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Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Modern Pair of Vintage Lucite Metal Sconce Triangle 1990s Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern pair of vintage sconce triangle like from lucite and metal 1990s Germany. A lucite frame underlines the triangle form with a brassed metal body . You feel free to connect th...
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1990s German Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Louis Poulsen Yuh Wall Lamp by GamFratesi
Located in New York, NY
About This Product The Danish-Italian design duo GamFratesi designed Yuh for Louis Poulsen in 2017. Initially launched in black and white, the family was extended with editions featu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Aluminum

Tekna Ilford Wall-C Wall Light with Dark Bronze Finish and Frosted Glass
Located in New York, NY
Eclectic wall light in dark bronze with outside fitted clear or frosted glass, closed top and open bottom. Wall bracket in bronze lacquered aluminium with forcible transit. For outdo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Bronze

St Germain Sconce, Gold Leaf, by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed to complement our St Germain chandelier, these wall sconces have a half dome shape and are handcrafted with our signature plaster of Par...
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2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Stainless Steel

Grillo Wall Light by Elise Fouin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Grillo wall lamp by Elise Fouin. A perforated metal disc, comes in either 9" or 14" sizes. A simple perforated circular form diffuses, defracts and dims the light much like a sol...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Steel

Ozz Lacquered Black Metal Wall Lamp with Cable, Paolo Cappello & Simone Sabatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ozz is also a winner at the dining table, where it becomes a wall lamp with a shorter arc that would look equally at home in the most elegant study. Wall lamp in black metal with adjustable arch and shade. Born in 1980 in Verona. Graduated in Industrial Design at Politecnico di Milano. After a three years collaboration with Ludovica+Roberto Palomba in Milan, in 2007 he setup his own studio in Verona where he collaborates with other professionals in architecture, communication and graphics. He received many international prizes for his works, most recent ones have been: 2008 Promosedia International Design Competition 2008 Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008 Swarowsky Crystal Visions...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Arched Brass Swing Arm Sconce, Made in England
Located in Culver City, CA
In black or cream with ebonised wood backplate, brass hardware, and black metal shade. Interior can be painted saffron yellow. Designed and produced in Gloucestershire England. Made...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal, Brass

Ballroom the Wall Long Smoke Black Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish design from Design by Us The spherical ballroom sconces with translucent hues will create a subtle warm glow in your interior. Material: Mouth blown and hand painted gla...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Blown Glass, Glass

Vega Due Wall Sconce / Ceiling Mount in Onyx by Matthew Fairbank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Vega Due is a geometric, modular, contemporary lighting fixture. Vega is suitable for installation on the ceiling as a flush mount, ...
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2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Onyx, Aluminum

Contemporary 'Square' Sconce Iridescent Blue Crystal and Brass by Ghirò Studio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
2021 Collection of sconces by Ghirò Studio (Milan). The applique is the perfect combination of functionality and aesthetic innovation. It gives at the same time balance and vivacity...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Foscarini Bit 1 Wall Lamp in Red by Ferruccio Laviani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wall lamp with reflected and diffused light. Wall fitting and wall rose in epoxy powder coated metal. Satin finish white or color painted glass diffuser, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Glass

Pendant Brass with Polycarbonate Created by Atelier Boucquet
Located in Roeselare, BE
A pendant made in chemically blackened brass and polycarbonate with E27 lamp Also available in wall fixture.
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2010s Belgian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Luna A Round Sconce
Located in New York, NY
A lighting system with infinite interpretations, the LUNA is a synergy of color, shape, and refracted light. Inspired by a lunar halo, the modular light fixture grows in every direct...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Blown Glass

Seletti "Linea" Multiuse LED Light in Yellow
Located in Doral, FL
Linea, a name and a shape. The fluorescent lamp by Seletti that cuts into the darkness with the colours of the rainbow. Segments of light with a defined length, but endless personali...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Glass, Wood

Seletti "Linea" Multiuse Led Light in Green
Located in Doral, FL
Linea, a name and a shape. The fluorescent lamp by Seletti that cuts into the darkness with the colours of the rainbow. Segments of light with a defined length, but endless personali...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Glass, Wood

