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Lighting For Sale
Style: Empire
Style: Louis XIII
1930's French Empire Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in New York, NY
a pair of circa 1930 French Empire style sconces
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1930s French Empire Vintage Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Rarity Low Plafonnier Basket Chandelier Crystal Empire Brass Lustre Antique
Located in Berlin, DE
Presenting our exquisite basket chandeliers, meticulously restored to their former glory with love and care in Berlin. The electrical wiring has been upgraded to work seamlessly in t...
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1930s European Empire Vintage Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Brass, Wire

French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Five-Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
French Empire Style (1880) gilt bronze 5-light chandelier in neo-classic form with sphinx figures, ancient urns, medallion heads and multi-patterned reserves.
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20th Century French Empire Lighting

Materials

Metal, Bronze

French Empire Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Fairfax, VA
Early electrical gilt bronze and crystal empire chandelier. This chandelier has been professionally rewired and ready for install...
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Early 1900s French Empire Antique Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

French Empire Style White Painted Tole 6-Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
French Empire-Style (20th Century) distressed white painted tole 6-light chandelier featuring an elaborate urn form base with draped beads, branching out to 6 scroll candelabra. ...
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20th Century French Empire Lighting

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Metal

French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce Set by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This French Empire style gilt bronze wall sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi features the best quality hand-chiselled details. The backplate of this sconce features a central round pla...
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2010s Italian Empire Lighting

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Bronze

French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces Set by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This French Empire style gilt bronze wall sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi features the best quality hand-chiselled details. The backplate of this sconce features a lacquered round ...
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2010s Italian Empire Lighting

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Bronze

Pair 19th Century French Empire Style bronze mounted Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair 19th Century French Empire Style bronze mounted Porcelain Table Lamp with fine gilding and hand-painted floral motifs on white and green ground.
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

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Porcelain

Empire Antique Chandelier Gilt Bronze and Oxidized 9 light early 20th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Fine chandelier with flame decoration at center top of amphora shape body. Weapons technology oxidation finish combined with dore bronze of finest quality – just gorgeous creature of...
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Early 20th Century European Empire Lighting

Materials

Metal, Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze

Early 20th Century French Empire Gilt Gesso Lamp
Located in Harlingen, TX
An early 20th century French Empire torchère style table lamp with shade. Gilded gessoed candlestick form metal body with paw foot mounted base. Two l...
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Early 20th Century Empire Lighting

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Late 1800 Empire Style Empire-style lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks
Located in Catania, IT
Lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks in empire style from the late 1800s in good condition with small wear and tear caused by years and use. Please review the attached images carefully. The empire style is one of the most appreciated to this day for its invaluable value. It is a current of the nineteenth century: Neoclassicism, of which it is the highest expression. Interested in furniture, architecture, decorative and visual arts, the Empire style characterised each field in a distinctive way; it went beyond the geographical limits of birth to expand much further and enjoy enormous success. First of all, since Napoleon's Empire style is a current of Neoclassicism, the reference to classical art is evident, both in furniture and architecture. This is particularly visible in the choice of shapes and decorations. On the other hand, with the archeological discoveries of Herculaneum and Pompeii there was the discovery of many Greco-Roman objects...
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1890s French Empire Antique Lighting

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Wood, Giltwood

Fine French Empire Gilt Bronze and Patinated Metal Six Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Classical French Empire gilt bronze, patinated metal and gilt wood six light chandelier. 19th Century Well proportioned central gilt and patinated bronze Empire tazza with a large gi...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Antique French Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Opaline Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, circa 1910. A good quality French empire table lamp with white opaline glass body with gilt bronze mounts and swan form handles to central opaline glass body. Marked to botto...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Lighting

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Bronze

Empire Style French Antique Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
Lamp, French, “Bouillote”, made of finely cast bronze. The piece mimics a traditional oil lamp and is topped with a gold leaf painted adjustable lamp shade. It has been newly wired t...
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Early 1900s French Empire Antique Lighting

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Bronze, Gold Leaf

Empire-style lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks from the late 1800s
Located in Catania, IT
Empire-style lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks of the late period of the 800 in good condition with wear and tear caused by the years and use. The empire style was the exaltatio...
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1890s French Empire Antique Lighting

