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Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

MODERN STYLE

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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.

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Style: Modern
Murano Glass Teal Italian Lantern
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant Murano glass lantern of glass “piastre” leaves in textured ivory and a metallic teal blue color. The handblown glass is attached t...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Large Red HeadHat Plate Pendant Lamp by Santa & Cole
Located in Geneve, CH
Large red headhat plate pendant lamp by Santa & Cole Dimensions: D 75 x H 11 cm Materials: Metal. Cable lenght: 3mts. Available in other colors and sizes. Available in 2 cable le...
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2010s Spanish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Modern Chandelier in a White Finish, Hollywood Collection, by Brand van Egmond
Located in Naarden, NL
The Hollywood, a modern chandelier in a white finish, is designed by William Brand, founder of Brand van Egmond. Sculptural and full of character, this chandelier is available in the finishes nickel and white. Custom dimensions and finishes are possible upon request. Traveling through Africa, designer William Brand was touched by the slenderness and pure beauty of the branches and trees scattered across the land. Just as nature comes in all forms and shapes the Hollywood collection...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Ballroom Molecule Gold/Smoke Chandelier Gold Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish design from Design by Us The ballroom molecule chandelier features five spheres, available in different translucent hues, they mer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Enormous Clear and Smoke Murano Glass Spike Sputnik Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Enormous clear and smoke Murano glass spike sputnik chandelier in nickel finish. Each glass piece is handmade and about 1.5" squa...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Nickel

"Il Pezzo 3 Long Chandelier" - length 150cm/59” - nickel - crystal - LEDs
Located in Firenze, IT
Inspired by Arabic calligraphic art and the icon of the classical candelabrum is Il Pezzo 3, a collection of lamps with a hand-forged brass struc...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Nickel, Brass

Jamie Young Lafitte Pendant Ceiling Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Jamie Young Lafitte Pendant Ceiling Lamp, clear glass with trapped bubbles and silver-tone metal accents, labeled "Jamie Young Co." to verso of ceiling attachment. Lamp: 13" H x 9.5"...
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20th Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Late20th Century Italian Brass W/ Transparent Murano Art Glass Boules Chandelier
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
The hexagonal brass body of the chandelier with two different sizes of transparent ballotton boules (held in place with an iron clip) to be put as a center piece in a room or over a long rectangular table...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

20th Century Sputnik or Sunburst Chandelier
Located in Essex, MA
Wonderful and Large Blown Glass and Brass Sputnik Chandelier. Rare size as 48" diameter sunburst. Adjustable hanging rod to drop from ceiling. Each handblown glass fluted cylindri...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Louis Poulsen PH 6½-6 Pendant Light by Poul Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen by the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg, Denmar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Aluminum

Moooi Random Light II Large Suspension LED Lamp in White Chromed Steel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Random Light II transmits a feeling of simplicity, lightness and a touch of magic in a contemporary style. Due to how they're made, each Random Light is u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Steel

Murano Glass and Brass “Scudi” Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Incredible chandelier made of brass and handblown Murano glass. This piece has six curved pieces of textured, metallic glass with a lamp reflecting off of each. In the centre, six mo...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Modernist Smoked Glass Pendant Light by Lightolier, USA 1960s
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1960s pendant light produced by Lightolier in Sweden and distributed in the U.S. This Modernist fixture features a geometric smoked glass outer shade in a gorgeous gray hue, which ...
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1960s American Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Bronze Modernist Lighting Bolt Chandelier with Holophane Glass Fixtures
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage 1970s bronze modernist lighting bolt chandelier with ripped Holophane glass fixtures and shades. The chandelier features 8 lightning-bolt shaped ...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bronze

Large El Lamp CS1 by NOOM
Located in Geneve, CH
Large El Lamp CS1 by NOOM Dimensions: W 15 x D 15 x H 33 cm Materials: Brass. Weight: 2,5 kg 'El' lighting collection emphasizes the clear and confident design aesthetic of Suprema...
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2010s Ukrainian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Diva by Centro Stile Esperia for Esperia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Suspension lamp with cylindrical structure in satin-finish brass, and crystals made by hand to contain the light source. Beams of direct light are emitted at the two extremities.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Brass

