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Chandeliers and Pendants For Sale
Item type: Antique and Vintage
Color: Black
Parentesi Suspended Lamp by Flos with Dimmer, Italy 1970s
Located in Hellouw, NL
Parentesi pendant lamp designed by Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzù in the 1970s. This pendant lamp is produced by Flos, a well-known Italian design producer. This model can be adjusted in height and stays at the desired height because of the tension in the wire. This mechanism makes the lamp extra special. This Flos pendant lamp...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Italian Iron Chandelier with 3 Lights
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian iron chandelier with 3 lights very strong.
Original from 1970.
Very beautiful special iron patinated.
Comes from an old city villa ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Iron
Antique Continental Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
This circular wrought iron chandelier is formed structurally by two round twisted parallel bands connected by scrolling bars and support the eight candle so...
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Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Purple Vintage Erik Balslev Radius Pendant by Fog & Mørup 1970s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Original vintage Radius pendant designed by Danish designer Erik Balslev.
It's made of metal with purple lacquer on the top side and the inside with white lacquer.
The lamp is made...
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
19th Century Country French Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Country French wrought iron chandelier was forged by a talented metalsmith out of red-hot iron and designed for candles. Newly electrified for 21st century enjoyment, it...
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Mid-19th Century French Rustic Antique Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wrought Iron
French, 19th Century, Renaissance St. Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Renaissance st. wrought iron chandelier. The four arm five light chandelier displays a single hanging light bulb cen...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wrought Iron
Art Deco Chandelier Pietro Chiesa Style for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940
Located in Rome, IT
Delicious Art Deco chandelier with scrolled brass terminating in five scallop edged flower form socket cups, supported by finely etched glass. Attributed to Pietro Chiesa style for F...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Industrial Black Enamel Lamp with Glass Cover, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Industrial factory light made in Germany during the 1950s. It features a black enamel shade with white interior, a porcelain top with bakelite box and clear glass cover.The socket re...
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Stilnovo Couple Chandeliers Brass Opaline Glass 1950 Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Milano, IT
Stilnovo Chandelier height only glass 35 cm.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Industrial Factory Lights By Rech Circa 1920s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Industrial Factory Lights By Rech Circa 1920s Typ 3
- Price is per light (10 available)
- Cast iron tops
- Branded "Rech" in relief letters on each top
- Takes E27 fitting bulbs
- Comes with 120cm of chain and cable
- Comes with ceiling hook
- Produced by Rech, Cologne
- Salvaged from a large Ironworks in Trier, Saarland
- German ~ 1920s
- 43cm wide x 52cm tall
Rech
Founded by Friedrich Rech in Cologne in 1898, Rech produced gas lights...
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1920s German Industrial Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Vintage Black Enamel Industrial Pendant Light from Elektrosvit, 1960s
By Elektrosvit
Located in Kojetice, CZ
- Industrial factory hall lamp
- Manufactured by Elektrosvit
- Produced in former Czechoslovakia during the 1970s
- Black enamel shade with white interior
- Grey cast aluminium top
-...
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1970s Czech Industrial Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Chrome and Smoked Lucite Chandelier Pendant Ceiling Light
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage chrome and smoked lucite hexagonal chandelier. Holds 7 lights bulbs, 6 in each bay and 1 on the underside of the fixture. Hangs from 34" long ch...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
Italian Space Age Square Green Color Chandelier by Lupi Cristal Luxor, 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Gorgeous Italian chandelier from the 1970s, Space Age period by Lupi Cristal Luxor. This lamp features chromed brass, chromed steel, crystal, and 3 E27 bulbs. This piece is an excell...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Steel
Industrial Pendant Light, 1950s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Industrial pendant Light
Period: 1950s
Poducer: Emo Celje, Slovenia/Yugoslavia
Material: metal with enamel coating
Colur: black an...
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1950s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Enamel
French Black Enamel Vintage Industrial Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
French factory light.
Black iron top with enamel shade.
White inside.
Weight: 1.20 kg / 2.6 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamps have ...
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Mid-20th Century French Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron, Enamel
Italian Mid-Century Modern Counter-Balance Fixture or Pendant
Located in New York, NY
An Italian counter-balance fixture. The shade moves up and down via a weighted counter-balance and the height is variable between 35 and 57".