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Giltwood, Wood

Impero style Lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks from the late 1800s
Located in Catania, IT
Candlesticks in lacquered and gilded wood of the final period to the 800 and empire style with wear caused by the years and use. Please view the pictures carefully. The empire style ...
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1890s Italian Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

French Crystal Rare Oval Prisms Bronze Empire Sconces, circa 1850
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing two lights each, will be newly rewired with certified UL US socket for the USA and certified socket for other countries and ready to hang. Bronze with great detail and patina...
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1850s French Empire Antique Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Basket Chandelier Brass Empire Crystal Lustre Ceiling Antique Art Nouveau Gold
Located in Berlin, DE
Introducing our exquisitely restored old chandelier from Berlin! This stunning piece has been professionally refurbished with care and love, and its electrical wiring is compatible w...
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1970s European Empire Vintage Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Brass, Wire

Antique French Empire Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A Superb Antique French Empire style gilt bronze and patinated bronze 8 light chandelier of fine quality. This unique neoclassical chandelier is embellished with figural masks and ne...
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20th Century French Empire Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Large Empire Style Alabaster and Bronze Sixteen-Light Chandelier, ca. 1890
Located in Barntrup, DE
Magnificent and impressive Empire-style bronze and alabaster sixteen-light chandelier from the late 19th century; later has been electrified. The circular ring with four large majest...
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1890s French Empire Antique Lighting

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Alabaster, Bronze

19th Century Grand-Imperial Italian Chandelier
Located in Firenze, FI
Large gilded bronze chandelier, 24 candle holder lights with crystal cups. The chandelier is complete with all the ground almond crystals, working electrical system. Coming from the ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Bronze Wall Sconces.
Located in Fairfax, VA
Pair 19th century three light of French bronze wall sconces.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Antique Empire 9 Light Chandelier, Made circa 1820
Located in Stockholm, SE
A charming Empire-lamp made around 1820. The large bowl is greenpatinated and the patina is untouched and has a very charming look with its irregularities in colour. The arms and oth...
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1820s European Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Empire Style French Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
Bouillotte lamp; French; in the French Empire style. This piece has a base made of finely cast bronze featuring three arms. There is a beautiful hand painted and gold leafed adjustab...
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1920s French Empire Vintage Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Large Empire Style Alabaster and Bronze Sixteen-Light Chandelier, ca. 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
Large Empire-style alabaster and bronze chandelier, Germany, ca. 1920. An impressive sixteen-light alabaster and bronze chandelier. The extra large, exceptional, and masterfully carv...
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1920s German Empire Vintage Lighting

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Alabaster, Bronze

20th Century Black French Pair of Large Marble, Gilded Bronze Table Lights
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, vintage French pair of large table lamps made of hand crafted marble with a new round shade, in good condition. They are composed with its original switch, particularized by...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Lighting

Materials

Marble, Metal, Bronze

19th Century, French Empire Onyx & Brass Paw Footed Lamp
Located in Harlingen, TX
A 19th century French Empire (converted) two-light table lamp with shade. Neoclassical design featuring a tapered onyx shaft ornamented with decorative brass mounts supported by a tr...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

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Onyx, Brass

19th Century French Neoclassical Gilt Bronze and Crystal Eleven Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Fine antique French 19th century Neoclassical gilt bronze and cut crystal eleven light chandelier 19th Century Height: 34 inches Diameter: 22.5 inches Superbly detailed gilded bronze...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Empire Chandelier Made Around 1810
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gilt bronze chandelier with eight candleholders. Great design with be winged putts holding the urns that in turn holds the candles. Good quality and condition.
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1810s French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Gilt and Patinated Bronze Empire-Style Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
Gilt and patinated bronze Empire-style wall lights French, Early 20th century Height 35cm, width 36cm, depth 20cm This pair of wall lights or sconces are modeled in the opulent...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Billiard, Snooker or Kitchen Island Brass Chandelier, 1850s
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A huge and impressive French Empire brass chandelier for billiard/snooker or kitchen island. Lamp socket: 2 x E27 or E26 ( US) for standard screw bulbs. France, circa 1840 - 1860s....
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks
By Thomire & Cie.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks. With intricate raised decoration in the form of geometric and foliate patterns. The middle of each candlestick is fluted and ...
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20th Century French Empire Lighting

