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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 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.
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Style: Modern
Period: Mid-20th Century
Set of 2 ceiling lamps Italian manufacture 1970s
By Stilnovo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The set of two Italian-made ceiling lights from the 1970s represents excellence in Italian design and craftsmanship of that era. . Their clean, geometric shape blends harmoniously in...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Pair of Art Moderne Ten Light Gilt Metal Chandeliers Gold Filament Circa 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
All Original Pair of Circa 1940's Art Moderne 10 Light Chandeliers. Ten sided gilt metal bodies with transparent gold plastic panels. Ten candelabra base light sockets on the interio...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Bakalowits & Söhne 1960s Crystal Chandelier
Located in Fairfax, VA
Sparkling like white large diamond 1960 crystal chandelier with nickel on bronze frame.
Sixteen lights, 60 watts max each.
Professionally rewired and ready for installation.
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1960s Austrian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Nickel
Mod. Atomic Suspension Lamp Designed By Robert Haussmann, Italy 1969
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Suspension lamp mod Atomic designed by Robert Haussmann and produced by Swiss. Structure made of anodized aluminum and plastic connectors. Italy 1969
Every item LA Studio offers is ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
“Big Delta” chandelier by Sergio Mazza for Artemide
By Sergio Mazza, Artemide
Located in Milano, IT
Lampada a sospensione "Delta Grande" , disegnata da Sergio Mazza per Artemide negli anni '60 circa. Menzione d'onore al "compasso d'oro" 1960!
Realizzata in ottone nichelato e vetro ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Large, Five Arm, Heron Lamp from J.T. Kalmar, 1930's
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, Austria
A rare J. T. Kalmar Heron suspension chandelier ( model 3639 ) from the 1930's.
The brass frame has a sculptured form that supports five conical shades, t...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Max Ingrand Dahlia Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand Dahlia chandelier. Polished & nickeled brass, curved glass. 16 Arms, each ending with a candelabra socket. Glass petals alternate betwee...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Achille Castiglioni & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Viscontea, Pendant Light Flos
Located in Paris, FR
Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002) & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913-1968)
Viscontea
A resin and metal pendant light, the internal metal frame covered
with a sprayed resin coated shad...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Orange Murano Glass Pendant Light by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, 1960
Located in Rijssen, NL
A beautiful and unique orange and white glass pendant light, made in the 1960s by Massimo Vignelli for Venini.
The lampshade is made of orange and white opaline glass with an inner w...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Lampadario attribuito a Sciolari
Located in Lugo, IT
Lampadario in vetro e struttura in alluminio attribuito a una produzione Sciolari
Buone condizioni
Grazie
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Emil Stejnar for Rupert Nikoll. Colossal chandelier for 16 bulbs.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Emil Stejnar for Rupert Nikoll.
Colossal chandelier for 16 bulbs, brass and burgundy plastic flower buds.
Mid-20th century.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: H 120 cm with suspens...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Peter Church style sandblasted glass chandelier
Located in Lugo, IT
Suspension lamp in sandblasted glass and brass, in the style of Pietro Chiesa.
The cup has not been polished.
Good conditions.
Thank you
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1930s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Art Glass
Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Bilobo, Pendant Light, Flos, 1964
Located in Paris, FR
Afra & Tobia Scarpa (1935-2011 & 1935-)
« Bilobo »
An aluminum and blown glass pendant light, the double spherical glass shade with metallized and frosted finish, with inclusion of...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Sergio Mazza ‘Pi Cavo’ pendants for Artemide, Italy 1962
By Sergio Mazza
Located in London, GB
Sergio Mazza’s ‘Pi Cavo’ lights, designed for Artemide, are part of a range of lighting designs named after letters in the Greek alphabet including Delta, Gamma, Kappa, and Tau. They...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Ceramic pendant by Roger Capron, France, 1960's
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic pendant by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France, 1960's
Signed
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1960s French Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Ceramic
Lampadario attribuito a Sciolari
Located in Lugo, IT
Lampadario in vetro e struttura in allumino attribuito a una produzione di Sciolari
In vendita la coppia di applique della stessa produzione.
Piccolo segno in un vetro come da foto m...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of pendant lamps attributed to Stilnovo
Located in Lugo, IT
Pair of glass lamps attributed to a Stilnovo production.
The height is not equal.
Good conditions.
Thank you
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Swedish Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Deco Chandelier of pewter and fabric - decorated with tassels and stars. Designed by an unknown creator.
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1930s Swedish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Pewter
Eight-Arm Patinated Brass Chandelier by Guglielmo Ulrich, Italy, c. 1950
Located in New York City, NY
Elegant, beautifully patinated eight-arm chandelier by Guglielmo Ulrich.
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1940s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Pia Guidetti Crippa Modernist Pendant Light for Lumi , Italy 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Pia Guidetti Crippa Modernist Pendant Light for Lumi.
It features an illuminated faceted clear glass bottom
with additional illuminated frosted glass top , and brushed aluminum det...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Petite Murano Caged Glass Pendant Light, 1960s Italy vintage
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous petite Pendant in bubble-wrapped Murano glass with cage. The glass is hand-blown with an clear tint and was created by a murano manufacturer during the 1960s in Italy.
