Austrian Chandeliers and Pendants

Finely chiseled gilt bronze and cut crystal Empire elegant chandelier with six arms. Six E 14 light bulbs.

A brass chandelier or wall light designed and produced in Austria, c. 1950s. Dimensions of canopy (inches): N/A Socket takes standard E-14 bulbs. 5 sockets.There is no maximum watta...

An interesting early 20th century gilt bronze and crystal twenty-six-light "Grotesque" chandelier. A unique Gothic style, drop crystal, basket chandelier with different "Grotesque" faces and designs. Twenty-four-tiered perimeter lights (including six lanterns) and two-tiered interior lights. Artists began to give the tiny faces of the figures in grotesque decorations strange caricatured expressions, in a direct continuation of the medieval traditions of the drolleries in the border decorations or initials in illuminated manuscripts. From this the term began to be applied to larger caricatures, such as those of Leonardo da Vinci, and the modern sense began to develop. It is first recorded in English in 1646 from Sir Thomas Browne: "In nature there are no grotesques". By extension backwards in time, the term became also used for the medieval originals, and in modern terminology medieval drolleries, half-human thumbnail vignettes drawn in the margins, and carved figures on buildings (that are not also waterspouts, and so gargoyles) are also called "grotesques". A Boom in the production of works of art in the grotesque genre, characterized the period 1920–1933 of German art. In contemporary illustration art, the "grotesque" figures, in the ordinary conversational sense, commonly appear in the genre grotesque art...

Beautiful and rare chandelier by Rupert Nikoll, Vienna, Austria. An original mid-century vintage piece manufactured in the 1950s. It is made of Brass. The Fixture requires sixteen Eu...

A beautiful and unusual hemispherical blowball snowflake dandelion sputnik chandelier, designed by Emil Stejnar, manufactured in the 1950s by Rupert Nikoll, Vienna. An early model wi...

Austrian Brass Pendant 1950s

One of three outstanding Viennese sputnik / blow ball / snowball chandeliers / pendant lights by Emil Stejnar for Rupert Nikoll, Vienna, Austria, manufactured in Mid-Century, circa 1...

A beautiful and unusual floral brass chandelier in the shape of a bouquet of flowers. Designed by Emil Stejnar, executed in the 1950s by Rupert Nikoll Vienna. A decorative chandelier...

This pendant lamp, showcasing iconic Italian design from the 1950s, is attributed to the renowned STILNOVO. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, the lamp features a brass con...

Designed with a gilt rococo scroll frame and hung with faceted beaded swags and faceted drops, this chandelier has twelve lights, eight below and four above, all with bobeches. Elec...

A set of three textured glass and brass pendant lights by Rupert Nikoll, Vienna, manufactured in Mid-Century (1950s-1960s). Three textured glasses are colored in red, green and blue....

One of those special pieces which seldom becomes available. Stunning elegant pair of brass and clear textured bubble glass light fixtures by Austrian lighting firm Rupert Nikoll. Sim...