American Gasolier
$38,000
American Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
American gilt bronze and crystal eighteen light gasolier with floral and shell motif. Has been converted to electricity.
$38,000
American Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
American gilt bronze and crystal eighteen light gasolier with floral and shell motif. Has been converted to electricity.
Arts & Crafts Holophane Gasolier
By Holophane
Located in Tarporley, GB
#3760 Antique Arts & Crafts Holophane gasolier. English 1910. Elegantly decorative & perfectly proportioned gasolier with rare hexagonal Holophane prismatic shade.
Brass, Copper
Gilt Bronze & Crystal Gasolier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine & Elegant Gilt Bronze & Crystal Gasolier, originally for candles, now electrified.
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Chandelier. Gasolier light fixture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gilt bronze gasolier converted to electricity, having two Necolassical etched globes
Crystal, Ormolu
$3,000 / set
Pair of Crystal Gasolier Wall Sconces
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of crystal gasolier wall sconces. France, circa 1870 Dimensions: Height 11 1/2" width 7 1/2" depth(projection) 15" CW3953.
Crystal
French Gilt Bronze and Painted Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
French gilt bronze and painted four light chandelier with original chain and canopy. Originally gas and has been converted to electricity. Dealers please call for trade price.
Early 20th Century Edwardian Four Branch Brass Gasolier
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 20th century Edwardian four branch brass gasolier with central brass column and acanthus leaf scrolls.
Brass
$22,500Sale Price|25% Off
French 19th Century Antique Bronze Gasolier with Alabaster Bowl
Located in New Orleans, LA
Originally made for gas, this antique gasolier creates a striking visual presence with the simple-yet-elegant designs cut into the bronze.
Alabaster, Bronze
Orientalist Brass Gasolier Lantern with Stained Glass, France, 1880
Located in Montreal, QC
This fixture is very much in the Moorish taste, orientalism, a romantic view of the Levant, was expressed in paintings furniture and in this case lighting. Often such a lamp was used...
Brass
Large beautiful Gasolier bronze & Rock Crystal French chandelier with 36 light
Located in London, GB
Large beautiful regency Gasolier made from gilt bronze and Rock Crystal. Originally made in France with 36 lights.
Rock Crystal, Bronze
$4,985Sale Price|22% Off
Whimsical French Belle Époque Gilt Bronze Cherub Gasolier Pendant Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine whimsical French Belle Époque gilt and ebonized bronze cherub four-light gasolier pendant chandelier. The scrolled acanthus gilt-bronze frame, with its original gas key-valves...
Bronze
$4,985Sale Price|22% Off
Whimsical French Belle Époque Gilt Bronze Cherub Gasolier Pendant Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine whimsical French Belle Époque gilt and ebonized bronze cherub four-light gasolier pendant chandelier. The scrolled acanthus gilt-bronze frame, with its original gas key-valves...
Bronze
Bronze & Crystal Louis XV Gasolier Chandelier, French Late 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Louis XV bronze chandelier is draped with beautifully cut crystal plaquettes and crystal stars as well as a crystal bowl at top and bottom. The French antique piece dates back t...
Crystal, Bronze
Edwardian Antique Copper Brass Holophane Glass Gasolier Ceiling Light. c.1900
Located in London, GB
An incredible early 20th‑century twin‑arm ceiling light. c.1900 Manufactured to a very high quality, originally gas‑fired and later sensitively converted for electricity. The cast‑b...
Brass
French Belle Epoque Empire style Gasolier and Oil Reservoir Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
This most unusual fixture was once gas and oil and has been subsequently electrified. It has a pair of globe shades mounted on oil reservoirs flanking a central light , it also has ...
Bronze, Ormolu
Italian Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Foliage Gasolier w/ Frosted Etched Shades, 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Neoclassical gilt bronze four light gasolier with central rope spiral column, four foliage scrolled arms with cock keys, and retains the original four frosted etched foliage ...
Bronze
Victorian Eight-Light Tent and Waterfall Gasolier by F&C Osler
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine eight-light gasolier of tent and waterfall design by F&C Osler with graduating drop hung dishes cascading to a rule drop tent, this draped to the main ring issuing eight decor...
