Antique Chandelier. Gasolier light fixture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gilt bronze gasolier converted to electricity, having two Necolassical etched globes
Antique Late 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Chandelier. Gasolier light fixture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gilt bronze gasolier converted to electricity, having two Necolassical etched globes
Crystal, Ormolu
$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.
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 Originally made in France with 36 lights. Arranged in 8 double pairs of lights each held by an angel with ro...
Rock 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
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 c. American Cut Crystal and Gilt Bronze 6 Light Gasolier/Chandelier
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Each shade is also wheel cut and each light is decorated with cut crystal bobeches and wondrous dangling prisms.
Ormolu
$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
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
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
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. It has three lights topped with glass chimneys.
Bronze
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...
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
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
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. The Regency Chandelier has a thre...
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
Holophane Gasolier Wall Light, England, circa 1910
Located in Culver City, CA
Holophane Gasolier wall light England circa 1910 Measures : 5”w x 32”d x 15”h.
Brass
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...
Sold
H 45 in W 32 in D 32 in
Fine 10-Light Brass Gasolier / Chandelier Electrified with 5 Etched Shades
Located in Milford, NH
A fine 10-light two tier brass gasolier / chandelier that has been recently electrified with 5 upper candle lights and 5 lower lights extended on scrolled arms, with ruffled edge etc...
Brass
Sold
H 58 in Dm 32 in
Exceptional Early 20th Century American Crystal Six Light Gasolier or Chandelier
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional form six light gasolier or chandelier, originally fitted for gas with tubes present, electrified, and ornamented with a fountain form of descending layers of crystal p...
Crystal, Bronze
Napoleon III Empire Bronze Gasolier
Located in Montreal, QC
Napoleon III Empire patinated and gilt bronze four light gasolier, fitted for electricity.
Bronze, Ormolu
French "Orientalist" Three-Light Enameled Brass Gasolier with Art Glass Shades
Located in Montreal, QC
This highly unusual gas fixture has been converted to electricity but in every other respect is unchanged. From a central sphere three arms extend, each with charming original gas co...
Brass
Sold
H 79 in W 67 in D 14 in
English Early Victorian Brass and Glass 2-Light Billiards Gasolier, ca. 1860
Located in Atlanta, GA
Formerly an oil burning lamp this billiards fixture is suspended from a long hexagonal down rod incised with Greek key decoration the down rod issuing two shaped arms ending in origi...
Brass
Victorian Crystal Six Arm Gasolier Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
Victorian frosted and clear six light gasolier chandelier later converted to electricity.
Crystal
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.
Sold
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
Ornate Brass and Opaline Glass Gasolier Light, England, circa 1910
Located in Culver City, CA
Elegant brass light with natural patina and original opaline glass globe shades. Originally gas lit and recently converted to electric.
Brass
Sold
H 40.56 in W 37.8 in D 7.88 in
Antique 'Moonstone' Milk Glass Gasolier Ceiling Light Lamp, C.1920
By Jefferson Electric Co.
Located in London, GB
An elegantly formed brass gasolier with pressed moonstone glass shades. c.1920 Beautifully designed former two-branch gasolier, now converted to electric. Central stem mounts dire...
Brass
Antique Chandelier. F & C Osler Gasolier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very fine and rare F & C Osler (of Birmingham England) two-light gasolier, now electrified, of the finest crystal having a bronze frame.
Crystal
Sold
H 29 in W 30 in D 10 in
French Victorian Gasolier Bronze Chandelier or Fixture with Original Shades
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite early 20th century French Victorian Gasolier converted 6-light chandelier. The elegant brass chandelier features 4 candelabra lights with original etched globe shades in...
Bronze
Gasolier Pendant Light
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
A gasolier pendant light. Pressed and enamelled steel with gilt decorations.
5 light, Early 1900, electrified Gasolier
Located in Austin, TX
Five Light, Electrified Gasolier with original Greek Key Design Gas Shades.
Three Light Eastlake Hand Painted Gasolier
Located in Canton, MA
Three Light Eastlake Fixture. Originally Gas, but has been completely restored and rewired. Handpainted with historically accurate mica enamel. Replacement glass. American Dimension...
Metal
Ornate 19th Century 12 Light Gasolier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This chandelier is a stunning bronze fixture ornamented with acanthus leaves and rosettes. It features scroll form arms and pierced spheres on the stem, crowned with a leafy corona. ...
Bronze
Opaline Gasolier
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
A white enamel with opaline bowl gasolier pendant light. Now converted to electric.
English Ram Headed Bronze Six-Light Gasolier
Located in Chester, GB
An English gilded bronze six-light electrically converted antique gasloier, the Acanthus leaf scrolling arms with original ornate gas taps and leaf bobeche drip pans, issuing from a ...
