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Chandeliers and Pendants For Sale
Period: 20th Century
RESTOCK - 50cm Prismatic Glass Holophane Globe Parisian Street Lamp, C.1960
Located in London, GB
Beautifully formed spherical Holophane Parisian glass street lights, made in France. c.1960. This version has the 50cm diameter, these lights have remained in amazing condition, with only some minor age related chips to the prismatic glass reflectors as to be expected A very sought after statement light...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Glass, Fiberglass

1970s Industrial Cast Aluminium and Brass Flame Proof Edison Striplight, Orange
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Korean flame proof Edison LED twin strip light made by Daeyang in the 1970s with bespoke signal orange finish. Original item salvaged from supertankers ...
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Late 20th Century Korean Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

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Aluminum, Brass

Gilardi Barzaghi metal and brass chandelier with curved glass
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2552 Gilardi Barzaghi Rare metal and brass chandelier with curved thick satinated glass and three hanging lights. In the style of Gio Ponti this lamps will give a mid century at...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Big geometrical Glass Lamp by PEILL & PUTZLER Space Age Germany 70's
Located in Berlin, DE
Typisches Design von Peil und Putzler. Weitere Glaspendelleuchten auf Lager. Auch ein kleineres rotes Modell dieser Lampe verfügbar, schreiben Sie mir bei Interesse eine Nachricht. ...
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Mid-20th Century German Space Age Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Chrome

10 Arm White Murano Chandelier
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautiful 10 Arm Murano Chandelier shows the art and craftsmanship of the artistic glass manufactures and skilled masters in Murano, Italy . Each Part is unique in is manufactur...
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20th Century Italian Neoclassical Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Art Glass

Erik Wärnå, Sizeable Chandelier, Brass, Glass, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable brass and blown yellow glass chandelier designed by Erik Wärnå and produced by EWÅ Värnamo, Sweden, 1960s. Dimensions of canopy (inches): 3.25” H x 4.25Diameter Socket ta...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Black and White Fortuny Murano Glass and Bronze Chandelier, Late Deco 1940s
Located in Florence, IT
Black and White Fortuny Murano Glass and Bronze Chandelier, torchon effect characterized by oriental atmospheres. Four light bulbs.
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Space Age Pendant Light in Brown Colour by GEPO, Mid Century Modern
By Gepo
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Vintage space age eyeball pendant lamp by GEPO in brown colour. This playful lamp can turn the shade all the way around its axis. The lamp is made out ...
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Rare Hanging Lamp Made in Italy by Piuluce Vicenza - Minimalistic 1980s Design
By Piùluce
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Dive into the timeless allure of 1980s design with this exceptional Piuluce Vicenza hanging lamp, a collector's gem that encapsulates the essence of vintage elegance. Crafted in the ...
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1980s Italian Minimalist Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

1920s Art Deco Motorized Ballroom Commercial Sized Mirrored Rotating Disco Ball
By Laurel Studios
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning original motorized disco ball was salvaged from a Patterson New Jersey roller skating rink this disco ball is fully functional and has is complete with all sequenced mirrors
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Ceiling Lights by Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceiling Light by Stilnovo. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1960s. Original model 1230 pendants from Stilnovo. The glass diffusers have been replaced by opaline diffuser...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Aluminum, Brass, Steel

J.T. Kalmar Heron Curved Brass Chandelier, Josef Frank Style, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and elegant brass chandelier, model „Heron“, manufactured by J.T. Kalmar Vienna in the early 1950s. This sculptural chandelier has a wonderfully curved brass frame, it of...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Wire

Large Adjustable Chrome Counterweight Pendant Light by Florian Schulz, Germany
Located in Aachen, NRW
Stunning onos chrome pendant with adjustable counterweight designed by Florian Schulz, Germany, 1970s It is a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship. It seamlessly blends functiona...
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Chrome

Art Deco Bauhaus Cream Opaline Glass and Brass Pendants, Germany 1930s
Located in Nümbrecht, NRW
This elegant minimalist Art Deco pendant was designed and manufactured in Germany in the 1920s to 1930s during the Bauhaus period. The light features a round cream colored opaline ...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

