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Period: 18th Century
French Candelabrum Black Crystal Antique Chandelier Ceiling Lustre Art Nouveau
Located in Berlin, DE
**Restored Vintage Chandelier - Preserving History with Care in Berlin**
This vintage chandelier has been thoughtfully restored in Berlin, capturing the essence of its historical ch...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Wire
Genoese Chandelier, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Eight-armed chandelier with glass prismatic hangings and gold-patinated and carved wooden shaft. Individual glass stones are blue in color. The chandelier was electrified.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Wood
Italian Genovese Chandelier, Gilded Wood, Wrought Iron, and Crystal
Located in Charleston, SC
This elegant eighteenth century Rococo Genovese Chandelier is constructed of a hand-carved giltwood center stem, crowned with a six beaded crystal floral corona. The chandelier arms ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Iron
Set of Four E. F. Caldwell Silver-Plated Bronze Georgian Style Sconces
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This set of four silver sconces by Caldwell feature classic early Georgian style details, including acanthus leaves and floral rosettes.
Category
American George II Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Bronze
An Italian 18th century Neo-classical st. iron chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant Italian 18th century Neo-Classical st. patinated off white, Mecca and Iron chandelier. The two tiered sixteen arm chandelier has a montgolfière shape. The lower patinated ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Iron
Antique Italian Venetian Rococo Carved Painted Gilt Wood 3-Light Hall Lantern
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive antique Italian Venetian Rococo carved painted parcel gilt wooden hall lantern.
Hand carved in the Veneto region (Venice) of Northeast Italy in the 18th / possibly early 19th century, exceptionally executed in the highly ornate, whimsy, light, airy, dramatic splendor that is period late Baroque Rococo style, lavishly ornamented and elaborately sculpted, featuring a large triangular sculptural form enclosing later electrified three faux candle lights, showcasing the original pale pastel green ground adorned with whimsy hand painted polychrome flower motif and ornate giltwood carvings, with beautifully aged patina over the whole. circa 1740-1810
This very large lantern probably graced a sweeping hall or palatial entry of a Venetian aristocratic palazzo decorated with frescoed walls and ceilings, marble floors, surrounded by opulent artwork.
Importance / History:
For many centuries, the control of artificial light was an important status symbol for people living in most cultures and was an instantly understood sign of wealth and power. Beginning in the early 17th century, grand lanterns such as this were first created and hung in the entrance halls, foyers and/or vestibules of important mansions and manor houses of the aristocratic and affluent classes of Italy, France and Spain.
Up until the early 20th century, the entrance hall was considered to be one of the most important spaces in any house. The main reason was that was the most public space in a house, and prior to phones or email, the space into which guests were admitted. Many, such as business people or important tradesmen, seldom went any further into the house. Therefore, that important entryway was designed and decorated with the intent of making the best impression on anyone who might enter it and to ensure they had the highest opinion of the residents of that house.
Dimensions: (approx)
32" Tall, 16.75" Wide, 16.75" Deep
Condition:
Very good antique condition with highly desirable original warm rustic distressed chippy paint patina. Modern lighting and wiring. Lots of antique character and old world European charm, wear consistent with age and use, including scattered minor nicks, losses and exposed gesso adding to the sophisticated whimsical elegance, warmth, and rich antique opulence!
Similar to a chandelier / hanging ceiling lamp / monumental pendant light...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Gilt-bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
this elegant period candle and electric chandelier from Austria's Leopold II reign, the graduated gilt-bronze hexagonal frame with neoclassical relief and filigree decoration adorned...
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Italian, Neoclassical, Montgolfier, Chandelier, Glass, 8 lights, 1780 - 1820
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Wonderful and rare Italian chandelier in the "Montgolfière" - Hot Air Balloon - style dating from the end of the 18th – beginning of the the 19th century (circa 1780 - 1820).
Built around an exceptional glass column made of a single piece of glass (75 cm) which surmounts and holds a gold leaf gilded cup.
8 solid glass arms illuminate the chandelier.
At the top of the chandelier a crown of almond beads and drops forms the canopy.
The chandelier is then festooned with garlands of almond shaped beads and drops.
