Mid-Century Ceramic Stoneware Green Starburst Pendant Light
Located in Charleston, SC
Mid-century stoneware pendant light from Germany. Ceramic surface is a nice textured multi-hue green.
Stoneware
Large French Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture in Gilt Metal & Milk Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture // Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light // Metal Light Fixture // Spanish Light Fixture //
Metal, Iron
Sunburst Starburst Pendant or Ceiling Light Fixture in Copper Metal, Spain 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Leafed Pendant Lamp / Lantern, coppered metal This pendant features a leafed sunburst shaped lampshade in coppered iron with two size of leaves. Each leave has an engraved de...
Copper, Metal, Iron
Wonderful Mid Century Modern Transitional Bronze Deco Starburst 3-Light Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Mid Century Modern Transitional Gilt Bronze Art Deco Starburst 3 Candelabra Light Fixture Rewired With New Sockets
Bronze
1 of 3 Petie Starburst Brass Pendant Lights by Emil Stejnar, Austria, 1960s
By Emil Stejnar, Rupert Nikoll
Located in Aachen, NRW
1 of 3 Beautiful petite starburst brass pendant light with hundreds of crystals designed by Emil Stejnar for Nikoll, manufactured in Austria, circa 1960s.
Crystal, Brass
$3,300Sale Price|20% Off
Spanish Colonial Sunburst Light Fixture in Carved Wood with Amber Glass Globe
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Colonial Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture // Wooden Sunburst Pendant Light // Carved Wood Spanish Light Fixture //.
Pine, Wood, Glass
Grand Mirrored Starburst Pendant Light
Located in Mt. Kisco, NY
Grand mirror, glass and brass starburst light pendant light.
Glass
XXL Mid Century Starburst Pendant Light, Glass, Stilnovo Style
By Stilnovo
Located in Bremen, DE
Very large, architectonic midcentury Sputnik chandelier, this is the ONLY ONE available worldwide in this colour combination! featuring 25 spokes of 2 different lengthg, mounted on ...
Metal
Rock Crystal Starburst Light
Located in Boston, MA
A museum quality, handmade rock crystal light fixture. Each prism is square cut from a single block of personally selected rock crystal. Available finishes: Silver, Antique Brass, ...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Stunning Starburst 1960's Ceiling Light
By Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
Stunning ceiling light - 24 lights. 1960's - cromed metal and hammered glasses.
Chrome
Unavailable
H 22 in Dm 22 in
Italian Mid-Century Thirteen-Light Chrome Sputnik Chandelier with Starbursts
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Quechee, VT
The thirteen lights are reflected in the many chrome ball-tipped starbursts and central globe. The design throws wonderful shadows. It is stunning in person when off and delightful a...
Chrome
Art Deco Starburst Pendant Light, 1930s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Antique Art Deco era starburst or bolster pendant light. The lamp has a typical art deco design.
Copper
Small Art Deco Starburst Pendant Light, 1930s, France
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Antique Art Deco era starburst or bolster pendant light. The lamp has a typical Art Deco design.
Brass
Stilnovo Large Fifties Starburst Light
Located in New York, NY
A grand brass Sixteen light fixture with cream colored sockets and base.
Brass, Enamel
Large Sixties Murano Starburst Light
Located in New York, NY
A great blown glass chandelier composed of a chrome fixture and numerous colorful round glass disks. The light is mainly blue in color but each disk has colors of blue,yellow,and white.
Gilt Metal Starburst Hanging Light Fixture
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1950s sunburst / starburst shaped gilt metal hanging fixture has round center of white satin glass framed with uniform rays suspended from central chain. Inside are two full si...
Metal
Art Deco Starburst Ceiling Light Fixture
Located in North Miami, FL
Sourced from an important NYC apartment, this perfectly preserved Deco sunburst hanging light in bronze has the original canopy.
Bronze
Venini Style Murano Flower Starburst Hanging Light
By Venini
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Murano pendant light glass and chrome sputnik pendant light with 27 glass flower appliques Murano Italy 1960s Rewired and ready for use.
Metal
Icy Starburst Murano Glass Ceiling Light, Contemporary
Located in Westport, CT
A wonderful 9 light sputnik chandelier composed of mouth blown icicle-shaped glass in varying sizes and irregular thickness, hardware is a lovely and reflective polished gold finish ...
Blown Glass
Mid Century Modern Lightolier Claremont Starburst Star Chandelier Light
By Lightolier
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful and hard to find mid century modern star shaped chandelier made by high quality manufacturer, Lightolier, as part of its Claremont Light series. This lamp has five arms of ...
Brass
Twenty-Four-Light Starburst Sputnik Chandelier in Chrome by Richard Essig
By Richard Essig
Located in Berlin, DE
Great and very straight German Design by Richard Essig, from 1965, Space Age, Twenty-four-light Starburst Sputnik chandelier in chrome. Large chrome chandelier with 24. Opaque g...
Chrome
Modern Transitional Pair of Deco Style Starburst Three-Light Chandelier Fixtures
Located in Roslyn, NY
Modern transitional pair of deco style star three-light chandelier fixtures Beautiful fluted glass star-shaped glass with silver colored canopy and trim. Measures: 9" H x 11"...
Bronze
Pair of Modern Transitional Nickel Deco Style Starburst 3-Light Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
Pair of Modern transitional nickel deco style star three-light chandelier fixture Beautiful fluted glass star-shaped glass with nickel canopy and trim. Measures: 9" H x ...
Nickel
Art Deco Starburst Pendant Light, 1930s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Antique Art Deco era starburst or bolster pendant light in yellow glass.
Copper
Sold
H 21.66 in Dm 19.69 in
French Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light Fixture in Gilt Metal & Milk Glass, 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light Fixture // Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light // Gilt Metal Light Fixture // French Milk Glass and Metal Sunburst Light Fixture //
Metal, Iron
Sold
H 21.66 in Dm 19.3 in
French Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light Fixture in Gilt Metal & Milk Glass, 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light Fixture // Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light // Gilt Metal Light Fixture // French Milk Glass and Metal Sunburst Light Fixture //
Metal, Iron
Sold
H 21.66 in Dm 19.69 in
French Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light Fixture in Copper Metal and Milk Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture // Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light // Metal Light Fixture //French Milk Glass and Metal Sunburst Light Fixture //
Metal, Iron
Spanish Colonial Starburst Pendant Light Fixture in Carved Wood, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Colonial Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture // Wooden Sunburst Pendant Light // Carved Wood Spanish Light Fixture
Wood, Pine
Spanish Colonial Starburst Pendant Light Fixture in Carved Wood, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Colonial Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture // Wooden Sunburst Pendant Light // Carved Wood Spanish Light Fixture
Wood, Pine
Spanish Colonial Starburst Pendant Light Fixture in Carved Wood, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Handcarved starburst ceiling light fixture in pine wood. Spain, 1940s This ceiling light pendant lamp was entirely made by hand and it has an eye-catching construction feauturing a ...
Iron
French Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture, Copper Metal and Milk Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture // Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light // Metal Light Fixture // Spanish Light Fixture //.
Metal, Iron, Copper
Large French Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture, Gilt Metal and Milk Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture // Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light // Metal Light Fixture // Spanish Light Fixture //
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Large French Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture, Gilt Metal and Milk Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture // Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light // Metal Light Fixture // Spanish Light Fixture //
Metal, Iron
Large French Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture, Gilt Metal and Milk Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunburst Starburst Light Fixture // Sunburst Starburst Pendant Light // Metal Light Fixture // Spanish Light Fixture //
Metal, 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.
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