$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Originally made for gas, this antique gasolier creates a striking visual presence with the simple-yet-elegant designs cut into the bronze.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
Antique Chandelier. Gasolier light fixture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gilt bronze gasolier converted to electricity, having two Necolassical etched globes
Crystal, Ormolu
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
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
Gilt Bronze & Crystal Gasolier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine & Elegant Gilt Bronze & Crystal Gasolier, originally for candles, now electrified.
Crystal, Bronze
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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.
$38,000
American Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
American gilt bronze and crystal eighteen light gasolier with floral and shell motif.
$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.
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.
Bronze
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 Originally made in France with 36 lights.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
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
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
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
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
19th c. American Cut Crystal and Gilt Bronze 6 Light Gasolier/Chandelier
Located in Great Barrington, MA
The bronze support has beautiful detailed leaves surrounding the ceiling cap.
Ormolu
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
$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
Neoclassical French Bronze Gas Lantern / Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
This Neoclassical French Bronze Gasolier Lantern is made of solid cast bronze chased with fine bronze casting still retaining the original geometric beveled glass panels.
Bronze
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 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
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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
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
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
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
Mid-19th Century Electrified Gasolier Chandelier
Located in Stockport, GB
This electrified gasolier chandelier originates from the mid-19th century.
Bronze, Copper
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
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
American Bronze Gasolier
Located in Charleston, SC
American bronze fifteen arm gasolier with original keys. Has been converted to electricity.
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
Sparse but highly decorative the basic glass shape is enlivened with bronze athenaeum and ring spacers with solid glass balls hung from bronze bead chain
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
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H 46 in Dm 42 in
American Gilt Bronze Figural Six Arm Gasolier. Cornelius & Baker, Phila, C. 1840
By Cornelius & Baker
Located in Charleston, SC
American Rococo gilt bronze figural and foliage six-light gasolier with scrolled arms, original gas cock keys, six frosted floral crosshatched globes, mounted palm fronds, and center...
Bronze, Wire
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.
A Very Fine English Crystal Gasolier
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Exquisite Gasolier Chandelier, now electrified. Four original etched crystal shades. England circa 1800. Dimensions: Height 41" Diameter 35" including shades.
Crystal, 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
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
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.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.