Bronze
12 Light British "Osler" Grand Scale Gasolier Chandelier
Located in Hialeah, FL
64 inch massive "Osler of Birmingham" 12 Light Chandelier. Lead crystal Gasolier Prisms abound and this piece features frosted and cut glass and crystal.
Crystal, Metal
Remarkable three-Light Gasolier with Winged Fairies, circa 1870s
Located in Portland, OR
A rare and remarkable find, this three-light Neo-Grec chandelier is totally original, down to the etched wheel-cut shades, the original gold and bronze gilt finish and, best of all, ...
Polished nickel and brass six light gasolier with tole shades
Located in New York, NY
Polished nickel and brass six light gasolier with tole shades. Each burner has the original fittings and keys.
Nickel, Brass, Tôle
ANTIQUE "F&C OSLER" 5 LIGHT CUT GLASS GASOLIER CHANDELIER
Located in Hialeah, FL
A SPECTACULAR F & C OSLER 5 LIGHT GASOLIER CHANDELIER. A MUSEUM QUALITY EXAMPLE OF THE GLASS ARTISANS CRAFT.
Crystal
Brass and Red Enamel Converted Three-Light Gasolier, circa 1880s
Located in Portland, OR
This Classically-inspired Gasolier (gas-powered Chandelier) still boasts details of its time as a gas light, including the looped gas keys below each exquisitely spiraling arm, which...
Palatial Gilt Bronze and Crystal 24 Light French Grape Gasolier
Located in Chestnut Hill, MA
This is a fine french chandelier from the mid 19th century with grape ornamentation. It features crystal grapes, and cast grape leaves encircling the candle cups, arms, stem, and c...
Crystal, Ormolu
French Bronze Gasolier Antique Hall Lantern
Located in Chester, GB
£1,350 A French cast bronze single light antique gasolier lantern, the single light fitting surrounded by five sectional tapering glass panels and held within an ornately cast he...
Bronze
Nickeled Bronze Wall Lights with Hurricane Shades
Located in New York, NY
Pair of nickeled bronze one light gasolier wall lights with hand blown etched hurricane shades.
6-Light Silvered Bronze & Crystal Electrified Gasolier, America, Circa:1850
Located in Alexandria, VA
This exceptional and stunning chandelier was originally fitted for gas in a very fashionable home of the mid-Victorian era. The extraordinary design was inspired by the decorative mo...
Crystal, Bronze
$989,454
H 82.68 in Dm 76.78 in
Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...
Crystal, Bronze
$4,532
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
$109,205 / set
H 66.93 in Dm 43.31 in
Unique Pair of Baltic Neoclassical Rock Crystal, Ormolu & Cobalt Chandeliers
By Dimitri Stefanov
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of 19th-century Baltic Neoclassical Rock Crystal chandeliers crafted in gilt bronze, and cobalt crystal. Mounted in ormolu, its saturated blue tone striking agains...
Rock Crystal
$48,260
H 36 in W 17 in D 12.25 in
Monumental Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock by Maison Marquis
By Maison Marquis, Languereau
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite monumental antique French Louis XVI style Napoleon III ormolu mantel clock by Maison Marquis, the Movement by Languereau, Paris, 1860: surmounted by an urn i...
Enamel, Bronze
$14,985Sale Price|49% Off
H 31.5 in W 55 in D 32 in
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gildwood Carved Center Hall Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style gildwood carved center hall table. The rectangular shaped intricately carved frame with an X-stretcher centre with a urn, all surmount...
Marble
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
$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
$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
$150,000 / set
H 67 in Dm 40 in
Pair Louis XV Style 16-Light Bronze & Cut-Glass Chandeliers, Manner of Baccarat
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass sixteen-light chandeliers. The solid bronze frames surmounted with pendants, molded towers, fleur de lis and a central suppor...
Crystal, Bronze
$39,275Sale Price|60% Off
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Wool, Silk
Large English Porcelain Dinner Service, Minton, circa 1845
Located in New York, NY
With a soft turquoise ground, painted with a fine spray of flowers, with gilt scroll and dash borders. Comprising pair of covered tureens and stands, pair of vegetable tureens, well ...
Porcelain
$136,506 / set
H 63 in Dm 51.19 in
Clear & rose rock crystal 40 light pair chandeliers featuring amethyst drops
Located in London, GB
This exquisite pair chandeliers in the classic antique style showcases a luxurious combination of gilt bronze, clear and rose rock crystal and amethyst drops creating a sophisticat...
Amethyst, Rock Crystal, Bronze
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
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
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
$205,577
H 118.12 in Dm 70.87 in
Large Unique rock crystal French Louis XV cage chandelier H300cm W18Ocm 80 light
Located in London, GB
Amazing French of antique grand rock crystal chandeliers in the Louis XV style. Original circa 1910 Gilt bronze frame with 80 lights, with a lovely aged finish, redressed in rock cr...
Rock Crystal
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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