Monumental 'Diabolo' Perforated Double-Cone Sconce in White and Green
Located in Glendale, CA
Monumental 'Diabolo' perforated double-cone sconce in white and green. Handcrafted in Los Angeles with scrupulous attention to detail and materials. Executed in high quality lacquere...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Monumental 'Diabolo' Perforated Double-Cone Sconce in White and Red
Located in Glendale, CA
Monumental 'Diabolo' perforated double-cone sconce in white and red. Handcrafted in Los Angeles with scrupulous attention to detail and materials. Executed in high quality lacquered ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Lladró Nightbloom Wall Light in White by Marcel Wanders
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain wall lamp with a spectacular design inspired by the petals of a flower delicately swaying in the breeze. This work is part of the lighting collection created by Marcel Wand...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Aluminum

Foscarini Medium LED Caboche Sconce by Patricia Urquiola & Eliana Gerotto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A warm, luminous heart, enveloped by sparkling transparent pearls: this is the Caboche wall lamp, a design gem set in architecture. An elegant presence that casts a wall-level light....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Planet Wall Lamp with Fig Purple Steel, Brass & Aluminum Disc by Mette Schelde
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Planet wall lamp with fig purple steel, brass & aluminum disc by Mette Schelde The discs are attached by magnets and can therefore be moved around ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Steel

Pair of Large Wall Sconces with 'Trilobi' Glass, Italy, 1980s
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Pair of wall sconces. Italy, Murano, 1980a. A very large pair of six-tier glass sconces with 'Trilobi' Murano glass in clear, Tabac and dark br...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Spiral Sconce by Fabio Ltd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light with clear Murano glass hand blown into four points using Quadriedri technique, mounted on chrome metal finish / Designed by Fabio Bergomi, inspired by Venini / Ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Chrome

Cylinder Wall Fixture Linen or Brass Created by Atelier Boucquet
Located in Roeselare, BE
Wall fixture in cylinder form made in brass and white linen. Also available as pendant. Available in round ceiling fixture and square wall fixture.
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Early 2000s Belgian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Formation Double Wall Sconce LED Aluminum Light Fixture, Matte Black
Located in Broadmeadows, Victoria
The formation double sconce is an elegant wall-mounted LED lighting fixture ideally suited for, hallways, powder rooms and other commercial spaces that require accent lighting...
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2010s Oceanic Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Aluminum

Formation Double Wall Sconce LED Aluminum Light Fixture, Matte White
Located in Broadmeadows, Victoria
The Formation double sconce is an elegant wall-mounted LED lighting fixture ideally suited for, hallways, powder rooms, and other commercial spaces that require accent lighting...
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2010s Oceanic Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Aluminum

Formation Wall Sconce LED Aluminum Marble Light Fixture, Gold, Green
Located in Broadmeadows, Victoria
Formation wall sconce is a luxury wall-mounted LED light fixture ideally suited for hallways, powder rooms and other domestic and commercial spac...
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2010s Australian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Classic Small Gold Wall Lamp
Located in Milan, IT
Aptly part of the Classic Collection, the flair of this wall lamp is timeless. The cage-like hammered metal frame covered with antique gold leaf encloses the grooved cylindrical lamp...
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2010s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Gold Leaf, Metal

Chain Nickel Lamp
Located in Milan, IT
This outstanding lamp boasts a silhouette expertly crafted by master glassmakers following cutting-edge techniques. Its frame comprises two cylindrical diffusers in clear class each ...
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2010s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

VeniceM Mondrian LED Wall Light by Massimo Tonetto
Located in Mogliano Veneto, TV
Wall lamp with direct and indirect light. Polished or matte black nickel, polished gold or light burnished brass structure. Specifications: Function: Wall Location: Interior Ligh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

DeCastelli Aare Wall Sconce in Stainless Steel by Alexander Purcell Rodrigues
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Aare Gorge in Switzerland is testimony to natural erosion, shaped by the last ice age. Here, a river originating from melting glaciers once carved deep into the rock, cutting to its core. Thus, little by little, light began working its way into the cracks, amid ancient limestone...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Aluminum

Modern Yellow Vintage Plastic Balloon Lamp Flush Mount Yves Christin Italy 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern yellow vintage balloon lamp or flush mount from plastic by Yves Christin for Bilumen, 1980s, Italy. Yves Christin designed the iconic lighting for...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Plastic

“Flame” Contemporary Wall Lamp Aqua Silvered art Glass, Brass, Crystal Drop
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
FLAME A leaf, a drop, a shield. Love first’s step Nature’s beauty has always inspired Sabrina Landini creations - such as these exquisite earrings wall lamps that evoke leaves, flam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Cube Sciolari Wall Light, vertical or horizontal
Located in Antwerp, BE
Cube Sciolari wall light - Sciolari Wall Scone Wall light with two cube shaped milk glass shades on a brass frame. Cube shaped frame with a brass line or stripe between the two glas...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Spiral Sconce by Fabio Ltd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light with clear Murano glasses handcut into four points using Quadriedri technique, mounted on chrome finish frame / Designed by Fabio Bergomi / Made in Italy 3 lights ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Chrome

Contemporary Gilt Metal Fabric Shaded Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
8 Contemporary matte brass finish wall sconces with grooved detail and beige fabric shades (PRICED EACH).  
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20th Century American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal, Brass

LITHEA/Corbulas 70 Wall Light in Three-Dimensional Stone Panel by Pierluigi Piu
Located in Patti, IT
Corbulas 70 This superb, three-dimensional round panel is fashioned of Crema Tunisi stone. The pattern reproduced on the surface evokes the elaborate underside of traditional Sardin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Stone, Limestone, Marble, Steel

Pair of Hammered Brass and Iron Tree Wall Sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of wall sconces made of a hammered brass curved disc and a decorative iron tree branch. Contemporary work made by the French sculptor Alexandre Taveau. Signed and numbered...
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2010s French Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass, Iron

Ma'shar Gilded Gold Flush Mount and Sconce Light Fixture
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A metal disc hand gilded with gold leaf. Each fixture is unique in it's finishing. Suitable for either wall or ceiling applications. The fixture casts a very unique shadow while emitting a warm and comforting light from the reflection of the gold leaf. Customizable mounting plate...
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2010s Canadian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Gold Leaf

Firmamento Milano Tambu LED Wall Lamp in Black by Carlo Guglielmi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The name Tambù is a nick-name for Tamburello, sport and game frequently played in many Italian regions. The choice of the name comes from the fact that the diffuser characterizing th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Steel

Perf Wall Sconce, Brass Perforated Tube, Glass Round Orb Shade
Located in Broadmeadows, Victoria
Combining hand blown opal glass with a perforated metal housing, Perf Sconce is an elemental and versatile decorative fixture. Utilizing a low energy LED bulb, Perf Pendant...
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2010s Australian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Katerpillar Wall Lamp Linear Multicolored Glass Small
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
An object of fused and thermoformed glass designed by Orfeo Quagliata. 100% handmade with exclusive techniques and most high quality material. From our collection "Barcodes", done ...
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2010s Mexican Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Glass, Wood

Flos Smithfield C LED 3000 K Sconce Lamp by Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of the Smithfield family, the Smithfield C ceiling-mounted lamp manages to be both grand and unassuming. Providing direct light through its aluminum body, it is well suited for ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Aluminum

Looshaus Wall Lamp, Carrara and Brass, InsidherLand by Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
The Looshaus wall lamp is a contemporary design that interprets the modernist austerity of the Looshaus building by architect Adolf Loos. The Loosh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Carrara Marble, Brass