Cut Glass
19th Century Large French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Eight Branch Rewired Gasolier
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare 19th Century French rewired gilt bronze and crystal eight branch gasolier of grand proportions and exceptional quality.
Crystal, Bronze
19th c. American Cut Crystal and Gilt Bronze 6 Light Gasolier/Chandelier
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This incredible American Gasolier is cut crystal with four graduated tiers of prisms encircling the central post and 6 lights with original frosted glass shades.
Ormolu
Bronze D’ore Chandelier / Gasolier with Fleur De Lis Keys, French 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This fantastic Rococo-style chandelier features finely chiseled bronze d’ore. The piece was originally made for gas and uniquely sports horizontal fleur de lis key at the base of eac...
Gold, Bronze
French Victorian Gilt Brass 12-Light Chandelier, Unusual "Green Man" Face Motif
Located in Madrid, ES
This French gilt brass 12-light chandelier seems to take its overall structure from the gas chandeliers (gasoliers) of the 1850s and 1860s, but having no gas cocks or external wiring...
Brass
19th Century English Gothic Lantern In The Manner Of Pugin
By Edward Welby Pugin
Located in Kent, Dover
The gilt bronze elements include four tympanums containing and dragon and coronet, and four leopards, which suggest it was commissioned for either an Ecclesiastical place or a family...
Bronze, Iron, Lead
19th Century Belle Epoque Gilt Bronze Sconces, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large pair 19th century Belle Epoque gilt bronze gasolier sconces. Gilt bronze wall sconces, center female masque, raised foliate decoration, two arms, crystal drops and prisms.
Bronze
English 19th Century, Twelve Light Cut Glass Chandelier
Located in Kent, Dover
An English XIX Century twelve branch cut glass chandelier. Formerly a gasolier, of fine quality. Hung throughout with cut glass prisms, buttons, swags and pendants, with a large cano...
Bronze
Exquisite F. & C. Osler Style 12-Light Cut-Glass Chandelier
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Norwood, NJ
A superb example in the style of late-19th-century English glassmaking, this 12-light gasolier attributed to F. & C. Osler showcases the refined workmanship and elegant proportio...
Crystal
Fine English Edwardian Cut-Glass Chandelier
Located in Kent, Dover
An English Edwardian twelve-branch cut-glass chandelier. Formerly a gasolier, of fine quality.
Cut Glass
Pair of Late 19th Century Brass Scroll Arm Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
A pair of late 19th century brass scroll arm gasolier wall lights. Converted from gas to electricity. re-wired and tested.
Brass
Pair of Tiffany Studios Style Two-Light Bronze Theatre Sconces, Circa 1900
By Tiffany Studios
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The compact but substantial design reflects the needs of the early electrified theatre and public interior, where wall-mounted fixtures replaced or adapted existing gasoliers to acco...
Bronze
Chinese Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Rare 19th century Victorian Chinese gilt bronze gasolier with a bamboo motif. Impressive nine-light chandelier created with a large center urn with foliate design that is capped with...
Bronze
Bohemian Antique Belle Epoque Style Cut-Glass Four-Tiered Chandelier
Located in London, GB
This stunning antique Bohemian gasolier chandelier is crafted in the elegant Belle Époque style.
Cut Glass
$11,520Sale Price|20% Off
Late 19th Century Gothic Bronze Chandelier, Eight-Light, Handcrafted
Located in Montreal, QC
This late 19th century Gothic style patinated bronze chandelier was once a gasolier,. It has eight arms, four flowing down from the foliate decorated crown .
Bronze
Antique Porcelain Hand-Painted Urn Table Lamp, Victorian Decor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
City Knickerbocker was founded in 1906 by Russian immigrant Adolph Liroff, who began his career by converting gasoliers and sconces to electric lamps and fabricating custom lighting ...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Three Light Gasolier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
An elegant gasolier with rather sleek lines for the era. This is made of a red brass with patinated bronze tubing.
Bronze
1890's electrified Gasolier
Located in Austin, TX
1890's, four light gasolier with original Porcelain center body, original 17" Glass shade with an adjustable gallery 6" Fitter and a 7" Diameter Porcelain Enameled Smoke Deflector.