1 of 6 Petite Murano Tubes Pendant Lights by Doria, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
1 of 3 petite Murano pendant lights designed by Doria, 1970s Very good condition. Cleaned, well-wired, and ready to use. Each Pendant requires one E14 small bulb with 40W max. Light ...
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1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Murano Glass Flush-Mount, Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Murano glass Mid-Century Modern flush-mount chandelier by Mazzega, Italy 1970s. The Italian flush-mount is made of a polished round brass ceiling plate and Light purple Murano glasses; each glass hanging with a beaded brass chain to the ceiling plate. The chandelier is adjustable in height and the space between the glasses and the ceiling plate can be removed. The pendant light has five lights, with brass sockets, Candelabra or E12 base. Professionally rewired for the US, and giving a warm glow of light through the translucent Murano glass. The large Italian purple Murano glass chandelier...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Italian White Petal Chandeliers, Murano
Located in Budapest, HU
Murano Italian glass chandelier. Fantastic chandelier with trasparent and white “lattimo” glasses, nickel-plated metal frame. It has 53 big monumental petals glass. The glasses are v...
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Late 20th Century Italian Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Gorgeous Murano Poliedri Chandelier - Carlo Scarpa Style - 138 pink glasses
Located in Budapest, HU
Elegant Italian chandelier made from 138 beautiful Murano pink glasses "poliedri". Structure in gold and brass colored metal. The Poliedri is one of the most prestigious Murano glass...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Murano Glass

Pair Mid-Century Sputnik Italian "Arlecchino" chandeliers
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair Sputnik space age Italian vintage crystal chandelierr made by 51 multicolored glasses in a burnished brass metal frame. Elegant lighting object. Period: late XX century Dimensio...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Murano Glass

Pair of 36 Tronchi Chandelier Style Toni Zuccheri for Venini, Murano, 1980
Located in Budapest, HU
Fantastic Murano Glass Tube Chandelier - 36 glass tube Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 36 large clear...
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Late 20th Century Italian Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Vintage Industrial Blue Tinted Holophane Prismatic Glass Pendant Light. 1930
Located in London, GB
40 available! An incredible run of scarcely found blue tinted pendants made in England by Holophane. c.1930 Beauitful crisp prismatic glass reflectors and original industrial cast galleries, both bearing the Holophane makers mark. Salvaged from a textile mill in the south of England where they have hung for the past 8 decades. Price is per light. Rewired with 1m of black round flex. About the maker Holophane was founded in 1896 by businessman Otis Mygatt who set up companies in both America and the UK for the production and sale of their ingeniously designed prismatic lenses and reflectors. Holophane lights are used all over the world in a multitude of different environments, each serving a different purpose - whether it be a library, a train station or a chemical plant...
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1930s English Industrial Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Steel

1 of 5 Stunning Brass Pendants designed svend Aage Holm Sørensen, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
1 of 3 Stunning Brass Pendants designed svend Aage Holm Sørensen, Denmark, 1960s Mid-Century Brutalist patinated brass pendant by Svend Aage Holm Sørensen, Denmark. The lamp is named...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Italian Murano chandelier
Located in Budapest, HU
Vintage Italian Murano chandelier in Vistosi style. The chandelier has 87 fantastic multicolored alabaster iridescent glasses in a nickel metal frame. Period: late XX century Dimensi...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Art Glass, Murano Glass

Mid-Century Sputnik Italian chandelier
Located in Budapest, HU
Sputnik space age Italian vintage crystal chandelier made by 51 multicolored glasses in a burnished brass metal frame. Elegant lighting object. Period: late XX century Dimensions: 39...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Murano Glass

Brass White Opaline Milk Glass Vintage Industrial Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
White industrial hanging lamp. Brass and opaline glass. Weight: 1.20 kg / 2.6 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for incand...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

White French Opaline Milk Glass Shade Brass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
French opaline glass industrial pendant. More in stock, small differences in the edges. Good to combine. Ask for more pictures! Weight 0.70 kg / 1.5 lb. Priced per individual ite...
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Mid-20th Century French Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Impressive three-Tier Murano SMOKED Glass Tube Chandelier - 52 glasses
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 52 large SMOKED glass tubes in a star shape. Period: late XX century ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Scenic High quality Murano chandelier space age - 57 MULTICOLORED glasses
Located in Budapest, HU
High quality Murano chandelier space age - 57 MULTICOLORED glasses Italian Murano chandelier. The chandelier has 57 Murano multicolored glass disks. Nickel metal frame. Period:1980'S...
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1990s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Beautiful Italian vintage Murano chandelier - 57 glass rondini
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage Murano chandelier made by 57 glass petals "rondini" (transparent crystal, smooth outside, with crystal powder and then rough inside) in a chrome frame. Period: late X...
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1970s Italian Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Beautiful Italian Leaves Chandelier Murano
Located in Budapest, HU
Beautiful Italian Murano Chandelier composed of 36 splendid trasparent glasses that give a very elegant look. The glasses of this chandelier are real works of art. Period:1980's Di...
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1980s Italian Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Murano Glass

