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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1980s Spanish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel, Steel, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Quartz, Crystal, Brass
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Wire, Copper
2010s Pakistani Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Ash, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Rock Crystal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Chrome
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
20th Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1960s European Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass, Opaline Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Opaline Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Blown Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Nickel
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Pottery
2010s Dutch Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Wire
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Alabaster, Metal, Brass
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Carrara Marble, Marble, Stone, Brass
2010s Taiwanese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Porcelain, Ceramic, Clay
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1960s American Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Bamboo, Paper
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Fabric, Opaline Glass, Plaster
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Bronze, Nickel, Pewter