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Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Style: Modern
Continuum 85 Chandelier: Slate, Grey, Taupe Glass by Avram Rusu Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Continuum Collection was inspired by New York’s vibrant street art. The structure utilizes custom bent tubes that can be connected and arranged in a variety of ways to produce a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Nickel

Mayfair Contemporary Chandelier, Brass with Sculpted Spheres by Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
This contemporary three-tier chandelier by Margit Wittig features sculptural components with organic and subtle textures, all cast and treated with multiple layers of patina in her L...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Continuum 72 Chandelier: Dove, Slate, Topaz, Grey Glass by Avram Rusu Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Continuum Collection was inspired by New York’s vibrant street art. The structure utilizes custom bent tubes that can be connected and arranged in a variety of ways to produce a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Nickel

Stingray Chandelier Brass by 101 Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Stingray chandelier brass by 101 Copenhagen Designed by Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl. Dimensions: L 152 cm x W 121...
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2010s Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

VeniceM Crown Elliptical Pendant Light in Matte Black Nickel by Massimo Tonetto
Located in Mogliano Veneto, TV
Suspended lamp with diffused light. Matte black nickel structure and crystal, amber or smoke grey Murano blown glass trihedrons. Specifications: Function: Suspension Location: Int...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Groove Series Green Socket Pendant Modern Handmade Glass Lighting
Located in New York, NY
These hanging lights feature an embedded groove that offers a precise, machine-made quality to offset these otherwise wholly handmade creations. Whether showcased individually, as an...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Blown Glass

Stingray Chandelier Brass by 101 Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Stingray chandelier brass by 101 Copenhagen Designed by Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl. Dimensions: L 200 x W 155 x H 88 cm Materials: brass...
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2010s Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

8 Module Blue and White Bullseye Candy Chandelier with Blown Glass and Brass
Located in Mumbai, Maharashtra
The Indian Bullseye candy inspired glass forms the focal point of this series. The hand blown glass created with Czech glass blowers mimics the Bullseye mint candy to create a series...
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2010s Indian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Brazilian contemporary minimalist prewashed linen pendant - large
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
This pendant is named Acítara. It has three layers, one longer than the other, and it is made in prewashed white linen. The structure of the product is made of white alumnium. The ...
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2010s Brazilian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

Extra Large Pendant Lamp by Louis Poulsen
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Extra large pendant lamp by Louis Poulsen Measures: Width 650 x height 270 x length 650 (mm), 6,5 kg Material: Spun aluminium. Built-in curv...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

Murano Glass Cristalo Antico Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Italian Murano “Cristallo Antico” glass chandelier by Seguso. Beautiful hand blown Murano glass chandelier in a slightly smoked crystal color named “a...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Murano Glass

Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Opalescent Molded Textural Glass 3-Tier Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
This Modernist hand-blown Murano opalescent glass chandelier, crafted in Italy in the 21st century, represents the pinnacle of contemporary elegance and artistry. The chandelier is c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Murano Glass

Handmade BROOKLYN (Large ) Pendant by the Brownstone Boys x Blueprint Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Part of The Boroughs Collection, created in partnership with The Brownstone Boys. The Brooklyn Pendants are a tribute to the timeless charm of historic brownstones and the vibrant l...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel

Uno Classico Semi-Flush Mount by Gaspare Asaro-Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Uno ceiling light exemplifies simple elegance via its clean profile designed around a single Murano glass shade. Starting pricing by size-10% upcharge for specialty finishes: 1...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Giopato Coombes Bolle Linear 14 Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Per their website: Inspired by a walk surrounded by a thousand soap bubbles floating in the air. Their lightness has become a metaphor for the immateriality of light, crystallized ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

FLOTILLA Chandelier in Brass and Terracotta Enamel by Blueprint Lighting 2021
Located in New York, NY
The Flotilla ceiling fixture designed by Blueprint Lighting; a playful piece of functional sculpture inspired by the "Flotilla" fabric designed by Lucienne Day, 1952. This fixtures w...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel

Contemporary Valentina Giovando Iron Flowers Chandelier Crystals Aqua Green
Located in Sarzana, SP
IRON FLOWERS Iron Flowers chandelier is a triumph of refined romanticism. Its beautiful decorations, made of green leaves, sparkling spirals a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Iron

FLOS Small Circle and Line Arrangements Light by Michael Anastassiades
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Arrangements is a modular system of geometric light elements that can be combined in different ways, creating multiple compositions into individual chandeliers. Each unit simply atta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

Artistic glass lightbulb chandelier Murano Bulb Marcantonio X Multiforme #02
Located in Trebaseleghe, IT
The art of Murano glass meets the iconicity of a bulb, together they give rise to a brilliant piece of furniture: a lightbulb, a chandelier or whatever your imagination suggests. Murano Bulb...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Murano Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Louis Poulsen, Pendant 5-Light by Vilhelm Lauritzen
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis Poulsen, pendant 5-light by Vilhelm Lauritzen Measures: Width x height x length (mm) 690 x 233 x 690, 8.4 kg 5 shades. Material: Shades: Mouth-blown, 3-layered, polished opa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Vintage Italian Murano Hexahedron Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Italian Murano glass chandelier of circular shape featuring over 150 rare Murano crystal glass hexahedron shaped pendants (prisms) ranging from 4 in (100 mm) to 11 in (280 cm...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

SLAMP Gemmy Suspension Gold by Spalletta, Croce, Ragnisco Wijffels
Located in Pomezia, Rome
This versatile and dynamic collection was inspired by the polyhedric facets of desert gems. The lamp’s geometries create an intriguing contemporary and refined kaleidoscope effect th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Other

Minimalist Plaster Pendant Light Fixture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crafted with care in New York, USA, our minimalist plaster pendant light fixture adds a touch of modern elegance to any room. This handcrafted piece is designed to blend seamlessly i...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Plaster

SLAMP Avia Small Pendant Light in Black by Zaha Hadid
Located in Pomezia, Rome
Zaha Hadid’s visionary, fluid, and dynamic luminous architectural objects bring the designer’s revolutionary and iconic semantics to any domestic or public space, inspiring harmony b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Other

Brazilian contemporary minimalist prewashed linen pendant - medium
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
This pendant is named Acítara. It has three layers, one longer than the other, and it is made in prewashed white linen. The structure of the product is made of white alumnium. The ...
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2010s Brazilian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

Sistema Lámina 85 Sculptural Contemporary Art Pendant Lamp by Antoni Arola
Located in Geneve, CH
Sistema Lámina 85 pendant lamp by Antoni Arola Dimensions: D 3.5 x W 297.1 x H 300 cm Materials: Metal, plastic. 3 modules. A line of light and a thin metal sheet create a soft but ...
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2010s Spanish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

8 Module Bullseye Candy Chandelier with Blown Glass and Brass
Located in Mumbai, Maharashtra
8 module bullseye Candy chandelier.
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2010s Indian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Handmade Eole I Chandelier by Gobo Lights
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Eole I chandelier by Gobo Lights Dimensions: 195 L x 170 l x 100 H Materials: Brass, Opaline Goddess of the fair anger, the revenge and the balance. Self-taught and from t...
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2010s Belgian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Jacco Maris LED Solo 60 Pendant Light
Located in Yonkers, NY
Handmade in Holland not only has a nice “ring” to it, it means Jacco Maris’ fixtures exhibit exemplary quality and jaw-dropping style only a lover of experimentation could achieve. Jacco Maris’ Solo 60...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

"Flowers" chandelier in Murano by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Elegant chandelier in brass with sculpted and tinted "Flowers" in Murano glass. Creation by Studio Glustin Italy, 2025.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