Glass Petal Chandelier, Murano
Located in Budapest, HU
Hand blown glass chandelier composed by 75 glass petals (transparent and white “lattimo”) in a chrome frame. Dimensions: 65 inches (165 cm) height with chain, 37.40 inches (95 cm) h...
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1990s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

White Porcelain Opaline Glass Vintage Industrial Brass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Porcelain industrial hanging lamp. White porcelain, brass and opaline glass. 2 conductors, no ground. Weight: 2.00 kg / 4.4 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Green Enamel Vintage Industrial Opaline Glass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Green enamel factory pendant White inside. White opaline glass Diameter glass 15 cm Weight 1.70 kg / 3.7 lb. Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable b...
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Mid-20th Century Ukrainian Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Enamel

Set Antique Vintage Acorn Opaline White Milk Glass Ceiling Pendant Light Lamp
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous run of church opaline acorn pendant lights with steel galleries, circa 1950. - Wear commensurate with age, all in excellent condition, the ...
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Mid-20th Century British Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Glass

Beautiful Vintage Italian Murano Chandelier, 24 Iridescent Grit Disks
Located in Budapest, HU
Vintage Italian Murano chandelier in Vistosi style. The chandelier has 24 fantastic iridescent grit discs in a nickel metal frame. The glasses have the particularity of reflecting a ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Murano Glass

Magnificent Murano Glass Chandelier, 101 Pink Tube Glasses
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 101 large pink glass tubes in a star shape. Can be used as a chandelier with chain...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Murano Glass

White Opaline Milk Glass Midcentury Brass Top Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Opaline glass pendant. 2 meter black wire Weight: 2.00 kg / 4.4 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for incandescent li...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Amber Bubble Glass Pendant, Germany, 1960s
Located in Nümbrecht, NRW
This Space Age pendant light was manufactured and designed during the 1960s in Germany. It is made of amber bubble glass and has got a brass cylinder. The lamp comes without canopy. ...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Amazing Italian Vintage Murano Chandelier, 41 Glass Amber Petals
Located in Budapest, HU
Huge Italian vintage Murano chandelier made by 41 glass petals (transparent and amber) in a gold painted metal frame. Period: late 20th century Dimensions: 46 inches (117 cm) height...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Murano Glass

White Opaline Glass Vintage Industrial Brass Top Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Opaline glass pendant. 2 meter / 80" black wire Weight: 1.50 kg / 3.3 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for incandesc...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Italian Pink Leaves Palmette Chandelier, Murano
Located in Budapest, HU
Luxury and genuine murano glass chandelier. Handmade in murano. It made by 58 murano pink glasses in a gold metal frame. The chandelier has also a murano glass ball in the end of the...
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1980s Italian Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Signed Guzzini Set of 4 Lamps in Resin and Orrefors Glass Made Coustoum Big
Located in Medesano, IT
This one-of-a-kind piece of art combines the best of post-industrial design: four chandeliers made of Orrefors glass bulbs in a cubic form of resin, cr...
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1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal, Brass

Elegant Large Three-Tier Murano Glass Tube Chandelier, Pink Alabaster
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 48 large glass tubes in a star shape. The alabaster technique created...
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Late 20th Century Italian Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

1970s Beautiful Vintage Italian Murano Chandelier, 24 Blue Disks
Located in Budapest, HU
Vintage Italian Murano chandelier in Vistosi style. The chandelier has 24 fantastic iridescent alabaster discs in a nickel metal frame. Period: late 20th century Dimensions:41.30 inc...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Art Glass, Murano Glass

Rust Iron Vintage Industrial Factory Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Factory hanging light Rust iron shade 2 meter Black cotton wire. Weight: 0.70 kg / 1.5 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international stand...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Iron