Brass, Steel
3 Light Eastlake Gasolier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This is a fine Eastlake style chandelier with rococo influence, and was originally gas. The arms and stem are contrasting black patinated metal and a 23 K gold leaf finish over bron...
Signed F & C Osler Gasolier
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Miami, FL
Signed F & C Osler (Birmingham, 1876-1885) bronze and etched glass gasolier converted to electricity with original basket-form glass shades.
Bronze
Greek Revival Four Arm Gasolier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This gasolier is an excellent example of American Greek Revival, featuring a prominent Greek hero.
Gold Leaf, Metal
Gilt Bronze Four Light Gasolier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This is a four light french chandelier. It features exceptional gilt bronze casting of arrows and horses galloping in four directions. It is accented with cobalt blue and clear c...
Crystal, Ormolu
Three Light Eastlake Style Gasolier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This is an Eastake Style Chandelier, which was originally gas. The polychrome finish has been carefully restored through hand painting with mica paints. Includes glass pictured, an...
Metal
Neoclassical French Bronze Gas Lantern / Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
We have the original gas line and fitter that was taken out of the Gasolier when electrified. The gasolier measures 21.5" Diagonal across the body of the lantern. ...
Bronze
1840s Louis Philippe Style French Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
This mid-19th century French gasolier has exquisite detail. Each arm has a single gas valve.
Bronze
Early Gasolier with Cast Snake Detail
By Cornelius & Co.
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This is an early gasolier in the shape of an oil chandelier with snake details. it is suspended from the canopy by three rods.
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century Electrified Gasolier Chandelier
Located in Stockport, GB
This electrified gasolier chandelier originates from the mid-19th century.
Bronze, Copper
American Brass and Crystal Gasolier, circa 1850
Located in Alexandria, VA
This gas-burning fixture was converted to electricity in the early 20th century. The brass frame is comprised of brass sheets that are punched and pierced plus machined tubing and ar...
Crystal, Brass
6 Arm 19th Century Frosted Crystal Gasolier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
A six arm chandelier, originally gas. An excellent example of 19th century American Victorian crystal. Each arm is capped with scalloped bobeche hung with crystals and the center s...
Crystal
19th Century 6 Arm Frosted Crystal Gasolier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This is a 6 arm victorian frosted crystal chandelier. It was made in the United States, and was originally made for gas. The stem pieces are frosted and cut crystal, with four tier...
Crystal
Mid 19th C Italian Brass and Iron Gasoliers
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian chandeliers featuring curling foliage and three arms holding the lights; all made from brass and iron.
Brass, Iron
Unavailable
H 50 in W 32.5 in D 32.5 in
19th Century Converted Gasolier Chandelier with Glazed Pottery
By Thackara, Sons & Co
Located in Chicago, IL
Highly sought after circa 1880s American Aesthetic Movement six-arm oversized salvaged Chicago chandelier designed and fabricated by Thackara, buck, and sons, Philadelphia, pa. The c...
Brass
Unavailable
H 52 in Dm 32.5 in
19th C. English Regency Waterfall Silver Plate & Crystal Chandelier / Gasolier
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Charleston, SC
This Regal English Regency Waterfall Chandelier / Gasolier is Silver Plate & Crystal with Eight Arms and attributed to F. & C.
Crystal, Silver Plate, Brass
Unavailable
H 60 in Dm 46 in
English Regency style Bronze Doré & Crystal Gasolier / Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Monumental English Regency style Gasolier has bronze doré gas arms with individual gas cocks on each arm.
Crystal, Bronze
Unavailable
H 53 in Dm 38.5 in
Regency Tent-and-Basket Silver Plate & Crystal Chandelier / Gasolier Eight Light
Located in Charleston, SC
Elegant Silver Plate & Crystal Regency Tent-and-Basket Chandelier / Gasolier with Eight crystal arms, made in England in the mid Nineteenth Century.
Crystal, Brass, Silver Plate
Henry Hooper of Boston Five Light Gilt Bronze Grape Vine Gasolier
By Henry N. Hooper & Co.
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This is a rococo revival chandelier with grape vine details. Originally gas, and made by Henry Hooper & Co. of Boston. Originally from the Jamaica Plain summer estate of Dr. Joh...