Materials

Bronze

1940s Italian Completely Beaded Basket Cobalt Blue Accents Chandelier, C 1920
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 5 lights in beaded cups. This elegant chandelier is completely beaded with a beaded lace bottom. Adorning rare cobalt blue crystal prisms and cobalt blue beads...
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1940s Italian Empire Vintage Lighting

Materials

Crystal

Large Antique French Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A Large and very impressive Antique French Empire style gilt bronze and patinated bronze circular form multi light chandelier of fine detail . This large unique chandelier consists of twelve patinated bronze arms embellished on a circular gilt bronze frame depicting neoclassical motifs. Further the the main body is connected to a highly decorated top crown canopy...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Empire Figural Parcel Gilt Bronze Three Light Candelabrum
Located in Montreal, QC
Crisply modelled as a standing godess, supporting ebonised and gilt arms, her slender body clad in a clinging toga with gilt tassels , arm bands, and sandals. She stands on an elabo...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Alabaster Table Lamps Large Column Shape White Spain, 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Excelent conditions, like new Pair or pair of large alabaster or white marble lamps. They are two lamps made of white alabaster or marble of Spanish or Italian origin. It has the sha...
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Early 20th Century Italian Empire Lighting

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Alabaster

Czech Crystal Beaded Empire Style Dome Chandelier
Located in Barntrup, DE
This absolutely adorable Czech crystal beaded Empire-style dome chandelier pendant from circa the 1950s consists of strands of crystal cut balls sizing from small to big. Ballroom st...
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1950s Czech Empire Vintage Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

French 19th Century Tole Sinumbra Lamp from the Estate of Paul and Bunny Mellon
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine classical carcel lamp would originally have had a burner and glass shade but now is fitted for electricity and will require a tole or cloth shade...
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Antique Empire Bronze Column Table Lamp, Early 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 19th century Empire brass column table lamp Additional information: Materials: Brass Color: Gold Period: early 19th century Styles: Empire Lamp Shade: Not Included ...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Brass

Corinthian Column Marble Table Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
A French Empire style Corinthian column table lamp in marble. A decorative carved spiral, twists around the marble column, which is topped and tailed with a brass capital and brass f...
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Late 20th Century Empire Lighting

Materials

Marble, Brass

19th Century French Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A late 19th century Louis XV-style Bouillotte table lamp, with original, green, gilt- decorated tole lampshade, above a base of three upturned decorative brass candle arms supported ...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Brass

Alabaster Pendant
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine gilt bronze and hand carved Alabaster pendant. 4 lights. Dimensions: Height 39" diameter 29 1/2" France, circa 1930. CW3174.
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1930s French Empire Vintage Lighting

Materials

Alabaster

1940s Italian Completely Beaded Basket Lavender Purple Chandelier, circa 1920
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 4 lights in beaded cups. Completely beaded with a beaded lace bottom. Adorning rare lavender purple crystal prisms throughout and huge smooth lavender matching ball as finial...
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1940s Italian Empire Vintage Lighting

Materials

Crystal

French 1870 Pair of Empire Candle Holders Lamps Ormolu with Gray Dotted Granite
Located in Miami, FL
French empire pair of candle holders lamps. Exceptional pair of antique candleholders, created in Paris France during the imperial period of Napoleon III, circa 1870. They was designed with French empire neoclassical patterns, masterfully crafted with parts made up in gilt bronze ormolu and patinated bronze. Mounted in fluted columns pedestals carved from gray dotted Granite, with polished finish. Embellished with garlands and putties mounted in a four square and stepped bases. Weight: Combined of 12 Pounds (5.45 Kilos). Measurements: 15 Height by 4.50 Length by 5.15 Width Inches, (38 x 11.43 x 13.08 Cm). French Empire Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was Emperor of France from 1852 to 1870 under the name of Napoleon III. In a way, the artistic codes of the Napoleon III style, also called Second Empire style, were presented at the Exhibition of 1844, during the reign of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans. The second Empire style, also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts, which uses elements of many different historical styles, and also made innovative use of modern materials, such as iron frameworks and glass skylights. It flourished during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III in France (1852–1870) and had an important influence on architecture and decoration in the rest of Europe and North America. Major examples of the style include the Opéra Garnier (1862–1871) in Paris by Charles Garnier, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Church of Saint Augustine (1860–1871), and the Philadelphia City Hall (1871–1901). The architectural style was closely connected with Haussmann's renovation of Paris carried out during the Second Empire; the new buildings, such as the Opéra, were intended as the focal points of the new boulevards. Comfort was the first priority of Second Empire furniture...
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1870s French Empire Antique Lighting