Garlands festoon from the top to a circular ring in the middle. The garlands then festoon from the circular ring and are attached to a central piece underneath.
This style is typical of hot air balloon and Regency chandeliers.
At the end of the 18th century, under the reign of Louis XVI, King of France, the Montgolfier brothers invented the Montgolfière.
This invention inspired cabinetmakers and decorators of the 18th and 19th centuries. Hot air balloon chairs...
Category
Italian Regency Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass
18th Century Dragon Wall Lamp with 3 Lights in Silver Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This model is the daring marriage of a light arm with floral inspiration, typical of the first XVIIIth century and the Louis XV style and a dragon of Asian inspiration.
It is compos...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier 18th Century Great Beauty
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of elegant and finely carved gilt-wood central base with 8 "S" scrolled gilt bronze arms decorated with hundreds of precious crystal drops creating garlands joined by different ...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
18th Century French Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 18th-century French table lamp is a masterful example of Louis XVI-era craftsmanship, originally crafted as a candlestick and later converted into a lamp. Made from ha...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century, Wood Sicilian Torchere Transformed into Floor Lamp
Located in Catania, Sicilia
An antique torchere hand-crafted in Sicily in 18th century transformed in a particular floor lamp. Dimensions of the torchere without lampshade are c...
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Sicilian Louis XV Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair Of Italian Appliques 1700 Large Curved Arms Copper and Silver Plated
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of monumental Italian candle holder arms made in the early 1700s of embossed copper with plant motifs and applied to a frame carved of poplar wood and silvered on the edge side ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Copper
Pair Table Lamps Antique Venetian Carved Wood Urns Gilt Green / Shades & Finial
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair table lamps antique Venetian carved wood urns gilt green / shades & finial . Elegant and rare Italian pair 18th century carved wood silvered and polychrome Venetian urns...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Metal, Silver Leaf
Sputnik chandelier 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Santa Margherita Ligure, IT
Prominent 12-arm Sputnik chandelier made of red lacquered metal, brass, and white blown glass.
Designed and produced in Italy in the 1950s, in the style of Stilnovo
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Pair of Louis XV Ormolu Five-Light Wall Lights in the Style of Caffieri
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each sconce of asymmetrical rocaille design with foliate-cast backplate issuing five foliate S and C- scrolling candle arms mounted throughout with stylized leaf-tip motifs. Drilled ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Large Louis XIV Period Baroque Italian Carved Giltwood Wall Sconce
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Louis XIV Baroque Italian carved giltwood wall sconce
Large early 18th century Italian hand carved and gilded 6-light wa...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Fine Candle Purple Crystal Chandelier Antique Ceiling Lustre Pendant Lighting
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Purple Crystal Chandelier - Antique Ceiling Pendant Lighting
Introducing an exquisite candle-style purple crystal chandelier that r...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Wire
Monumental Pair of Italian 18th Century torchère in Painted and Giltwood
Located in Atlanta, GA
A truly exquisite pair of 18th century Northern Italian torchère in painted and giltwood. The shades are pierced metal and polychromed. They are lined in a white silk.