Bronze
F & C Osler Etched Glass and Bronze Six-Light Chandelier
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Miami, FL
F & C Osler style etched glass six-light gasolier (converted to electricity) chandelier with bronze fittings.
Bronze
19th Century Gilt Bronze Ten Light Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
Gilt bronze ten light chandelier, originally a gasolier later fitted for electricity. After 43 years of business we are retiring.
Bronze
Am. Gas Chandelier by Cornelius & Co. of Philadelphia
By Cornelius & Co.
Located in Long Island, NY
Phila High style mid-19th century American Rococo Revival gas chandelier, by Cornelius & Co of Philadelphia, they were the premier manufacturer of gasoliers in the 19th century. Th...
Brass
Victorian Chandelier 19th Century
Located in Long Island, NY
An important American Gasolier in the Egyptian Revival style, that has never been electrified, with original period acid etched globes, with a central Sandwich glass globe in the Egy...
Metal, Brass
Early Victorian Ormolu Five-Branch Chandelier, Mid-19th Century
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
This piece would have originally been made for gas light and often referred to as a Gasolier. The chandelier with the central stem constructed of three sections.
Bronze, Ormolu
Rare American Gasolier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fine and rare American gasolier now electrified
Crystal
English Crystal Gasolier
Located in Atlanta, GA
English crystal gasolier now electrified with 6 Lights.
Crystal
American Bronze Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
American bronze fifteen arm gasolier with original keys. Has been converted to electricity.
Empire Style Gasolier
Located in Montreal, QC
Empire style gilded and patinated bronze six light converted gasolier, hanging from central acanthus crested crown on three rods, leading to central garlanded body that is topped wit...
Antique 'Gasolier' Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Forged from solid bronze and brass, this impressive chandelier follows the graceful form of the Baroque style. Originally configured to provide open gas flames, it has been converted...
Victorian Gasolier Hall Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
Victorian Aesthetic four paneled leaded glass and brass hall lantern, originally a gasolier; recently fitted for electricity.
Brass
An Edwardian Cut Glass Gasolier
Located in Kent, Dover
An Edwardian cut glass former gasolier.
Napoleon III Empire Bronze Gasolier
Located in Montreal, QC
Napoleon III Empire patinated and gilt bronze four light gasolier, fitted for electricity.
Bronze, Ormolu
Cast Glass and Bronze Gasolier
Located in Hudson, NY
This very unusual gasolier in the aesthetic movement style has been converted to electric lighting.
Bronze
Antique French Bronze Gasolier Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted to a high degree of detail from solid bronze with brass gas pipes, this chandelier used to provide open flames adjustable with the valves that appear as pendant finials at th...
Bronze
A Very Fine English Crystal Gasolier
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Exquisite Gasolier Chandelier, now electrified. Four original etched crystal shades.
Crystal, Bronze
Holophane Gasolier Chandelier, England circa 1910
Located in Culver City, CA
Holophane Gasolier Chandelier England circa 1910 Victorian gas light recently covered to electric.
Glass
Pair of Continental Bronzed-Spelter Gasoliers
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Continental bronzed-spelter gasoliers, each in the form of a soldier wearing heavy plate armor and ridged helmet with ear flaps, holding aloft a torch with a frosted glass ...
Bronze, Spelter
Victorian Crystal Six Arm Gasolier Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
Victorian frosted and clear six light gasolier chandelier later converted to electricity.
Crystal
Antique French 19th Century Gasolier Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Possessing an elegance that can only be found in the finest of the 19th century French bronze gasolier chandeliers, this exceptional example abounds in detail that modern metalsmiths...
Bronze
French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
French gilt bronze and crystal ten light chandelier with bronze scrolled arms, floral motif, and original keys. Originally gas and has been converted.
Antique Sack of Pearls Gasolier Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Wrought in an intricate design from bronze, then fitted with a variety of cut crystals to play with the light, the so-called "sack of pearls" chandelier does not even have to be illu...
French Art Nouveau Gasolier Type Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
This unusual hanging fixture much evokes a fin de Siecle sensibility. The four scrolling arms with flower form frosted shades are on downswept gas tubes now altered for electricity. ...
