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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Blown Glass
2010s Israeli Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Fabric, Textile, Plastic
2010s German Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Nickel
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Milk Glass, Acrylic, Maple
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
2010s Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Silver
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass, Gold Plate
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Nickel, Brass
Early 2000s Belgian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Ukrainian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Foam, Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Rattan
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Japanese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Wire
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Blown Glass
2010s Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1970s North American Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass