Bring the luxe factor home with an ultra glamorous chandelier
Bring the luxe factor home with an ultra glamorous chandelier
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1/13 Crystal moon
London's Tord Boontje uses big, unfaceted crystals for his chandeliers, creating softer lighting despite the integration of pin-sharp LEDs. Lustrous Aura, designed for Swarovski, will be launched in the autumn.
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2/13 Designed by the Emerald Faerie
Fiona Gall designs bespoke chandeliers priced from £2,500, such as Cinderella’s Revenge, in a Bow workshop for her lighting brand Emerald Faerie.
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3/13 Blooming blossom
The Blossom chandelier, also designed by Tord Boontje for Swarovski, costs from £8,399. Find it at Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Road, London SW1. Call 020 7730 1234.
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4/13 Dreaming of waterfalls
The Waterfall chandelier from Portuguese brand Serip is made to order (price on request). It playfully combines a minimal bronze structure with visually dense crystals.
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5/13 Give a bouquet with a twist
The Bouquet chandelier from Serip. This amalgam of colourful flowers, leaves and branches conjures thoughts of an indoor garden.
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6/13 Portuguese perfection
Entangled bronze branches and handblown, 'floating' glass pieces give the Aqua chandelier from Serip its elegance. It is made to order (price on request). Order from Home by Helena.
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7/13 Glamourama
The Glamour chandelier from Serip. Its icy drops can spread horizontally or vertically.
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8/13 The best kind of rain
The Droplets chandelier, from £14,600, by designers Jan Plechac and Henry Wielgus suggests raindrop-like motion. It is made to order by Czech glass specialist Lasvit
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9/13 Light up your staircase
Cascading, multicoloured, crystal drops suspended on thin, stainless steel wires, with ceiling downlighters, make Flowers, from £4,650, a magical design for a staircase. Designed by Windfall, it costs from £4,650 from Cameron Peters Fine Lighting. Call 01235 835000.
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10/13 Czech glass
The Neverending Glory collection, also by Lasvit, is available from The Conran Shop. Prices start from £1,188.
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11/13 Fragile but fabulous
The Flowers chandelier by day.
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12/13 Is it magic?
Eden’s seemingly free-floating metal branch supporting 25 flowers costs £6,000. Commission site-specific chandeliers at Cameron Peters Fine Lighting.
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13/13 Better than a necklace
Pearl Drop, price on request, is from another Czech specialist, Preciosa. Designed by Frank Tjepkema, it launched at Milan's Salone this year.
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Nothing screams glamour quite like a glittering chandelier.
From bespoke, handcrafted designs inspired by nature to crystal pendants illuminated by modern LED tech, this is where to start your shopping:
BESPOKE AND BEAUTIFUL
"Chandeliers are decorative art, adding glamour to any space," says designer Fiona Gall of Bow brand Emerald Faerie. Bespoke chandeliers, from £2,500, are made from crystal beads, metal chains, old magnifying glasses, vintage diamanté pieces and other found objects.
Handcrafted designs at emeraldfaeirie.com include Birds of Paradise No 2, with bronze wings and crystal strands, priced £1,965. With oversize crystals, brass chains and vintage fruit spoons, Elixir of Life, £180, fits to an existing bayonet light fitting.
STARCHITECTS LOVE THEM
Munich-based lighting designers Roel Haagmans and Clarissa Dorn set up Windfall and work with top architects including David Chipperfield and developers Yoo and Candy & Candy. Cascading, multicoloured, crystal steel wires, with ceiling downlighters, make Flowers, from £4,650, a magical design for a staircase.
Also lit from above is Eden's seemingly free-floating metal branch supporting 25 flowers, £6,000. Commission site-specific chandeliers via Cameron Peters Fine Lighting.
NATURE PLAYS ITS PART
Made-to-order designs by Portuguese brand Serip are also nature-inspired. Entangled bronze branches and handblown, "floating" glass pieces give Aqua its elegance, while Waterfall playfully combines a minimal bronze structure with visually dense crystals.
Glamour's icy drops can spread horizontally or vertically, and Bouquet’s amalgam of colourful flowers, leaves and branches conjures an indoor garden.
Prices on request at serip.com.pt. UK orders via Home by Helena.
FOR YOUR CRYSTAL PALACE
London’s Tord Boontje collaborated with Swarovski’s Crystal Palace chandelier project on the Luminous Reflections collection, including Radiant Light, from £899, with three further designs — Luminous Bough, Lustrous Aura and Shimmering Jewel — launching this autumn.
Boontje uses big, unfaceted crystals, creating softer lighting despite the integration of pin-sharp LEDs.
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
Czech glass specialist Lasvit's Neverending Glory crystal pendants, inspired by theatre chandeliers, start at £1,188.
The Galaxy Luminia collection, £3,750 to £14,300, designed by Borek Sipek, features hand-blown glass parts. Launched this year, Pearl Drop, price on request, is from another Czech specialist, Preciosa.