Category
Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Wood
Set of Four Louis XVI Style Mirrored Back Bronze and Amethyst Crystal Sconces
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This set of four sconces, having mirrored pendalogue backplates issuing gilt bronze arms and bobesches
feature pale amethyst and clear cut crystal drops.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Large Pair of Octagonal Shaped Imari 18th Century Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of magnificent large scale 18th century Imari vases of impressive proportions. The octagonal shaped vases wonderfully decorated throughout in the Imari palette of predominantl...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tall giltwood church torchère with deep foliate carvings, Italy late 18th century. This piece is finely hand carved in precise detail with deep foliate carvings decorated with acanth...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Pair of 18th Century Giltwood Lamps
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A pair of carved giltwood lamps with an elegant, timeworn patina. The bases feature intricate detailing with scrolling acanthus leaves and classical motifs, inspired by traditional E...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Japanese Imari 18th Century Antique Porcelain Octagonal Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A particularly fine large early 18th century Japanese Imari octagonal vase, decorated in the typical Imari palette of blues and iron reds with gilt highlights on a white background, ...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Fine 18th Century French Louis XVI Style Fire-Gilded Bronze Electried Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A fine, large Louis XVI style fire-gilded chandelier, France, late 18th century. This wonderful piece is finely elaborate in precise detail decorated with elegant foliate, flowers an...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Bronze
18th-Century French Louis XVI Painted and Giltwood Altar Candlestick Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
This French Louis XVI-style table lamp is crafted from an 18th-century altar candlestick, repurposed into a striking lighting piece. The hand-carved wood base features a triform desi...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Decorative Carved Wood Element on a Marble Base. Italian work. 18th Century
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This decorative that can be mounted into a lamp is made of a patinated carved wood element on a Carrara marble base. This is an Italian work. 18th Century
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th-Century French Carved Wood Rooster-Form Table Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique pair of 18th-century French lamps features a design inspired by traditional decorative urns or cornucopias, often seen in classical French decor. Each lamp has a sculptur...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Wood
Maison Charles Orchidee Table Lamp
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The Orchidee Lamp was made by Maison Charles in its atelier in Paris in the 70's. the lamp is referenced in the catalogue, model 2155. It is signed and made in bronze. The shade is ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Brass
A Pair of Fine French Art Deco White and Pink Glass Wall Lights by Jean Perzel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of fine French Art Deco round sconces with enameled and frosted glass shades mounted on a re-polished bronze base.
Model created in 1926
Category
French Art Deco Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Exquisite Pair of Georgian Sconces in the Adam Style, Attributed to Wm. Parker
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This fabulous pair of ormolu mounted cut crystal twin arm sconces are attributed to William Parker.
In the Adam taste these sconces feature Neo-Classical motifs, including hand chas...
Category
English Adam Style Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
18th Century Italian Gilt Brass and Crystal Chandeliers
Located in Dallas, TX
Exceptional 18th century Italian gilt brass and crystal chandeliers. Featuring glistening crystals on a beautiful brass base. These are sure to...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
A German Neoclassical Silver And Gilt Bronze Twelve Light Crystal Chandelier
By Werner & Mieth
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An elegant gilt bronze chandelier with drop hung corona interlaced with faceted beads, supporting six ormolu tassels suspended on diamond chain drops. The main ornate frame, mounted ...
Category
German Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Japanese Imari Blue and Red 18th Century Antique Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A very fine and rare pair of early 18th century Japanese Imari baluster vases, decorated in the typical Imari palette of tones of blues and iron reds with gilded highlights on a pred...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 18th Century Gilt Wood and Gesso Girandoles
Located in Hastings, GB
Italian Gilt Gesso over carved wood Lion Paw Girandoles, 18th century mirrored frames with later light fittings, each with a triple lamp ho...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Wood, Gesso
Rococo Crystal Chandelier, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This beautiful chandelier boasts a Florentine Rococo style and is handmade in Florence, Italy circa 1950. The gilded iron frame is adorned with an array of crystals, which exude a so...
Category
Rococo Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Wrought Iron
George III Giltwood Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
Pair of George III giltwood wall lights, c.1760, of elaborate asymmetric form, the frames composed of scrolled acanthus leaves, with old oil-gilt surface. Suitable for use with candl...
Category
British Rococo Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Original Maria Theresien Rococo Chandelier, Leaf Gilded, Newly Restored
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Unelectrified carved chandelier, leaf-gilded on poliment-ground, 8-flames. Newly restored. This is a original item of the time of Maria Theresia and Mozart
Can be electrified on dem...
Category
Austrian Rococo Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Gold Plate
18th Century Italian Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Rome, IT
The elegant and finely carved giltwood central base with 18 "S" scrolled gilt bronze arms decorated with hundreds of precious crystal drops creating garlands joined by different leve...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
Pair of 18th Century French Carved Wooden Capitals Mounted as Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally Composite order column capitals, these French architecturals have been repurposed into a pair of desk or table lamps. Wonderfully hand-carved during late 1700s, the wooden capitals feature Neoclassical elements of the Composite order: volutes with egg-and-dart (of the Ionic order) above acanthus leaf caulicoles (Corinthian order...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Metal, Iron
Japanese Imari Early 18th Century Pair of Table Lamps with Gilt Metal Mounts
Located in London, GB
A superb pair of early 18th century Japanese Imari vases, decorated in the typical palette of tones of blues, iron reds and gilded highlights on a predominantly white background. The...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used d...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Gold Leaf, Metal
18th/Early 19th Century Islamic Blown Glass Mosque Oil Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique, circa 1785, Middle Eastern hand painted and blown glass Mosque lamp, 18th / early 19th century, the stunning blue glass mosque oil lamp having a large flared rim, o...