Italian Murano "Soffiati" Gold Dusted Glass Chandeliers, circa 1990
Located in Queens, NY
Two Italian Murano "Soffiati" gold dusted glass chandeliers with six fluted and scroll design arms supporting a dish shaped shade (canopy) (PRICED EACH).   
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1990s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Glass

"Kanji" Blown Glass Wide Pendant Lamp Designed by Denis Guidone for FontanaArte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Kanji" is a wide pendant lamp, designed by Denis Guidone and manufactured by FontanaArte, made in blown glass with two finishes, transparent smoky gray and frosted white, and structure and handle in black painted metal. It cab be provided with a dimmer and lighting source is 10W LED (2700K, CRI>80, Lumen 1000). Dimensions: Ø 16.8", H. 15.3" (lamp) plus 98.4" "Kanji" is a collection of lighting elements that reinterprets traditional Oriental portable lanterns in a contemporary vision. Available in tabletop and ceiling models, it draws inspiration from Chinese porcelain dating from the Ming dynasty. The hand-blown glass diffuser, in frosted white and translucent smoky gray, is adorned with a pleated surface decoration. A LED ring runs inside the structure and magically illuminates the diffuser. Evocative of Far East not only as form but also as a name, as "Kanji" are characters of Chinese origin used in Japanese writing in conjunction with the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries, "Kanji" is designed to be used alone or in pairs, with each form amplifying the aesthetic power of the other. Denis Guidone studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and at FAUP in Oporto. He won numerous international awards, including the IDA Design Award in Los Angeles. He was also given the Bruno Munari Prize by Gillo Dorfles...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Uno Classico Semi-Flush Mount by Gaspare Asaro- Black Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Uno ceiling light exemplifies simple elegance via its clean profile designed around a single Murano glass shade. Starting pricing by size-premium finishes have a 10% upcharge: ...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Ballroom Molecule Black/Smoke Chandelier Black Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish design from Design by Us The ballroom molecule chandelier features five spheres, available in different translucent hues, they mer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Helios 44 Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro-Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Helios ceiling light features an imposing composition of illuminated Murano glass shades gravitating around a central tinted mirror. The first images show the fixture in a medley of bronze finishes with a gray center mirror-subsequent pictures show it in a selection of alternative finishes. Starts at $16,500.00 in polished and satin brass. Price may change for premium finishes. See Helios 66...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Uno Square Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro-Alpine Green and Satin Brass Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Uno Square ceiling light exemplifies simple elegance via its clean profile designed around a single Murano glass shade. Shown in the primary images in Alpine Green and satin bra...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Moooi Construction Medium Suspension Lamp in Black Powder Coated Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the vast number of combinations possible with the tools and bolts present in his giant workshop, Joost van Blejswijk started playing with them and ended up constructing and creating a new, exciting design! The Construction lamp ultimately originates from a bright curiosity combined with expert skills, industrial tools and a touch of playful passion for vintage construction toys...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Aluminum

Charles Williams "Amax" Pendant for Fontana Arte, 2004
Located in Greding, DE
Ceiling light "Amax" by Charles Williams, designed 2004 for Fontana Arte. The lamp shade is made out of polyethene and the mount is chromed metal. The lamp is labeled at the top of t...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Plastic

21st Century Karim Rashid Chandelier 16 Lights Murano Glass Various Colors
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
21st century Karim Rashid chandelier BLOB 16 lights Murano glass various colors. The lighting parts of Blob seem to be light balloons suspended in the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Murano Glass

Chandelier, 1950s/60s
Located in Greding, DE
Chandelier with blue and red beads and bronze frame and six sockets.
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1950s Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bronze

Uno Square Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro-Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Uno Square ceiling light exemplifies simple elegance via its clean profile designed around a single Murano glass shade. Shown in the prim...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