White French Opaline Milk Glass Shade Brass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
French opaline glass Industrial pendant 2 meter black cotton flex Measure: Weight 0.60 kg / 1.3 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by internation...
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Mid-20th Century French Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Large Vintage, Mid-Century Modern Handcrafted Brass Round 8 Layers Pendant Light
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare design, three light pendants with layered brass shades. If you are looking for a striking and extraordinary light fixture to grace your midcentury living or work space then these, European works of lighting art could be ideal for you. Mind you, we have a set of four, but we have decided to offer them as singles as well. This very stylishly handcrafted fixture dates back to the 1960s and its design is truly remarkable. The shade itself is created from eight thick layers of brass and the design is very well balanced. Due to the different size of each layer, the light is able to radiate through in various directions, which creates a beautiful atmospheric effect. One that truly is a joy to look at. The design and the material used really make these lights works of art and pendant lights into one. These chandeliers are in good condition and the patina is simply wonderful. With these pendants having been rewired to the highest standard for safe and immediate usage in the USA, they are ready to be used and enjoyed in the land of the free...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Fantastic Murano Glass Tube Chandelier, 36 Blue Glass Tube
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 36 large BLUE glass tubes in a star shape. Period: late 20th century...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Blown Glass

Set of 3 Brutalist Pendant Lights
Located in Berkeley, CA
These are the kind of light fixture Brutalist Architect Marcel Breuer would have used to hang over one of his cool chair designs. Brutalism in design. A style that intentionally att...
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Parzinger Style Lotus Pendant Light by Feldman Lighting Company, circa 1950s
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Stunning brass lotus pendant light fixture in the style of Parzinger by the Feldman Lighting Company, circa 1960. These highly glamorous Hollywood Regency style fixtures are in the organic shape of a lotus flower and look especially beautiful when hung at different lengths for a more organic and delicate look. Commonly used today over a kitchen island, bathroom vanity areas, dining rooms, over nightstands or to add a pop of glam in any room. We especially like these pendants with yellow/antique LED...
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Vintage Ceiling Lamp Lucite Plexi by Gaetano Missaglia, Italy, 1970
Located in Biella, IT
Gaetano Missaglia design Italy by production anni ’70 ceiling lamp three point light in plexiglass transparent ad satinated. The ceiling lamp in perfec...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Beautiful Pair of Murano Leaves Chandeliers
Located in Budapest, HU
Beautiful and huge Italian Murano Chandelier composed of 75 splendid pink glasses that give a very elegant look. The glasses of this chandelier are real works of art. Dimensions: 65,...
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1980s Italian Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Mid-20th Century Spectacular Pair of Venetian Chandeliers, Murano, 1980s
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair Murano glass chandelier. Hand made in Murano. It made by 58 Murano crystal glasses in a gold metal frame. The chandelier has also a Murano glass ball in the end of the lamp. Mur...
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1970s Italian Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Set of Four Italian 41 White Petal Murano Chandeliers, Mazzega Style
Located in Budapest, HU
Fantastic set Four of white “lattimo” glasses, nickel-plated metal frame. It has 41 big monumental petals glass. The glasses are very high quality, the photos do not do the beauty, l...
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Late 20th Century Italian Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Fantastic Italian Multicolored Prism "Arlecchino" Chandelier. Murano
Located in Budapest, HU
Fantastic vintage Murano chandelier made by 107 Murano crystal multicolored prism in a nickel metal frame. The glasses are transparent, blue, smoky, purple, green, yellow and pink. ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Brass Black Enamel Vintage Frosted Glass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Black enamel Industrial hanging lamp. Frosted glass with brass top. Weight: 2.40 kg / 5.3 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international sta...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass, Enamel

Hollywood Regency Gilt Pair of Schroeder & Co. Chandeliers, Germany, 1970s
Located in Berlin, BE
Pair of elegant 1 light (e27) gilt brass & fine lead crystal chandeliers 1970´s / Schröder Leuchten / Germany Each 1 light & 45 grand crystal drop...
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1970s German Vintage Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Rust Iron French Vintage Industrial Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Small French rust iron industrial pendant 2 meter black cotton flex 2 conductors Weight 0.60 kg / 1.3 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by inter...
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Mid-20th Century French Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

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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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