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Italian Mid-Century Flush Mounted Pendant with Perforated Black Metal Shades
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian suspension pendant with two cylindrical sconces articulated on golden brass hinges enclosing two large circular adjustable reflector...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Moroccan Handcrafted Metal Lantern Pendant, North Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan handcrafted metal lantern pendant.
Amazing Moorish light fixture hand-pierced with thousands of small holes to diffuse the light through.
Tear drop shape adorned with Mooris...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Italian Chandelier in Rhinestones with Four Lights with Original Gold Coloring
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian chandelier in rhinestones with four lights with original gold coloring.
The four lights have an E14 type connection and run on 220V.
The coloring is very beautiful and ele...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
60s 70s Wortmann & Filz Cascade Lamp Ceiling Light Chrome Space Age
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s Wortmann & Filz cascade lamp ceiling light chrome space age
Object: cascade lamp
Manufacturer: Wortmann & Felt
Condition: good
Age: around 1960-1970
Dimensions...
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1970s German Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Wonderful Vaughan Lighting Regency Square Arched Black Iron 3 Lanterns Fixtures
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Set Of 3 Vaughan Lighting Regency Square With Arched Top And Bottom Structure In A Matte Black Iron Each Lantern With 3 Candelabra Lights Inside, They are Accompanied By ...
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20th Century Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Early Two-Tier Forged Iron Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Early two-tier forged iron chandelier circa 1780-1819. Beautiful naturally pitted patina on all hand-forged iron surfaces. All-original. Not wi...
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Early 19th Century Spanish French Provincial Antique Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
1970s Vintage Industrial Black Flameproof Edison Twin Striplight by Daeyang
By Daeyang
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A vintage industrial 1970s black flameproof Edison twin striplight made c1977 by Daeyang, a South Korean manufacturer of industrial grade fixtures and fittings.
Salvaged from military vessels then professionally restored by Loomlight in the UK ready for use in modern interiors.
A real example of vintage industrial lighting...
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1970s South Korean Industrial Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Murano Art Glass Rectangular Mid-Century Chandelier, 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Murano chandelier with an elongated design with a brass structure and unique glass color.
All in Murano glass with a brass structure. The glasses are treated with a particular color...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Organic Modern Ceramic Artichoke Handmade Pendant, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare piece of Nordic midcentury ceramic artistry. Remarkable handmade Danish rustic organic modern ceramic pendant with soft petal shaped layers creating the appearance of an articho...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic, Stoneware
Ceiling lamp By Werner Schou Made In Copper From 1970s
By Werner Schou
Located in Lejre, DK
This pendant light, designed by Werner Schou and manufactured by Coronell Elektro around the 1970s, exudes vintage charm and timeless elegance. Crafted fr...
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Copper
High Quality Murano Chandelier Space Age, 57 Multicolored Glasses
By Venini
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Italian Murano chandelier. The chandelier has 57 Murano multicolored glass disks. Nickel metal frame.
Period: 1980'S
Dimensions: 48.80 inches (126 cm) height with chain, 25.60 inch...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
French Ceiling Lamp Iron and Colored Glass Pendant Lustre, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Ceiling pendant, France.
Lustre made in wrought iron and colored glass. The glass is the original but it is like new.
Soft and pleasant lighti...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wrought Iron
Verdigris Painted Tole and Iron Scroll Arm Chandelier with Crystals
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A green painted metal and tole six arm chandelier with scroll arms, acanthus leaf detail and hanging crystals from multiple tiers.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Danish Chrome and Metal Pendant Lamp, 1980s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Danish chrome metal pendant lamp made in the 1980s.. The fixture gives a very beautiful light. It is made from thin aluminum.
Measurements:
Height: 20-100cm
Diameter: 40 cm
T...
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1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Stilux Mid-Century Pendant in Aluminum and Glass
By Stilux
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful pendant designed and produced by the fine Italian manufacturer Stilux in the 1950s.
The structure is made of durable aluminum and consists of an aluminum cylinder.
The lamp ends with a glass bulb cover, worked to create diamond...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Patinated Bronze Light Fixtures, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
A set of four circa 1930's Italian patinated bronze light fixture with frosted glass inset. Sold individually.