The Sisters Medium Dawn Pendant
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Design by Ieva Kaleja for "Mammalampa". The Sisters in the Mammalampa collection are characterized by refined and nuanced painterly color relationships. These lamps have been prepar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Latvian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Paper, Canvas

Brass 3 Legged Pendant Light Fluted Clear Glass Dish Shade
Located in New York, NY
Late 20th Century pendant light with three legs mounted into a heavy clear cut glass dish shade. Holds three standard E26 light bulbs. This can be seen at o...
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Late 20th Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Lungomare B Suspension Lamp in Green by Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Lungomare - the new lighting project from Carlo Moretti This collection was created with the designer Diego Chilo in a synergic workshop with the glass Master. In the "factory of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Murano Glass

Murano Glass Striped Gold Lantern
Located in Austin, TX
Modernist lantern from the island of Murano, Italy. This fixture features multiple textured glass blades alternating between a frosted glass and a gold leafed glass. The glass is all...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Green LED Bicycle Ceiling Light Fixture
Located in Hudson, NY
This fun and unique bicycle light is the highlight of any room! With illuminated LED wheels and a bright green color, this fixture is a modern masterpiece. Hanging hardware and ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Steel

Foscarini Sun-Light of Love Suspension Lamp by Tord Boontje
Located in Brooklyn, NY
As many as 390 steel rays, separated from each other and grafted onto the central body, give life to an extremely scenographic suspension lamp with great presence and personality. To design Sun-Light of Love Tord Boontje was inspired by the incandescent and elusive contours of the sun and by the photos taken by satellites, but also by the powerful light effects in Baroque sculpture and architecture – from the “Estasi di Santa Teresa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Steel

Cuore Grande Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro- Black Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Cuore Grande with its large organically styled shade is designed to be unexpected yet clean and harmoniously balanced. The shade diffusers can be Alabaster for a natural look or ...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Alabaster, Brass

Cuore N.10 Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro. Peltro and Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Cuore collection was conceived with the goal of creating fixtures that are unexpected yet clean and harmoniously balanced. This is highlighted by the organically styled shades sp...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Alabaster, Brass

Helios 66 Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro-Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Helios ceiling light features an imposing composition of illuminated Murano glass shades gravitating around a central tinted mirror. The first images show the fixture in a medley of bronze finishes with an amber center mirror-subsequent pictures show it in a selection of alternative finishes. Starts at $24,900.00 in polished and satin brass. Price may change for premium finishes. See Helios 44...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Pagoda-Style Opalescent Glass Disc Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Made to order, custom, Murano glass disc "Pagoda" style chandelier with 64 hand-blown opalescent discs and brass frame. Italian. Customization of dimensions, glass color and frame...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Gray Murano Glass Sputnik Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Murano glass gray sputnik chandelier featuring multiple blown glass components in conic shapes. Each glass piece has a double layer of white glass inside and gray outside, which give...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Chrome

Italian Chandelier in Wood with Five Lights with Two-Tone Coloring
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian chandelier in wood with five lights with two-tone coloring. The five lights have an E14 type socket and run on 220V. The coloring is very beautiful and elegant. If the vo...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Wood

Set of 3 Corolle Pendant Light by Mydriaz
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 corolle pendant light by Mydriaz Dimensions: L 30 x W 30 x H 45 cm Materials: Brass Finishes: Golden-plated polished brass, white nickel finish on polished brass, black nick...
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2010s French Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Glass

Italian Midcentury Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
With the chrome frame supports 32 chains with chrome tubing and crystal balls to create an elegant timeless chandelier. We can rewire for the US. Standards. Eight-light bulbs E 14.  
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Tiered Palmette Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Palmette chandelier with clear Murano glass leaves mounted on chrome metal finish frame / Made in Italy by Fabio Ltd Diameter: 40 inches / Height: 30 inches plus chain and ca...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Murano Glass

Green Fran XS Lamp by Llot Llov
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Fran XS lamp by Llot Llov Handcrafted Light Object Dimensions: Ø 24 cm x H 30 cm Materials: raffia fringes Also available in green, red, black, be...
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2010s German Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Raffia