Bronze
Small French Gasolier Converted for Electricity
Located in New Orleans, LA
This small chandelier was originally made for gas and has been converted for electricity. The chandelier itself is made from bronze and black tole. A winding vine with budding flower...
Bronze, Tin
Edwardian Cut Glass Chandelier, Formerly a Gasolier
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Kent, Dover
A small English cut glass chandelier in cut glass with central stem, generous fluted bowl and pendant drops. Formerly a gasolier.
Very Important Neo-Gothic Gilt Bronze Gasolier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very important Neo-Gothic gilt bronze Gasolier, featuring eight classical robed maidens, originally made for gas now electrified fitted with eight acid etched gas shades.
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Gasolier, Converted to Electric
Located in New Orleans, LA
Made in 19th century France, this gasolier is made from solid bronze. It features a series of highly decorated, golden bronze harps standing on the bronze loop around the stem of the...
Bronze
19th Century Gasolier by F. & C. Osler
By F. & C. Osler
Located in New Orleans, LA
Amongst their other displays were glass busts of celebrity figures, as well as a pair of eight-foot candelabra, now at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, which Queen Victoria presen...
Brass
Napoleon III Bronze and Crystal Waterfall Gasolier
Located in Montreal, QC
Napoleon III period green enamelled bronze and gilt bronze chandelier, the ribbon and mask applied ring suspended by three rods from the palmetto corona, and draped with three gradua...
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Gilt and Painated Bronze Gasolier
Located in Hudson, NY
This American made fixture originally made for gas but now converted to electric lighting is dramatic and exciting. Perfect for period interiors or with other fine antiques in a wide...
Bronze
Bronze Gasolier Modeled with a Central Flambeau Shade
Located in Montreal, QC
This French patinated and gilt bronze gasolier with central flambeau shade is suspended from rope twisted rods with ribbon-tied canopy and three subsiduary candle arms.
Bronze
Pair of American Wrought Iron Gasoliers. Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American wrought iron eight-light circular chandeliers with decorative cut work, pierced bobeches, floral medallions, ball finials, and original canopies. Originally gas powe...
Iron
19th Century Louis XVI Bronze Gasolier Chandelier from Paris
Located in Dallas, TX
This stunning 19th century "Gasolier" originally configured to provide open gas flames on six scrolling cast with acanthus leaves, has now been electrically converted and boasts visu...
Bronze
American Brass Floral Gasolier with Original Frosted Globes, Circa 1860
Located in Charleston, SC
American four-arm gasolier with decorative floral motif, original keys, and the original etched floral frosted globes.
Brass
19th Century French Louis XIV Brass and Bronze Gasolier Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Fashioned in France in late 1800s from bronze and brass, this elegant Gasolier chandelier features gracefully formed arms adorned with acanthus foliates and tipped with fleurs de lys...
Bronze
Sold
H 42 in W 32 in D 16 in
Antique 19th Century Brass "Gasolier" Chandelier with Original Green Glass Shade
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century brass "Gasolier" chandelier with original green glass shade.
Brass
American Bronze and Crystal Gasolier with Original Etched Globes. Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American bronze and crystal twelve light gasolier with original etched globes. Chandelier has been converted to electricity.
$4,543
H 51.19 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Antique French 19th Century Victorian Oil Lamp Chandelier Brass Opaline Hanging
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous & mot impressive! This antique French victorian style chandelier 19th century. The chandelier is made of brass, opaline glass shades, fake opaline glass candles & crystal ...
Crystal, Brass
Italian Art Nouveau Brass and Glass Chandelier
Located in Antwerp, BE
An elegant Italian brass gilt chandelier, in the early 20th century. Diameter:60 cm. Height:90 cm.
Bronze, Brass
$4,802Sale Price|62% Off
H 128 in W 44 in D 44 in
Large, Amazing, Converted Gas to Electric Brass Chandelier
By Adolphe-Louis-Victor Geoffroy
Located in Berkeley, CA
Just about the turn of the last century,, as electric lighting gained in popularity, makers of gas lighting devices added electric lines and sockets to their gas jets. When one didn'...
