Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Fabric, Opaline Glass, Plaster
20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Other
Early 2000s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
1980s German Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Wire
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Fabric, Opaline Glass, Plaster
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Marble, Carrara Marble, Steel
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Fabric, Opaline Glass, Plaster
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Swedish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Acrylic, Plaster, Stucco
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Murano Glass
2010s Swedish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Acrylic, Plaster, Stucco
2010s Belgian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Acrylic
1960s Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Iron
1960s Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Iron
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Nylon
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Chrome
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Fiberglass, Wood
1950s English Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Gold, Brass, Bronze, Sheet Metal, Metal
2010s Dutch Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Art Glass
1930s Danish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Gold Leaf
2010s Belgian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster, Metal
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster, Metal