James de Wulf Armadillo Chandelier Lighting
Located in Paia, HI
James de Wulf's playful rendition of one of nature's most curious animals: A solid brass chandelier designed to mimic the mighty armadillo. The fixture is composed of brass "scales...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Stilnovo Pendant Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A cascading chandelier produced by Stilnovo in the late 1950s or early 1960's. Featuring five teardrop balls of frosted Murano glass dripping from a brass frame in a multi-level disp...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

DORA Pendant
Located in Renton, WA
Our DORA collection is Oh So Chic! With DORA Pendant, end users can really be a child again. Have fun with the collection and hang it individually or in a cluster, in whatever positi...
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2010s Taiwanese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Steel

DORA Pendant
DORA Pendant
$390 / item
Glustin Luminaires Creation Geometrical Brass and Alabaster Chandeliers
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
New design by Glustin Luminaires, geometrical chandelier made of alabaster panels hold by a brass structure. Different variations available.
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

Four Arm Chandelier in Brass with Silk Shades , 1930 s, Austria
Located in Vienna, Austria
This is a beautifully proportioned brass chandelier from the 1930's, with a poetic form . I find it simply: Wow. The relationship of the various elements and their proportions make ...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Four-Tier "Otto Luce" Chandelier by Cartwright, Brass Glass, USA, 2021
By Cartwright New York
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant four-tier chandelier from the "Otto Luce" collection by Cartwright New York, designed and crafted in the USA in 2021. This striking piece features a clean and modern archi...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Uno Square Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro-Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Uno Square ceiling light exemplifies simple elegance via its clean profile designed around a single Murano glass shade. Shown in the prim...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Bola Halo Pendant Light by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Taking its inspiration from pendant jewelry, Bola Halo is a uniquely expressive pendant light featuring a chromated ring that balances delicately over its el...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Y Pendant Light, Small, by Research.Lighting, Brass, 3in Glass, Made to Order
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This listing is for 1x Y Pendant Light, small, designed and manufactured by Research.Lighting. Materials: Steel, Glass, Brass Finish: Raw Brass, This finish will tarnish over time ...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal, Brass

Maestro Palmette Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Palmette chandelier with clear Murano glass leaves mounted on 24-karat gold plated metal finish / Made in Italy Diameter: 48 inches / Height: 24 inches plus chain and canopy ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Murano Glass

Pair of Kelly Wearstler Visual Comfort Pendants in Bronze, Sculptural Form
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Striking pair of sculptural pendant lights designed by Kelly Wearstler for Visual Comfort, featuring a bold and contemporary silhouette in dark bronze. These dramatic pendants are cr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

Modelle Pendant
Located in Arcata, CA
Modelle Pendant Glass: Kiln Formed, Ivory Tiles Patina: Antique Bronze 24” x 24” x 11.5” 4-60w Includes first 48″ of overall drop. UL Listed 120v 220v available Title 24 JA8...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

Caeli Pleated Monumental Brass Pendant Light, Flow Collection
Located in Paris, FR
The contemporary handcrafted made-to-measure pendant light fixture features an expertly handcrafted brass structure and a hand-pleated white fabric shade. This piece creates a warm and inviting ambiance, perfect for living areas or kitchen island lights...
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Pair of White Organic Porcelain Mini Pendant Light, Kawa Light 06
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Kawa Series Light 06 Pendant Light by Luft Tanaka Studio The translucent porcelain diffuser casts a warm colored glow. Please inquire about any customization requests includ...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Nura Ceiling Fixture - 24" - Juniper Leather
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The Nura Ceiling Fixture combines hand-stitched leather over walnut accented by a brass pole and canopy. This fixture can either be hung as a ceiling surface mount or a pendant suppo...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Origin II Chandelier by Roast Featuring over 50 Individually Blown Glass Spheres
Located in London, GB
This contemporary chandelier is an Origin II design and features over 50 individually blown glass spheres. The glass is blown in Europe and the UK a...
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2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Glass