Measurements:
Height: 15"
Diameter: 16.5".
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Industrial Black Enamel Factory Spotlight with Convex Glass Cover, 1960s
By Elektrosvit
Located in Kojetice, CZ
- Vintage factory spotlight made by Elektrosvit in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s/70s
- It features a black enamel lampshade with white enamel interior, an iron top and conv...
Category
1960s Czech Industrial Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Bakelite Industrial Pendant Light, Germany, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
German bakelite industrial pendant light.
Industrial lighting with a conic shape and a cage or grid under.
Inside a porcelain E27 fitting.
...
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Vintage Black Theatre Spotlight, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
- Vintage theatre spotlight made in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s
- It features a black metal body and clear glass lens cover
- T...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Beautiful Italian Brass Hat Pendant, 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and unique pendant fully brass with a hat shape made in Italy 1950s.
AVAILABLE 2.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Industrial Bauhaus Black Enamel Pendant Lamp, 1930s
By Elektrosvit
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Industrial black enamel pendant lamp made by Elektrosvit in former Czechoslovakia. Designed in the period of Bauhaus. White enamel inside the shade. Cast iron top. New porcelain sock...
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Early 20th Century Czech Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Small Industrial Black Enamel Pendant Lamp, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Industrial black enamel pendant light made in former Czechosloivakia during the 1950s. White enamel inside the shade. Metal celing cano...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Stilnovo Chandelier Brass Opaline Glass Iron 1950 Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Milano, IT
Stilnovo chandelier.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Pendant Lamp by Erik Höglund with Purple Glass for Boda Glasburk, Sweden, 1960s
Located in London, GB
1960 Sweden suspension or pendant, designed by Erik Höglund for the glassmaker Boda Glasbruk (later known as Kosta Boda).
This pentagonal pendant lam...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
A Mid-century Single Italian Wall Sconce Rococo Style
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A grand Italian wall sconce in rococo style made from iron during the mid-century with as many as seven lightbulbs which have black fabric lampshades.
The sconce is made on an iron base and decorated with curled metal...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron, Aluminum
Vintage Black Theatre Spotlight, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
- Vintage theatre spotlight made in former Czechoslovakia during the 1950s
- It features a black metal body and clear glass lens cover
- T...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Cylindrical Suspension Glass Ceiling Lamp
Located in palm beach, FL
Circular metal chandelier composed of two floors of glass tubes, the light diffuses from the bottom as all around the chandelier through the glass rods and gives a considerable effec...
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1990s Dutch Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Black Enamel Vintage Industrial Iron Scissor Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Scissor varia steel pendant. Black enamel spot. White interior.
Weight: 6.0 kg / 13.2 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standard...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Sergio Mazza Style Ceiling Pendants, a Pair
By Sergio Mazza
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sergio Mazza style suspension lights, a pair.
Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1960s
Glass, enameled metal, nickel plated brass.
Overall drop is adjustable.
Takes one medium bulb ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Italian 1970s Modern Chrome 8 Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Height 16" body 38" with chain
A wonderful 1970s modern design chrome chandelier from Italy in a simple yet elegant geometric design. The chandelier has 8 sockets for standard bulbs...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
Large Black Enamel Vintage Industrial Cast Iron Top Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Black enamel Industrial pendant.
Cast iron top. White interior.
Weight: 7.5 kg / 16.5 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standar...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel, Iron
French Black Enamel Vintage Industrial Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
French Industrial pendant. Black enamel with white inside.
Measures: Weight 1.2 kg / 2.6 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international stand...
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Mid-20th Century French Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel
Black Enamel and Cast Iron Industrial Cage Pendant Light, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Industrial hanging lamp manufactured in former Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. It features a black enamel shade, with white enamel interior, a cast iron top, a clear glass cover and...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Moroccan Handcrafted Moorish Pendant Frosted Glass Lantern
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stylish handcrafted Moroccan lantern pendant with frosted milky glass.
Handmade with small cut-glass with Moorish filigree metal designs.
Multiple available. Not wired for electricit...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Iron Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Hand-Hammered Louis XIV style Iron Chandelier. Exquisite Detail.
10 lights. France, circa 1910.
Dimensions: Height 37" Width 41" Depth 31"
CW5276.
