French Armillary Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French 1950's painted metal chandelier with gilt details. Measurements: Drop: 25" Diameter: 23".
1950s French Used Chandeliers
Iron
French Armillary Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French 1950's painted metal chandelier with gilt details. Measurements: Drop: 25" Diameter: 23".
Iron
$7,500 / item
Impressive Flush Mounted Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Important Flush Mounted Chandelier. The main band fitted with round faceted jewels, issuing graduated chains of faceted oval beads.
Crystal, Bronze
Exquisite French Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisite French Chandelier 6 lights Already rewired for U.S. and in working condition The measurements below are just for the chandelier piece itself.
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
$1,591
Yellow Murano Chandelier
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Yellow Murano chandelier in good original condition, one edge on lower glass bowl.
Glass
A Midcentury Murano Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian olive green chandelier with 8 candelabra lights. Measurements: Drop: 38" Diameter:37"
Murano Glass
$11,486 / item
Crystal Chandelier, 00792
Located in PARIS, FR
This crystal chandelier with twelve lights represents the quintessence of classic style as its peak in the seventeenth century.
Crystal, Brass
Austrolux Chandelier, 1960s
By Eba Leuchten
Located in Wien, Au
Austrolux Chandelier, 1960s Original condition.
Steel, Nickel
Swedish Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century Swedish six-arm crystal chandelier. Measurements: Height: 31" Diameter: 25"
Crystal
$14,000
Glass Sputnik Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian Sputnik chandelier with extending hand blown glass flowers, a chrome-plated body and eight lights.
Chrome
French Porcelain Flowers Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's French gilt metal chandelier with porcelain flowers. Measurements: Drop: 27" Diameter: 26"
Metal
$28,500
Swedish Crystal Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant, bronze and crystal, eight-arm chandelier with 2 emerald green glass plates and green accent crystals.
Crystal, Bronze
Sciolari Silver Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Antwerp, BE
Silver plated crystal chandelier designed by Geatano Sciolari. The light requires twelve single E14 screw fit lightbulbs (45 Watt max.).
Crystal, Metal
$7,200
Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century French Empire-style chandelier with gilt and painted finish. Measurements: Diameter: 18" Height: 26.5".
Bronze
Vintage Swedish Horizontal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Horizontal Hammered Iron light fixture with glass pendants with 12 lights. Measurements: Drop: 39" Length: 60" Width: 23"
Iron
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
Sciolari Italian Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian midcentury chandelier by Sciolari. Chandelier have adjustable height second height is 36 inches.
Brass
$4,320 / item
Murano Pink Chandelier. 1990
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Budapest, HU
talian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure on 4 levels.
Metal
$16,000
Neoclassic Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century French neoclassic style bronze 6-arm chandelier with original patina. Measurements: Minimm drop: 59" Diameter: 28".
Alabaster, Bronze
Art Deco Church Chandelier
Located in BAUD, FR
Beautiful Art Deco 7-light chandelier Entirely in brass 1930s Width: 61 cm Height: 47 cm Depth: 17 cm
Brass
$1,560Sale Price|48% Off
Italian Brass Chandelier
By Stilux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid century Italian brass chandelier with the opaline four shades.
Brass
$2,273 / item
Italian Chandelier, Murano
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage Murano chandelier made by 52 glass petals transparent with an amber spot inside, nickel metal structure.
Metal
$1,705 / item
Chandelier Vistosi 1970
By Gino Vistosi
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Chandelier in glass with a colored murrine made by famous company Vistosi.
Glass
Bergamo Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
A vintage twelve-arm gilt carved wood and crystal chandelier made with antique and new parts from Begamo, Italy.
Crystal
$2,120Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco Italian chandelier, brass and nickel base Murano glass pendants.
Brass
18th c Italian chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
18th c Italian chandelier. An 18th‑century Italian beaded chandelier evokes the theatrical elegance of late‑Baroque and early‑Neoclassical Italy, where artisans combined metal armatu...
Metal
Vintage Swedish Horizontal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Horizontal Hammered Iron light fixture with glass pendants. 12 candelabra lights. Measurements: Drop: 39" Width: 24" Length: 62"
Iron
$1,546Sale Price / item|20% Off
Italian Chandelier, Murano
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure.
Metal
$1,091Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Glass Chandelier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Italian glass and chrome chandelier.
Glass
Italian Chandelier by Banci Firenze Vintage Gilded Chandelier, 1970s
By Banci Firenze
Located in Bastogne, BE
Italian glass leaf and metal chandelier by Banci Florence, Italy, 1970’s. Amazing hand crafted chandelier using Murano glass leaves set into a gilt metal frame, to the bottom is ...
