cut crystals and branches heavily ornamented with long tear dr...
$4,500
Italian Chandelier
By Fontana Arte
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Stunning large smoked glass and chrome 6 light chandelier, circa 1960.
Chrome
$5,200
Empire Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An Empire style, 1920s gilt bronze and tole chandelier with eight lights. The body with medallion decorations and chain with crystal insets.
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
Barovier Chandelier
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Murano glass chandelier. Beautiful details.
Brass
Antique Chandelier. Fine iron chandelier with crystal fruit
Located in Atlanta, GA
Iron chandelier with crystal fruit
Crystal, Iron
$18,800
Gustavian Chandelier
Located in Greenwich, CT
Elegant and decorative early 19th century Gustavian neoclassical eight-light chandelier, having cranberry, amber and clear crystal drops, the frame and arms decorated with repousse l...
Crystal, Brass
Vintage Rose Vine Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
An ornate vintage chandelier featuring a romantic French Provincial and Rococo-inspired design.
Metal, Brass
Ruby Bohemian Glass Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Bohemian Ruby Glass Chandelier. Bohemia, circa 1980. Pair Available. Dimensions: Height 28" Diameter 28" CW5864 & CW5865
Glass
$28,599
Chandelier 70S
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Big Chandilier special Order from 70S
Metal
$5,500
Seguso Chandelier
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous handblown glass chandelier by Seguso. Alternating tiers of round and tulip shaped glass with nickel hardware and stem.
Nickel
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
Brutalist Chandelier
By Moe Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Six sided Brutalist chandelier having six exterior candlestick arm lights, and three interior candle bulb lights.
Brass
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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