Brass
$540Sale Price|44% Off
H 31.5 in W 17.5 in D 7.5 in
Victorian L-shape Corner Ceiling Pendant Light w/ Etched Glass Shade
Located in San Francisco, CA
A streamlined, corner ceiling light with an L-shaped, brass stem and a glass bowl shade with an intricately etched flower motif. Made in the late 19th century, this fixture was origi...
Brass
Delicate and Whimsical Six Arm Twisted Pipe Gas Lamp.
Located in Peekskill, NY
The light twisted pipe and additional twisted applied detail give this lamp its unique feel. The spiral finial ends give the lamp a Dr. Suess quality. Each arm has been wired to take...
Brass
Ornate 9 Light Chandelier
Located in Peekskill, NY
This early glass candle chandelier has a nice rich look. Its complete with its milk glass dome and glass tube candles. The finish is untouched and came out of a small 1920s New York ...
Brass
Aluminum, Brass and Glass Chandelier, c1850
Located in valatie, NY
Rare aluminum, brass and glass chandelier, c1850, hand-forged aluminum with brass accents supports two former oil lamps with glass shades. First produced in 1825, aluminum was very d...
Aluminum, Brass
Converted 19th Century Gas Chandelier with Art Glass Shades
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Bronze gas fixture converted to electricity with three candle lights and three art glass shades.
Bronze
$1,750Sale Price|30% Off
H 34 in Dm 26 in
Antique Victorian Coverted Brass Three Arm Glass Oil Lamp Chandelier 34"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian brass three arm chandelier - features an orb shaped base supporting three scrollwork arms leading to a trio of diamond and floral patterned glass oil lamps. Conve...
Brass
Chandeliers — simple in form, inspired by candelabras and originally made of wood or iron — first made an appearance in early churches. For those wealthy enough to afford them for their homes in the medieval period, a chandelier's suspended lights likely exuded imminent danger, as lit candles served as the light source for fixtures of the era. Things have thankfully changed since then, and antique chandeliers and pendant lights are popular in many interiors today.
While gas lighting during the late 18th century represented an upgrade for chandeliers — and gas lamps would long inspire Danish architect and pioneering modernist lighting designer Poul Henningsen — it would eventually be replaced with the familiar electric lighting of today.
The key difference between a pendant light and a chandelier is that a pendant incorporates only a single bulb into its design. Don’t mistake this for simplicity, however. An Art Deco–styled homage to Sputnik from Murano glass artisans Giovanni Dalla Fina, with handcrafted decorative elements supported by a chrome frame, is just one stunning example of the elaborate engineering that can be incorporated into every component of a chandelier. (Note: there is more than one lighting fixture that shares its name with the iconic mid-century-era satellite — see Gino Sarfatti’s design too.)
Chandeliers have evolved over time, but their classic elegance has remained unchanged.
Not only will the right chandelier prove impressive in a given room, but it can also offer a certain sense of practicality. These fixtures can easily illuminate an entire space, while their elevated position prevents them from creating glare or straining one’s eyes.
Certain materials, like glass, can complement naturally lit settings without stealing the show. Brass, on the other hand, can introduce an alluring, warm glow. While LEDs have earned a bad reputation for their perceived harsh bluish lights and a loss of brightness over their life span, the right design choices can help harness their lighting potential and create the perfect mood. A careful approach to lighting can transform your room into a peaceful and cozy nook, ideal for napping, reading or working.
For midsize spaces, a wall light or sconce can pull the room together and get the lighting job done. Perforated steel rings underneath five bands of handspun aluminum support a rich diffusion of light within Alvar Aalto's Beehive pendant light, but if you’re looking to brighten a more modest room, perhaps a minimalist solution is what you’re after. The mid-century modern furniture designer Charlotte Perriand devised her CP-1 wall lamps in the 1960s, in which a repositioning of sheet-metal plates can redirect light as needed.
The versatility and variability of these lighting staples mean that, when it comes to finding something like the perfect chandelier, you’ll never be left hanging. From the natural world-inspired designs of the Art Nouveau era to the classic beauty of Paul Ferrante's fixtures, there is a style for every room.
With designs for pendant lights and chandeliers across eras, colors and materials, you’ll never run out of options to explore on 1stDibs — shop a collection today that includes antique Art Deco chandeliers, Stilnovo chandeliers, Baccarat chandeliers and more.
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