This...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Lamp Lampara Roberto Menghi, FontanaArte, 1960
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Roberto Menghi's Lampara lamp, produced by FontanaArte in 1960, is a timeless icon of Italian design. Featuring clean, minimalist lines, this table lamp embodies the elegance and sim...
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1960s Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Teardrop Pendant #2259 by Max Ingrand
Located in New York, NY
Teardrop Pendant Model # 2259 by Max Ingrand
and manufactured by Fontana Arte.
Clear and frosted glass with patinated brass hardware.
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Louis Poulsen PH-5 Lamp
Located in Princeton Junction, NJ
Louis Poulsen PH-5 Lamp
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Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Lampe Kartell KD6 4006 blanche par Achille Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Italy 1950
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Très rare sur le marché , suspension de taille XXL 62 cm de diamètre, conçue par les designers de renommée mondiale, Achille et Pier Castiglioni et Fabrique par Kartell dans les anné...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Acrylic
Roberto Menghi Lamps, FontanaArte, 1960
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Roberto Menghi's Lampara lamp, produced by FontanaArte in 1960, is a timeless icon of Italian design. Featuring clean, minimalist lines, this table lamp embodies the elegance and sim...
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1960s Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
A Danish Pendant By Voss Of Fredeicia In Brass With Glass Shades
By Voss
Located in Søborg, DK
A 5 arm modernist pendant by Voss of Fredericia from the 1930s.
Beautifully designed and made in brass with glass shades.
This pendant has no serious issues but of course it has age related wear and patina which simply just adds to its beauty.
All the wiring has been renewed and the pendant has been grounded.
Responsible worldwide shipping available.
Voss was founded on 6 November 1878 by Colonel Ernst von Voss...
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1930s Danish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
1967 Jacobsen for Ikea Vintage Pendant Lamp, 1967
Located in IT
Vintage pendant chandelier by Jacobsen for Ikea, 1967. The chandelier consists of 8 pendant lamps.
Made of ABS nylon with delicate petals, it is a rare piece of IKEA design history.
...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nylon
Two Flowerpot hanging lamps by V. Panton for Louis Poulsen, Denmark, design 1968
Located in Greding, DE
Two orange Flowerpot hanging lamps with enameled lampshades made from two interlocking hemispheres. The lamps hang from an orange textile cable. The Flowerpot hanging lamp was design...
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1960s Danish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Decorative Crystal CEILING LAMP Pendant Venetian Hollywood Regency Chandelier
Located in Hampshire, GB
Crystal CEILING LAMP, Pendant Light Long Hollywood Regency Chandelier
There is space for five bulbs with small and large prisms.
Description：
6 A large illumination area can create ...
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1950s English Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Gold, Brass, Bronze, Sheet Metal, Metal
Chandelier by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, 1970s
By Carlo Nason
Located in Rijssen, NL
Chandelier by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, 1970s. The light consists of four 0.5 cm thick glass plates in clear and smoked glass, whi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Italian 3 Tier Round Murano Glass Tronchi Ceiling Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Italian 3 Tier Round Murano Glass Tronchi Ceiling Chandelier
Beautiful Italian three-tiered Tronchi clear glass chandelier. This hanging lamp is composed of blown glass tube...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Triclinio Chandelier Vico Magistretti for Artemide 1961
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Vico Magistretti's Triclinio Chandelier for Artemide, from 1961, is an emblematic work of Italian design. Its bold and innovative structure, composed of curved and sinuous elements, ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Petite Barovier Toso Pendant Light Chandelier Murano Glass Basket, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A petite hand blown Italian Barovier & Toso pendant light with brass fittings. Clear ribbed glass elements. The Fixture requires one European E14 / 110 Volt Candelabra bulb, up to 60...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Pendent Lamp, Model Kiri, from Josef Frank, Austria
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, Austria
A beautiful mid-century chandelier from Josef Frank. This six arm lamp is made of
brass with walnut accents. The combination of the walnut with the brass makes
this piece very subli...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
PAIR OF ITALIAN TALL LAMPS 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF ITALIAN TALL LAMPS 20th Century
in brushed steel.
With lampshade.
Dim. Height: (total) 161 cm.
good conditions
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Mid-20th Century European Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Pendant Light from Josef Frank, 1930's in Brass and Walnut
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, Austria
A beautiful five arm pendant lamp from Josef Frank in brass and walnut.
The wood and brass elements exhibit a lovely patina giving the lamp a visual w...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Red and white metal adjustable chandelier, modern Italian, ca. 1960.
Located in MIlano, IT
Chandelier with curved metal diffuser painted white on the inside and coral red on the outside, with notched brass ferrule that allows a choice of symmetrical or oblique suspension o...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Painted Iron and Crystal Chandelier with Flowers Decorations, 20th C
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A 4 light painted iron and crystal chandelier with flowers decorations, 20th C.