Contemporary by Ghirò Studio 'Square' Sconce Iridescent Crystal, Brass and Gold
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
Collection of wall lights by Ghirò Studio (Milan). The applique is the perfect combination of functionality and aesthetic innovation. It gives at the same time balance and vivacity ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Louis Poulsen, Wall Brass Lamp by GamFratesi
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis Poulsen, wall brass lamp by Gamfratesi Measures: Width x height x length (mm) 296 x 626 x 296, 4.6 kg Gamfratesi black and brass 'YUH' wall light for Louis Poulsen. Designed by Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi, the YUH reflects Louis Poulsen’s philosophy of designing to shape light. Inspired by the Classic virtues of Danish Modernism, Poul Henningsen’s philosophy about light and with Arne Jacobsen’s geometric shapes, Gamfratesi pays homage to the legends and adds their own characteristic aesthetic playfulness to the new Yuh Lamp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Large Black and Gold Contemporary Wall Lamp
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Black and Gold Contemporary wall lamp Dimensions: Diameter 45 x H 18 cm Materials: Aluminum with Powder-Coated. Brass plated detail...
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2010s Danish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Pleated Crystal Wall Light Medium, Smoke Ribbed Glass and Brass with E26/27 Bulb
Located in London, GB
Our debut lighting collection comprising ceiling pendants, a side light and a floor standing lamp. Handmade in Bohemia and London the collection draws upon our love for Czech arti...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

"Il Pezzo 3 Wall Sconce" - width 27cm/10.3" - bronze - crystal - LEDs
Located in Firenze, IT
Inspired by Arabic calligraphic art and the icon of the classical candelabrum is Il Pezzo 3, a collection of lamps with a hand-forged brass stru...
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2010s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Crystal, Bronze, Brass

Flos IC Lights C/W1 Double Ceiling/Wall Sconce in Brass by Michael Anastassiades
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The latest addition to the IC Lights Collection: New IC Lights Ceiling/Wall Double comes with a double light source providing diffused light.The modern ceiling and wall sconce fixtur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Iron Silvered Frame Mirror with Two Poliarte Appliques
Located in IT
Contemporary iron silvered frame mirror with two glass Poliarte Appliques This mirror is newly realized and mixed with vintage appliqués form italy...
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2010s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Iron

Chain Chrome Wall Lamp
Located in Milan, IT
This superb object of decor perfectly interprets contemporary design needs. It showcases an essential silhouette in the two tubular LED bulbs (each E14 and 4W) hosted in the cylindri...
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2010s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Tube Shaped Murano Glass Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of murano glass tube sconces each featuring “pulegoso” tubes with a gilt brass tubular structure. This pair has been newly wired for US standards. This pair is located at our...
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2010s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

2000s Pair of Modern Alabaster Beige and Tan Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
2000s beige colored alabaster wall sconces. Each sconce takes one bulb. Please note, this item is located in our Scranton, PA location.
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Early 2000s Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster

Modern 5.5 Foot White or Black Giraffe Wall Lamp Sconce Chandalier
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
"Giraffe in love" is the new product born from the collaboration between artist/designer Marcantonio and Qeeboo. It is a dreamy giraffe holding a class...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Fiberglass

"Cinelli" Sculptural Bronze Sconces by Alexandre Logé
Located in New York, NY
Textured bronze sconces in crucifix form with sculptural detailing. Textured silk shades. These sconces are now being produced with custom mounting plate that matches fixture, see im...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Bronze

Pill Sconce by Matteo Zorzenoni
Located in Milan, IT
Available in amber or smoky Murano glass options, this prized sconce by Matteo Zorzenoni is crafted according to a traditional Venetian technique, whereby the glass is mouth-blown di...
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2010s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Blue Aurora Resin LED Sconce by Richard Clarkson Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by NASA satellite footage, this collection captures the feeling of witnessing, from space, an aurora dancing on the surface of the Earth. Each sconce consists of two flowing shapes of resin, matte-black aluminum reflectors, and LED lights that gently move to create a dynamic glow. Also available as a suspended pendant...
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2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass, Steel

Brass Wall Sconce 7 Lights with Crystal LEDs and Gold Finish, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 500 other unique products. (1.8) Inspired by Arabic calligraphic art and the icon of the classical candelabrum, this wa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Crystal, Brass

Modern wall lights and sconces for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Modern wall lights and sconces 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 wall lights and sconces created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, wall decorations, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern wall lights and sconces 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 wall lights and sconces, popular names associated with this style include Artemide, Vistosi, Tekna, and Sabrina Landini. 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 wall lights and sconces differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $98 and tops out at $144,019 while the average work can sell for $1,553.

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