Black Sherwood Deer Chandelier by Marcantonio
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
6.5ft Tall Black Sherwood Deer chandelier by Marcantonio Sherwood is an impressive 2-meter-high deer whose antlers become chandeliers decorated wit...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Plastic, Fiberglass

Custom White Murano Glass Disc Flush Mount Light
Located in New York, NY
Custom made-to-order white Murano glass disc flush mount light in polished nickel finish. Custom orders are available for different sizes, finis...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Nickel

Tre Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro-Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Tre ceiling light harmoniously juxtaposes the balance of its three evenly spaced arms with the asymmetry of its variable size shades staggered at different heights. The first ima...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

6-Stick Chandelier in Brass by Cam Crockford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
6 Stick Chandelier Each piece is handmade in the Studio of Cam Crockford. These sculptural light fixtures are all bonded by precise welds, sanded and...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Green Fran S Lamp by Llot Llov
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Fran XL lamp by Llot Llov Handcrafted light object Dimensions: Ø 40 cm x H 35 cm Materials: raffia fringes Also available in green, coral, black, beige With their bulky silho...
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2010s German Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Raffia

Foscarini Plass Suspension Lamp in Light Blue by Luca Nichetto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Suspension lamp with diffused and direct light. The large transparent polycarbonate diffuser is achieved using rotational molding, a technique which makes it possible to create hollo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Aluminum

Italian Model Gem Pendant Light by Paul Andreu for iGuzzini
Located in Hamburg, DE
Imposing pendant lamp from the italian manufacturer iguzzini according to a design by the architect paul andreu. The design was created for the expansion of the paris airport charle...
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20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Ross Gardam, "Arbour Linear Pendant", Pendant
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Arbour Linear light, is a continual timber solid, formed to unite space and celebrate the beauty of the natural. Created by the divergence of two curves that flow along and aroun...
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2010s Australian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Aluminum

Y Lamp, Suspension Lamp by Marc Dibeh
Located in Geneve, CH
Y lamp - suspension lamp by Marc Dibeh 2015 Materials: Brass, black painted steel, carrara marble Dimensions: W20 x H40 x D7 cm All our lamps can be wired according to each co...
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2010s Lebanese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Carrara Marble, Brass, Steel

Brass Pendant by Carl Thore for Granhaga
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pendant lamp designed by Carl Thore for Granhaga Metallindustri. Made of anodized brass with a bright orange painted interior that enhances light reflection. Very good vintage condit...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Cuore N.3 Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro. Satin Brass and Sand White
Located in New York, NY
The Cuore collection was conceived with the goal of creating fixtures that are unexpected yet clean and harmoniously balanced. This is highlighted by the organically styled shades sp...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Alabaster, Brass

21st Century Sinuosa Nickel Chandelier and White Shades by Patrizia Garganti
Located in Sesto Fiorentino, IT
A series of metallic bending ramifications that unravel in space, starting from a branching point. A vibrating structure that sustains a carousel of delicate lampshades. A lamp which...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Nickel

Lladro Niagara 1.10m Chandelier by Bodo Sperlein
Located in New York City, NY
Chandelier with handmade fairies in matte white porcelain and gold lustre cascading 1.1 metres over a fibre optic with subtle highlights. Designed by Bodo ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Porcelain

Atelier Borsani Varedo big chandelier from the 1940s
Located in Vigevano, PV
Important chandelier from the 1940s produced by Arredamenti Borsani Varedo Lacquered wood, gilded carved wood with gold leaf, brass, cut crystal.
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1940s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

“Canele” Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Contemporary Murano glass “canele” chandelier with multiple frosted glass tubes and a chrome structure. This piece has been newly wired to US standards. The current height from th...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Chrome

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Find a broad range of unique Modern chandeliers and pendants for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chandeliers and pendants created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern chandeliers and pendants made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chandeliers and pendants, popular names associated with this style include Vistosi, DOOQ, Flos, and Artemide. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chandeliers and pendants differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2 and tops out at $318,780 while the average work can sell for $3,426.

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