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Granite, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Empire Style Seven-Light Candelabra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Empire Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Seven-Light Candelabra. These palatial sized candelabra date to the First Empire period. As becoming of ...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

French Pair Empire Dore Bronze Winged Putti Candelabras
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Wonderful pair of French Napoleon III Empire style gilt doré and patinated bronze neoclassical four-arm candelabra with finely cast decorated detail. Each lamp features a classical w...
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Italian Empire Beaded Crystal Chandelier Six Light
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning Empire Crystal chandelier of Italian origin, coming from a Tuscan private palazzo in Florence dating back to the early 19th century. Repoussé brass, iron and crystal are...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Lighting

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Crystal, Brass, Iron

French Empire Brass Candlestick Lamp
Located in Canton, MA
Early 19th Century French Empire brass candlestick with ornate pressed patterns. Mounted as a table lamp on a wooden base. A lovely addition to a small desk or a shallow table...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century Bouillotte Desk Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Crafted in early 20th century France, this table lamp features a beautiful bronze candelabra base. The lamp has been professionally electrified and restored and has two lights.
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Early 20th Century French Empire Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Florentine Craftsmanship Heavy Cast Empire Style Floor Lamp No Lampshade
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Massi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Empire Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Antique French Empire Style Figural Gilt & Patina Bronze Chandeliers
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of unusual Antique French Empire style gilt bronze and patinated bronze multi light figural neoclassical chandeliers. Each circular patinated bronze chandelier is embellished with eight gilt bronze neoclassical winged figures of ladies holding flames which represents light and further adorned with neoclassical gilt bronze motifs in relief depicting owls. Finally each chandelier is connected to the top crown...
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20th Century French Empire Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Austrian Ormolu Mounted Amethyst Glass Campana Urn Lamp, Late 19th C
Located in Harlingen, TX
An antique late 19th century cut amethyst glass lidded campana urn vase from Austria, set atop a marble block and converted into a dual socket table lamp...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze, Gold Leaf

French 19th Century Empire St. Patinated Bronze, Ormolu And Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and extremely decorative French 19th century Empire st. patinated bronze, ormolu and crystal chandelier. The six arm twenty two light chandelier is centered by an elegan...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu

Large Empire Chandelier with Ten Candleholders in great condition. Ca 1820.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A unusually large chandelier with a beautiful design. The chains that holds the chandelier are of an interesting shape with grooved pipes and rings. The pressure-turned saucer-like c...
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1820s French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Empire St. Alabaster and Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most impressive French 19th century Empire st. alabaster and ormolu chandelier. The nine arm twelve light chandelier is centered by a striking foliate acorn shaped or...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Exceptional Hot Air Balloon Chandelier, Gilt Bronze and Crystal, Period: 19th
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Exceptional chandelier called “Montgolfière”. Fully electrified, its frame is in gilded bronze composed of a central part supporting 6 gilt bronze sconces where the sockets support lovely little screw bulbs. Its crystal collar cut in the shape of an oak leaf, symbolizing majesty, solidity and power, is set with vertical and pointed daggers in the shape of blades. This set magnifies a cascade of octagonal crystal pendants meticulously cut by hand in diamond cut and then finished with a crown of vertical daggers. The diamond cut will allow the luminosity of the bulbs which will pass through the pendants, to break down the spectrum of light and to restore all the colors of the rainbow. Period: 19th century - Style: Empire Dimensions: Height: 95cm x Width: 35cm Electrified - Six lights A symbol of luxury, the Montgolfière chandelier...
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19th Century Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

20th Century French Cast Bronze & Alabaster Chandelier, c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th Century French Empire style cast bronze and alabaster 12 bulb chandelier. Decorated with laurel leaves, reeded boarders and bran...
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20th Century French Empire Lighting

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

19th Century French Empire Ormolu Chandelier With Trumpet Light Fittings, c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century French Empire style ormolu bronze chandelier fitted with an allegory of trumpets. The item has been converted to accommodate modern day lightbulbs. CONDITION...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Vintage and Antique Lighting for Sale: Unique Table Lamps, Floor Lamps, Sconces and Other Lighting for Your Home

The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.

Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.

Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat. 

Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.

As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.

There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation

With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.

The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.

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