Pair of Italian Gilt Iron and Wood Beaded Chandeliers, Mid-20th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Each chandelier features six candle-form lights with scalloped bobeches, arranged around a scrolling gilt iron frame draped with strands of beaded garlands.
Metal
French Iron and Wood Bead Six Light Chandelier Circa 1940's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1257 French iron and wood bead country chandelier.
Iron
Italian Early 19th Century Draped Beaded Chandelier Iron and Wood
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 19th century beaded chandelier from Italy, metal with hints of gold gilt and gold gilt remnants on arms and wooden and crystal finishes.
Gilt Metal
Italian Style Wood and Iron Chandelier with Wood Drops
By Melissa Levinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom eight light Italian style chandelier with vintage garlands of painted beads and vintage wood drops throughout. The chandelier is painted in an antique steel blue coloration wi...
Iron
Unique Italian Wood Gilded Iron Beaded Crystal Chandelier w/ 18 Lights
Located in New York, NY
Built in 1892, the Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, NYC, has a storied past. It has witnessed grand events, weddings, and performances, earning its reputation as a cherished landmark...
Crystal, Steel
Italian 19th Century Giltwood, Patinated Wood, Iron And Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and large scaled Italian early 19th century Giltwood, patinated wood, Iron and Crystal chandelier. The three tier twenty five arm chandelier is centered by a stunning ...
Crystal, Iron
Monumental Italian Parcel-Gilt & Painted Wood-Bead Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptionally decorative and theatrical Italian chandelier, beautifully crafted with an abundance of hand-carved and hand-painted wooden beads in a warm, time-softened palette of ...
Gold
French Provençal Painted Iron Chandelier with Wooden Bead Garlands
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking example of French Provençal rustic elegance, this chandelier captures the charm of the countryside with its beautifully aged presence. Crafted with a scrolling painted iro...
Metal
Vintage Style Six-Light Chandelier by Melissa Levinson in Iron & Wood
By Melissa Levinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand crafted six light iron & wood beaded chandelier. This chandelier has a distressed vintage-inspired design with an ornate metal fame coatd in a weathered white finish.
Iron
Italian Crystal and Glass Chandelier with Turned Wood Column
Located in Pembroke, MA
This Italian chandelier (probably from Genoa) features a turned and painted central wood column, undulating arms, tole leaves, and a vast array of clear and colored (amethyst and amb...
Iron, Bronze, Brass
Twelve-Light Beaded Chandelier with Hand-Finished Patina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully expressive twelve-light chandelier designed by Melissa Levinson for Miamar Home, blending old-world European inspiration with artisanal Los Angeles craftsmanship. The s...
Wood, Paint
Pair of Neoclassical Style Giltwood and Wrought Iron 6-Light Chandeliers
Located in San Francisco, CA
an elegant pair of chandeliers in the neoclassical taste decorated in a silver and gold leaf finish; the reeded central support joined at the mid-section with a gadrooned sphere and ...
Wood
Antique Venetian Gilt Wood and Crystal Chandelier, Circa 1920's, Italy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Very fine Italian Venetian Giltwood and crystal chandelier. Beautiful cascading levels of very fine crystals. All gilded iron arms wrapped in crystal beads. This rare fixture was sou...
Crystal
Italian Turn of the Century Louis XVI st. Tole, and patinated Wood chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The finely carved hexagonal wood frame is decorated with a beaded band around its base, rosettes in the center, and a top band which helps introduce the ten twisted Iron arms.
Metal
An Italian Crystal & Gilt Wood Column Chandelier, Rewired for US
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian crystal and gilt column eight-light, circular chandelier. This vintage chandelier from Italy features a wooden central column, nicely carved in a wrapped acanthus leaf mot...
Crystal
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Vintage Italian Gold Painted Genova Chandelier with Cut Glass Drops and Strands
Located in Encinitas, CA
Vintage Italian Gold Painted Genova Style Chandelier with Cut Glass Drops and Strands: Lovely Italian vintage 6-arm chandelier featuring a balanced presentation of gold painted wood,...
Wrought Iron
Huge Spanish Colonial Revival Chandelier - Circa 1920-1930
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
The natural wear of the wood and iron, developed over the last century, tells the story of its enduring presence and authenticity.
Iron
19th Century Italian Eight Light Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding 19th century Italian gilt wood and iron, beaded glass and crystal chandelier.
Crystal
Pair of Italian Genovese Empire Chandeliers in Crystal and Gilded Wood 1780s
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of Antique 1780 Genoese Empire Chandeliers in Crystal, also colored, authentic, finely carved in gilded wood, original and perfectly restored and re-electrified. This unique pa...
Crystal, Brass, Wrought Iron
Iron Chandelier with Vintage Glass Beads and Wood Drops
Located in Encinitas, CA
Unique iron chandelier with acid finish adorned with vintage glass beads and hand-carved and painted wood bobbles.
Iron
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 ...
