Vintage Modern Chandelier
1960s American Vintage Modern Chandelier
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Glass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Chrome
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Crystal, Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Acrylic, Plastic
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Aluminum
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Modern Chandelier
Nickel
1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Crystal, Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Copper
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Chrome
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Murano Glass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Glass, Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal, Brass
1950s Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Crystal, Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Crystal, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Glass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Crystal, Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Gold Plate
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Crystal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Copper, Metal
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass, Sheet Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass, Copper
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Crystal, Metal
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Lucite
1960s Brutalist Vintage Modern Chandelier
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
1970s North American Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
20th Century Vintage Modern Chandelier
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandelier
Brass, Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modern Chandelier
Stainless Steel
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A Close Look at mid-century-modern Furniture
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe mid-century modern American furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist “International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale, in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century designers caught the spirit.
Classically-oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb — who designed holistic groups of sleek, blonde-wood furniture — and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern American furniture on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Finding the Right Chandeliers and Pendants for You
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 and vintage 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 (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), 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.
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 whimsical — like the work of Beau & Bien’s Sylvie Maréchal, frequently inspired by her dreams — 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.
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