Category
Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass, Paint
18th Century Italian Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very fine 18th century Italian large scale chandelier in giltwood, gilt metal and color and clear crystals from Genoa. The chandelier has 8 lights...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Late 18th C. Pair of French Brass Repoussé Wall Sconces, 35.25" Tall
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French pair of brass repoussé single-light wall sconces from the late 18th century. This antique pair of wall decorations from France, Circa ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Procession Scene Design Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese table lamp made from an 18th century porcelain vase mounted with wood and brass hardware as a lamp, a multi-colored famille rose and genre scene depicting a processio...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large Pair of Japanese Imari Early 18th Century Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of superb early 18th century Edo period Japanese Imari baluster vases, now mounted as lamps with hand gilded turned bases.
Height of vases: 17 3/8 in (44 cm) including giltwo...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Fine Ten-Light Cut Glass Antique Chandelier by Perry & Co
By Perry & Co
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine ten-light cut-glass chandelier by Perry & Co the main baluster stem with large top canopy and drop hung stem pans cascading to ten rope twist candle...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
18th Century Italian Speckled Gold and Silver Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Set of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian hand-carved speckled gold and silver leaf tassel ornaments.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used during feast days. These tassels were commonly used to adorn 18th and 19th century French and Italian chandeliers...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Italien Baroque Period Torchière Floor Lamp
Located in Kastrup, DK
A decorative Italian 18th century Baroque period floor-standing torchière lamp.
Wood carved rich in details and painted in green, giltwood an...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of E.F. Caldwell Gilt Bronze Early Georgian Style Sconces
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This handsome pair of Old English style Caldwell sconces are finely detailed, and have a mellow gilt finish. Originally from the library of "Goodwood", the Sewickley PA home of H.J. ...
Category
American George I Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Bronze
18th Chaine Chandelier in Golden Iron of 12 Lights with Porcelain Pendants
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This chandelier is an original variation of the chain models that could be found in the eighteenth century, like the one with the torch, from the Louis XVI period, at the Palace of V...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Extendable Wall Lamp By Franco Mirenzi for Valenti 1970'S
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Extendable wall lamp in chrome-plated metal, painted iron with perspex diffuser designed by Franco Mirenzi and produced by Valenti, 1970s.
Max. le...
Category
Italian Modern Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Metal, Iron
Dutch Pair of Brass Three-Candle Wall Sconces, Turn of the 18th & 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Dutch pair of brass three-candle wall sconces from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This antique pair of wall decorations from the Netherlands have been created in brass with an ornate decor...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of 18th Century English Giltwood Chinoiserie Mirrors with Candleholders
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of antique 18th century George II chinoiserie English carved giltwood mirrors with candleholders. These magnificently hand-carved giltwood mirrors are meticulously detailed and adorned with acanthus leaves flourishing throughout the frame with flowers and vines blossoming all around. On each mirror has a double arm gilt metal candleholder held up by acanthus vines growing upwards out of the plane of the mirrors, the primary wood is pine. From an Important and old NYC...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Multi-Colored Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese table lamp made from an 18th century porcelain vase mounted with wood and brass hardware as a lamp, with a famille rose intr...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Brass
Antique Russian Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exquisite and superbly detailed gilt bronze and crystal chandelier for candles, can be electrified.
Category
Russian Empire Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair Of Samson Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Baluster form finely painted in the Chinese style. Bronze bases. Two light sockets.
From the A.B Dick Estate. Bellevue Avenue, Newport. Converted from vases to lamps.
Category
French Chinese Export Antique 18th Century Lighting
Materials
Brass
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