STACK Large Pendant Light in Brass Enamel by Blueprint Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Simple, sleek, and effortlessly eye-catching, the aptly named STACK features two over-scaled discs floating atop one another. With the addition of the spiked finial at the bottom of ...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel

Vistosi Neochic Pendant Light P in White Satin Glass by Chiaramonte Marin
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Soft curves and a polished surface meet blown glass in a model of extreme simplicity, suitable for any context. Specifications: Material: Glass Light source: E26 UL No of bulbs: 1×6...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Glass

Kawa Pendant Light from Souda, Made to Order
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Souda's Kawa Pendant Lights are slip cast porcelain directly into dozens of leather molds resulting in highly-unique ceramic shades. The finalized pendant...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Porcelain, Clay

Artistic glass lightbulb chandelier Murano Bulb Marcantonio X Multiforme #07
Located in Trebaseleghe, IT
The art of Murano glass meets the iconicity of a bulb, together they give rise to a brilliant piece of furniture: a lightbulb, a chandelier or whatever your imagination suggests. Murano Bulb...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Murano Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Cuore N.6 Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro. Peltro and Bronze Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Cuore collection was conceived with the goal of creating fixtures that are unexpected yet clean and harmoniously balanced. This is highlighted by the organically styled shades sp...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

Poliedri Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian modern chandelier with pale straw yellow colored polyhedron / polyhedral shaped Murano glass, mounted on gold finish metal frame, in the style of Venini and Carlo Scarpa / Ma...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Murano Glass

FLOS Parentesi Pendant Light in Red by Achille Castiglioni Pio Manzu
Located in Brooklyn, NY
UL Listed and Dimmable Borne out of a 1971 collaboration between Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzù, the Parentesi was named for the parenthesis symbol—a visual reference to the nick...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Steel

Pair of Sun Murano Glass Chandeliers by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Superb chandelier in sculpted Murano glass and brass. Can be also be ordered as a pair with different heights. Creation by Studio Glustin. PRICE FOR THE PAIR Can be sold separately
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal, Brass

Uovo Pendant Light by Ben Swildens for Fontana Arte (2 available), Italy, 1972
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic “Uovo” pendant light designed in 1972 by Ben Swildens for the renowned Italian lighting house Fontana Arte. This celebrated design is characterized by its softly sculptural eg...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Chrome

Fibonacci 9 Globe Chandelier in Brass, Enamel Blown Glass
Located in New York, NY
The Fibonacci 9 globe chandelier: this 44" diameter 9 globe brass chandelier is both elegant and stately and bridges the gap between modern and traditional design. This piece is s...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel

Contemporary Brass Ring Pendant Led
Located in Roeselare, BE
Pendant in brass in ring form with flexible led strips, power supply either on distance, or in the ring itself or in the canopy. Overall height can be chosen.
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2010s Belgian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Long Chandelier in Iron and Ceramic by Olivia Cognet
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful new design by the french artist Olivia Cognet, this chandelier made of a central iron horizontal stem holding the sources of light (G9 sockets encased in small opaline glob...
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2010s French Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Iron

Bloom Chandelier: Satin Brass/White Glass by Avram Rusu Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bloom Chandelier renders an abstract Banana blossom in hand blown glass. An elongated teardrop is topped by three glass leaves in varied colors and capped by a crown of stacked ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Nickel

Couronnes Chandelier, Model 3, by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
On this model of our popular chandelier, we have added paper shades with gold foil interiors which adds a Classic touch to the sleek fixture. The chandelier goes well in all decor sc...
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2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Plaster

Modern chandeliers and pendants for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Modern chandeliers and pendants for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chandeliers and pendants created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern chandeliers and pendants made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chandeliers and pendants, popular names associated with this style include Vistosi, DOOQ, Flos, and Artemide. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chandeliers and pendants differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2 and tops out at $318,780 while the average work can sell for $3,426.

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