Crystal, Bronze, Iron
Genoese Neoclassical iron, giltwood and crystal chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian Neoclassical iron, gilt wood and clear and colored glass eight chandelier, Genoa region
Italian Twelve-Light Gilt Iron Chandelier
Located in Oldebroek, NL
Italian gilt iron chandelier with 12 arms. Gilt iron frame is covered with beads.
Crystal, Iron
Spanish Wrought Iron and Wood Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish wrought iron and wood beaded chandelier with iron and wood frame.
Wrought Iron
Italian Gilt Iron and Wood Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful, 1950s Italian gilt-iron and wood beaded chandelier. The chandelier consists of a scrolled gilded iron frame which is decorated with an abundance of wood bead garlands a...
Iron
Carved Painted Iron and Wood Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
8-Light painted iron & wood beaded chandelier with beaded garlands.
Iron
Pair of Iron and Wood Beaded Chandelier w/Tassels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental sized eight light iron & wood beaded chandelier. The chandeliers were originally painted and have been beautifully weathered over the years.
Iron
Vintage Italian Wood Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian painted iron and wood beaded chandelier in the provincial style.
Iron
Iron and Wood Beaded Eight-Light Painted Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iron and wood beaded eight-light painted chandelier with painted drops throughout.
Iron
Wood Beaded Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chandelier, in empire form, having two tiered gilded iron frame with ten lights, draped with natural colored wood beads and drops.
Iron
Stylish Iron and Wooden Bead Chandelier
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Great looking transitional chandelier having four iron arms and wonderful cascades of brown wooden beads to make an elongated elegant statement.
Iron
Six Light Wood Beaded & Iron Chandelier C. 1940's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six Light Iron & Wood Beaded Chandelier C. 1940's
Iron
Italian Early 19th Century Draped Blown Glass Beaded Chandelier Iron and Wood
Located in Round Top, TX
This beautiful Italian chandelier is early 19th century and features draped blown crystals with wooden gilt bobeches.
Iron
Italian Silvered Wood And Crystal Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous, Italian silver-leafed wood, iron and crystal chandelier. The chandelier features a silvered wood base and top crown held together by metal chains and crystal bead strands.
Iron, Silver Leaf
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H 51.19 in Dm 35.44 in
Monkey's Chandelier in Carved Wood, Gilt Iron and Glass Beads, Art Deco Period
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Paris, FR
Unusual and decorative Art Deco period chandelier. Six carved wooden monkeys represented in three different positions and sitting on swings hold cables where bright "fruits" made of...
Iron
Italian Painted And Parcel-Gilt Wood Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous, vintage Italian painted and parcel-gilt carved wood and iron chandelier. The chandelier consists of two tiers with a total of 10 lights. Antiqued green, orange and sil...
Iron
Italian Wood Beaded Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painted, wood and iron twelve-light chandelier that is newly wired with chain and canopy.
Iron
Italian Painted Eight-Light Wood and Iron Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eight-light Italian wood beaded chandelier with wood tassel drops throughout. Newly wired with drip wax candle covers. Includes chain and canopy.
Iron
(8) Light Iron & Wood Painted Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(8) Light Iron & Wood Painted Chandelier with wood beaded garlands and wood tassels.
Iron
Italian Six-Light Painted Wood Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian six-light painted wood beaded chandelier with wood tassels throughout. Newly rewired with drip wax candle covers. Includes chain and canopy-ready to install.
Iron
Livorno Wood Beaded Chandelier by Miamar Home
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand crafted wood beaded and iron painted chandelier. The chandelier has a distressed appearance with an iron frame featuring the same aged appearance, a mix of oxidized green and r...
Iron
Italian Painted Iron and Wood Tassel Chandelier Eight-Light
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painted iron and wood chandelier with carved tassels and beaded garlands throughout the fixture.
Iron
Pair of Italian Wood Beaded Painted Chandeliers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of two-tiered Italian painted chandeliers with carved wood tassels and beads throughout. The paint on the fixtures is beautifully worn with an antique cream colored base and rem...
Iron
Italian Eight Light Wood Beaded Tassel Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian eight light chandelier with wood beaded tassels throughout. The fixture is newly rewired with drip wax candle covers and includes chain and canopy.
Iron
Italian 18th Century Gold Gilt Elements, Glass Bead and Iron Chandelier
Located in Round Top, TX
This is absolutely stunning in person. It originated in Florence, Italy. It's comprised of hand blown venetian blown glass beads alternating clear and amber. The wood carved bobeches...
Gilt Metal
French Midcentury Neutral Painted Wood and Iron Five-Light Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French midcentury five-light painted wood and metal chandelier. This mid-20th century chandelier from France features a turned wood column with fluid s-shaped swooping arms lifting...
Iron
19th Century Italian Iron & Painted Wood Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Splendid large-scale mid-19th century Italian iron and painted wood chandelier. The turned, shaped, and hand-carved stem surmounted with six double-loop iron branches holding carved ...
Iron
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."
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Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
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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.
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