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1910s French Louis XIV Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Modernist Space Age Hanging Light by Ernest IGL for Hillebrand Lights, 1960s
By Ernest Igl, Hillebrand
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Hanging light
Design:
Ernest Igl
Producer:
Hillebrand Lights, Germany
Origin:
Germany
Age:
1960s
This 1960s hanging light...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Muller Frères Art Deco Hanging Lamp 1920
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco hanging lamp, circa 1920. Wrought iron frame. Decorated with ginkgo biloba leaves of very good workmanship.
Basin in speckled glass paste.
Signed on the bowl Muller Frères Luneville.
Electrified and in perfect condition.
Total height : 85 cm
Total diameter : 54 cm
Diameter of the bowl : 34 cm
Weight : 8 kg
Possible to reduce the height to adapt to the ceiling.
You can contact me for more information and for the delivery costs.
he Muller brothers, founders of the Muller Frères glassworks in Luneville, are French art glassmakers of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. The family includes nine brothers and one sister. They were all trained in the art of glassmaking. The best known are Eugène Muller (1883-1914), Désiré Muller (1877-1952) and Henri Muller (1868-1936).
Although several works state that the Muller brothers, originally from Kalhausen (Moselle), settled in Lunéville in 1870, recent research has established that the older brothers of this family left the Moselle for Nancy for a very specific purpose: they were recruited in 1894 by Emile Gallé. Indeed, the master glassmaker from Nancy changed his manufacturing strategy and broke his commercial ties with the Meisenthal glassworks in 1894. That same year, Emile Gallé had his own glass furnaces built in Nancy and recruited workers: the older brothers of the Muller family, Emile, Henri and Désiré, were hired by Emile Gallé as clerks or engravers-decorators on glass.
The older brothers of the Muller family had been trained in glassmaking at the Saint Louis crystal factory and at the Meisenthal glassworks alongside Désiré Christian.
But in 1897, Henri Muller left Emile Gallé, perhaps taking with him some of his manufacturing secrets. He started a partnership with the Croismare glassworks. His production is in direct competition with those of Emile Gallé and the Daum factory.
At that time, the glasses are blown in Croismare, in the glass factory called Hinzelin gobeleterie. A second glass factory was established in Lunéville itself in 1910. Both factories specialize in art glass. Numerous pieces were produced, of good technical quality and very similar to those produced in the Gallé factory in Nancy: vases, lamps and trinkets typically Art Nouveau.
The production is most often in multi-layered glass, cut with a wheel or engraved with hydrofluoric acid with naturalistic representations. The most beautiful pieces are finished by fire polishing to give them a beautiful shine.
From 1905 to 1908, Désiré and Eugène Muller were recruited by Léon Ledru, director of the decoration workshop of the Val-Saint-Lambert crystal works in Seraing, Belgium. Their work consisted of creating a series of decorative glassware in the Art Nouveau and Ecole de Nancy style.
After the First World War, the Muller company became prosperous and the factory employed up to three hundred people. Production then evolved towards the Art Deco style, creating in the 1920s many ceiling lights in marmorated glass (glass of several colors, pigments being incorporated) or pieces of molded glass, the mounts being in brass, bronze or wrought iron.
Toilet brushes...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wrought Iron
Verdigris Midcentury Metal Hanging Pendants '7'
Located in London, GB
A set of pendant lights.
French, circa 1940s.
Great as a cluster or individually.
Three large and eight 'smaller' models.
Priced and sold individually.
Dimensions: 18 ...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Copper
Beautiful Italian Brass Hat Pendant, 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and unique pendant fully brass with a hat shape made in Italy 1950s.
AVAILABLE 2.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Massive Mid Century Design Italian Chandelier, 1950s Stilnovo Black Gold
By Stilnovo
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Massive Italian chandelier midcentury design 1950s Stilnovo with a diameter of 190 cm. The chandelier has 24 sockets, 12 pointing upwards and 12 downwards. De...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Midcentury Brass Sputnik Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Italian midcentury brass sputnik chandelier. Our 16 arm Italian polished brass sputnik chandelier has been newly wired to ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Antique French Provincial Iron Chandelier, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Provincial iron chandelier, Circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Antique, Vintage and Contemporary Chandeliers and Pendant Lights
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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