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1930s French Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Decorative Crystal CEILING LAMP Pendant Venetian Hollywood Regency Chandelier
Located in Hampshire, GB
Crystal CEILING LAMP, Pendant Light Long Hollywood Regency Chandelier
There is space for five bulbs with small and large prisms.
Description：
6 A large illumination area can create ...
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1950s English Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Gold, Brass, Bronze, Sheet Metal, Metal
Ceiling Lamp by Noguchi Isamu
Located in Milan, IT
USA, 1960 circa
Akari edition for Steph Simon
Mulberry tree skin frame, paper and bamboo shade
Availability: 1
Literature: similar examples reproduced in: Sam Hunter, "Isamu N...
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1960s American Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bamboo, Paper
Alvise Lamp, Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original Exhibition
Incredible large hanging lamp 'Alvise' (Lighthouse) designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Harvey Guzzini in the 1960s/70s.
Alvise has a large white acrylic sh...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Moon Dome metal pendant lamp, Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce, circa 1980
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Moon Dome is a large metal dome pendant lamp of Italian design. Manufactured by Martinelli Luce, Italy in the 1980s, it has an adjustable ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Plastic
A PAIR of GLASS CEILING FIXTURES by BENT NORDSTED, for FOG&MORUP, Denmark 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant pair of pendant lights, Modernist, Dansk, Scandinavian, Forme-Libre, each luminaire consisting of 2 suspended glass elements nested one inside the other, exterior element ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Austrian Brass Chandelier with five Silk Shades from 1930´s by J.T. Kalmár
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, Austria
Classic Viennoise chandelier from 1930´s.
Very precisely made from brass and bronze elements.
The shades are made new in cream coloured silk using the original frames.
The electric ...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Chandelier, France, 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant pair of brass and glass chandeliers whose shafts are formed by the extensions of six light arms joined together in ringed columns.
The light arms, with their curved lines und...
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1950s French Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Sfera, A Pendant Light, Flos, 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
Afra & Tobia Scarpa (1935-2011 & 1935-)
« Sfera »
An aluminum and blown glass pendant light, the spherical glass shade with metallized and frosted finish, with inclusion of metal p...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Taraxacum lamp, Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, Flos, 1970 circa
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This iconic Cocoon Taraxacum pendant lamp was designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos Italia in the 1960s. It features a steel inner structure with an E27 socket an...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Rubber
"Stalactites" Chandelier by Nanny Still
By Nanny Still
Located in San Francisco, CA
Nanny Still Stalactite chandelier for Dutch Raak with five different stalactites of art glass. Brass hardware.
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1960s Dutch Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century, Mexico, Chandelier from J. T. Kalmar, Design by Jonathan Browning
By Jonathan Browning
Located in Vienna, Austria
The Mexico Chandelier was designed by Jonathan Browning in the 1940's, it gently hangs from the ceiling on 4 cloth covered cords and emits a soft bright light that is elegant and fun...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
1930s Venini Chandelier
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
This late 1930s Venini chandelier has two rings of curved-glass elements suspended from a brass frame. It appears to glow magically from within because the glass elements are infuse...
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1930s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Minimalistic Vintage Murano Balonton Crystal Six Arm Leaf Chandelier By Seguso
Located in Westport, CT
A stunning sleek crystal clear and iridescent blown chandelier with an exquisite center shaft composed of ten spherical mouth blown balls above a tapered stem upholding six outreac...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Murano Glass
Yellow Murano Glass Pendant Light by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, 1960
Located in Rijssen, NL
A beautiful yellow glass pendant light, made in the 1960s by Massimo Vignelli for Venini.
The lampshade is made of yellow opaline glass with an inner white glaze. Real murano glass, ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
1 of 3 Louis Poulsen Wandleuchte Design by Vilhelm Lauritzen, 1960, Dänemark
Located in Saarburg, RP
Louis Poulsen hanging lamp Design by Vilhelm Lauritzen, 1960, Denmark
The pendant lamp by Vilhelm Lauritzen for Louis Poulsen from the 1960...
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1960s German Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Luigi Caccia Dominioni LS10 Boccia Lamp with Milk Glass for Azucena, Italy 1964
Located in London, GB
Luigi Caccia Dominioni, one of the world’s oldest practicing architects until he died in 2016 aged 103, was according to Pin Up magazine – “the architect’s architect”. Visible in eve...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Three-Armed Pendant by Mauri Almari for Idman
By Mauri Almari
Located in San Francisco, CA
Three shiny brass model 'K2-48' shades, held together by a three-armed brass canopy. Designed by Mauri Almari for Idman, Finland, 1950s. The total drop can be adjusted to your requir...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
A model K2-16 pendant lamp by Paavo Tynell for Idman
By Paavo Tynell
Located in San Francisco, CA
A model K2-16 pendant lamp by Paavo Tynell for Idman. The lamp has an opaline glass cylinder diffuser with an elegant copper shade with twin dot perforations. The lamp is marked by I...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Copper
Pendant Lamp by Jorn Utzon
By Bjorn Utzon
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pendant lamp in anodized brass, painted with a bright orange on the inside. Very good vintage condition. Original wiring.
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1950s Danish Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Modern chandeliers and pendants for sale on 1stDibs.
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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