Lucite Chandeliers and Pendants

Round midcentury hanging drape fixture by Satellites. Translucent flat "rocks" add Dimension and texture to the illuminated globe. Please confirm location NY or NJ.

A beautiful and sexy pair of 1970's lucite lights, the price is for the pair, the design of each bar is very unusual, ( see pictures ), we can sell them individual, they can be flush...

remember we have over three thousand antique sconces and over one thousand antique lights, we can not put everything on 1stdibs, if you need a specific pair of sconces or lights, ask...

Stunning Italian Mid-Century Modern pendant / fixture composed of cylindrical rings of Lucite (plexi-glass / perspex) cantilevered in an architectural ma...

A vintage Sciolari chandelier in chrome with Lucite accents. chandelier holds 15 lights.

Danish modern, cylinder pendant light by Simon Henningsen plays with color and shadow to create a minimal, modernist feel. The light features suspended Lucite bands at top and bottom...

Vintage Mid-Century chandelier made of chrome frame and lucite details by Gaetano Sciolari. Made in Italy, c. 1960's. *Provenance provided upon request *Rewired to fit US lighting st...

Estate neo-modern retro Lucite and chrome lantern. You will love this if you like the style!

Chandelier by Hiro Van Teal, circa 1970 in Lucite, in perfect condition and original shades.

This Mid-century hanging lamp shows all the hallmarks of it's era with a vented aluminum cap and white Lucite body. 2 - available.

Sciolari chandeliers in chrome with Lucite accents. Each chandelier holds 15 lights.

Beautiful pendant by Doria Leuchten, Germany, 1960s. The pendant comes with a Lucite Dome with inside a small chrome chandelier with 5 lights. ...

Italian Mid-Century Modern pendant / fixture composed of bicolor cylindrical rings of Lucite (plexiglass / Perspex) cantilevered in an architectural mann...

Stainless steel and Lucite pendant chandelier by Frederick Ramond. Signature is on edge of Lucite panel.

Brass and Lucite chandelier.

Ten-light brass and Lucite midcentury chandelier with original ceiling cap.

Mid-Century Modern ceiling lamp with five lampshades in chromed metal and lucite plexiglass. Designed by Gaetano Missaglia and manufactured in Italy during the 1970s. Acrylic, also known as the brand names lucite or Plexiglas, was developed in the 1930s. Its scientific name is Poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, and it is a type of thermoplastic, which is a plastic Material that is moldable at extremely hot temperatures and solid once cool. The company that created acrylic licensed it in two ways; first as Plexiglas to be a glass replacement, and afterwards as lucite for commercial uses in 1937. Commercially, lucite was used in jewelry, handbags, and cosmetics packaging. Plexiglas, in comparison, was often used for larger projects, such as aircraft windows, lenses for lighthouses, and aquariums. Before it was used widespread for furniture, acrylic was being utilized for military purposes, as wartime was quickly approaching. During World War 2 (1939-1945), the country’s resources were mostly directed to military uses, and acrylic was no different. Acrylic, as Plexiglas, was used to help the military, including as airplane windshields and submarine periscopes. Despite that, some people began using acrylic to make furniture. In 1939, Helena Rubinstein, a wildly successful cosmetics mogul and art collector, commissioned to Ladislas Medgyesan an entire suite of acrylic furnishings for her NYC apartment, including an illuminated acrylic bed in her bedroom and acrylic chairs for business meetings. When the war ended in 1945, acrylic was ready to be worked with in design on a larger scale. The company licensed lucite widely, making it much more available across every industry. It steadily gained momentum in the world of design, with artists and designers being inspired by its moldability and translucense. In 1959, French designer Erwine Laverne told a New York Times reporter, “The most important element in rooms is people, not furniture,” speaking to the growing popularity and importance of the clear furniture. But acrylic furniture hit its peak popularity in the 1960s and ‘70s, as more acrylic furniture designers and artists entered the scene. Glass artists began to take more of an interest in acrylics, especially taking advantage of acrylic’s flexibility, light weight, cost, and capacity to refract and filter light. Designers like John Mascheroni and Charles Hollis Jones, known as the Godfather of lucite, created iconic pieces that still look beautiful in today’s modern home. Designers and artists alike loved the durability and look of acrylic. As Charles Hollis Jones put in an interview with Ravelin Magazine, “I worked a lot with lucite when I first started. When I worked with the company that wanted me to go to Europe, they had me work with glass, ceramic, enamel. I went over there and the glass was always in the wrong color and it always broke. When the earthquakes came, I got visual proof of that. I like to work with acrylic because it does two wonderful things that glass doesn’t. It’s shatter-proof, first of all. I can also change the microstructure and make it one-tenth the strength of steel. And the most important thing it does: it carries light. Glass reflects light. lucite holds it and carries it. If you play with it, you can make a lens to look at something in space. It’s that good. It’s purer than crystal.” In fact, acrylic was often used in chandeliers as well, mixed with other materials to make incredible striking designs that would have been much more difficult to achieve with glass. Recently, acrylic furniture has once again risen in popularity. While many of the designs are timeless, more designers are coming forward with acrylic furniture for the modern home. In 2002, designer Philippe Starck introduced his Louis Ghost Chair, and the trend has only grown from there. You’ll now find entirely acrylic pieces of home furnishings and accessories, as well as acrylic-detailed furniture all across the market. With so many designs, options, and knock-offs all across the market, we at clear home design...

Chandelier in granite resin and gilt brass with three-light. Cache-bélière (hide hook) in black Lucite with a small gilt brass tube where three white wires leave, separated by a trip...

Unusual pendant lamp by Harco Loor in very good condition. A Lucite rod which holds two plexiglas discs hangs on two very fine black wires. The discs are made of three layers o...

Remember we have over three thousand antique sconces and over one thousand antique lights, we can not put everything on 1stdibs, if you need a specific pair of sconces or lights, ask...