Metal
$12,800
Murano Disc Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Modern Murano disc chandelier with pink and champagne glass on a brass frame.
Brass
Neoclassic Silvered Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
English neoclassic style silvered bronze chandelier with 8 arms. Measurements Height: 24" Diameter: 27"
Bronze
$10,900 / item
Chandelier by Paavo Tynell
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Long Island City, NY
A chandelier designed by Paavo Tynell model '9030' for Taito Oy.
Brass
Pink Murano Chandelier, 1950s
By Ercole Barovier
Located in Budapest, HU
Unlike many decorative fixtures of the period, this chandelier possesses a distinctly sculptural presence.
Brass
Vintage Blown Glass Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite blown glass chandelier is a masterful example of mid-century lighting design, drawing inspiration from the storied Murano glassmaking tradition.
Crystal, Brass
$7,800
Gilt Metal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920’s French gilt metal chandelier with rock crystal pendants and six interior candelabra lights.
Crystal, Metal
Extraordinary 1950s Murano chandelier
By Ferro Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
MURANO CHANDELIER Glass That Tells a Story. This extraordinary 1950s Murano chandelier seems born from a botanical metamorphosis.
Murano Glass
$1,500
Murano Leaf Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Murano leaf chandelier. This chandelier was never used, was still in original box when I purchased it.
Murano Black Palm Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Modern Murano black glass palm leaf chandelier. Circa 2000. The chandelier has been professionally rewired, comes with matching chain and canopy.
Blown Glass
Midcentury Chandelier, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Chrome-plated chandelier in original condition, 4xE27 or E26 bulbs.
Chrome
1970s Sciolari Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970s Sciolari chrome chandelier.
Chrome
$3,250
French Iron Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French iron chandelier; newly wired; four candelabra sockets will each take a 65-watt bulb.
Iron
French Moderne Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six-arm nickel chandelier from France. Newly rewired for six 60 watt bulbs.
Nickel
Vintage Porcelain Flowers Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's Italian painted tole chandelier with 6 lights. With porcelain flowers and birds and nest on body.
Iron
$3,950
French Iron Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French iron chandelier newly rewired for six candelabra bulbs. The large glass shade is signed Ros.
Iron
Midcentury Iron Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An Italian circa 1960's wrought iron chandelier with blue glass bobeches. Measurements: Diameter 22.5" Drop 23".
Iron
Moderne Sculptural Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian hammered and forged stylised moderne metal chandelier with six candelabra lights and original patina.
Metal
Large Oval Tulip Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950 Italian chandelier with tulip bobeches. 12 arms and 6 down-lights.
Metal
$8,800
Art Deco Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An Art Deco five-light chandelier designed by Schwintzer & Graeff.
Bronze
$1,650
Matius Resin Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
Signed Matius chandelier with inclusion of leaves under resin. 1 light, 65 watt max bulb.
Resin
$1,950
Kalmar Ice Chandelier
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Miami, FL
Kalmar ice chandelier, 4 light, 1 central 60 watts max, 3 sides 40 watts max.
Chrome
$3,200
French Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Intricately beaded chandelier from France.
Glass
1930 Opalescent Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1930’s opalescent murano glass chandelier with 5 lights
Murano Glass
French Crystal Beaded Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's French gilt metal chandelier with 12 lights. Measurements: Height: 29" Diameter: 31"
Crystal, Metal
Horizontal Green Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A 1940's English chandelier with green glass hurricanes. Measurements: Present drop: 31" Length: 31" Depth: 8"
Bronze
$682Sale Price / item|52% Off
Austrolux Chandelier, 1960s
By Eba Leuchten
Located in Wien, Au
Austrolux Chandelier, 1960s Original condition.
Steel, Nickel
White Petal Chandelier, Murano
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Chandelier made by hand blown glass chandelier composed by 75 glass petals (transparent and white “lattimo”) in a chrome frame.
Metal
$1,500
Brass Plume Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Brass plume chandelier from the 1960s.
Midcentury Chrome Chandelier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Candelabra bulb chandelier with polished chrome and glass ornaments.
Chrome
English Silver Plated Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's English chandelier with silver plated finish. Measurements: Current drop: 37" Height of body: 27" Diameter: 37"
Silver Plate
$3,200
Crown Pendant Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crown pendant chandelier.
Bronze
$3,600
Waved Glass Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Waved glass chandelier.
Glass
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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