Antique and Vintage Hanging Lamps

Hanging lamps, which include everything from single pendants to elaborate, stained-glass chandeliers, have illuminated interior spaces for thousands of years. The earliest examples were made of clay and fueled by animal fat. Later, oil was used to fire bronze or glass fixtures. By the Middle Ages, metal chandelier-like fixtures called polycandelons were hung from the ceilings of churches and other public structures. Some held bowls filled...Continue Reading