$899 / item
H 15 in W 5.6 in D 4.1 in
Contemporary Odyssey Wall Sconce in Polished Nickel, Brass & Glass by Schwung
Located in High Point, NC
Serenely emitting light, while projecting its form. The distinctive Odyssey globe is reflected in this fixture by a rounded brass wall plate, spreading a diffuse glow. Please note t...
Brass
$639 / item
H 12 in W 5.6 in D 4.1 in
Medium Brass and Glass Odyssey Wall Sconce, Contemporary Design by Schwung
Located in High Point, NC
Serenely emitting light, while projecting its form. The distinctive Odyssey globe is reflected in this fixture by a rounded brass wall plate, spreading a diffuse glow. Available i...
Brass
$719 / item
H 15 in W 5.6 in D 4.1 in
Odyssey Wall Sconce by Contemporary Designers, Brass and Glass, Europe by Schwun
Located in High Point, NC
Serenely emitting light, while projecting its form. The distinctive Odyssey globe is reflected in this fixture by a rounded brass wall plate, spreading a diffuse glow. Available i...
Brass
Odyssey Paris Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey Paris Wall Sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14.4 x H 30.5 cm.
Metal
Odyssey Paris Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey Paris Wall Sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14.4 x H 30.5 cm.
Brass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass. Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass. Schwun...
Glass
Odyssey Santorini MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey Santorini MD Wall Sconce by Schwung Limited Edition Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm.
Glass
Odyssey LG Black Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey LG black wall sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 38 cm Materials: black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass ...
Glass
Odyssey SM Black Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey SM black wall sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 23 cm.
Glass
Odyssey LG Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey LG brass wall sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 38 cm Materials: Brass, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Schwung...
Brass
Odyssey MD Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey MD brass wall sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Brass, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Other s...
Brass
Odyssey LG Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey LG Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 38 cm Materials: Brass, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Schwung...
Brass
Odyssey SM Black Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey SM Black Wall Sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 23 cm Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass ...
Glass
Odyssey LG Black Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey LG Black Wall Sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 38 cm Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass ...
Glass
Odyssey MD Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey MD brass wall sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Brass, frosted glass Finishes available: black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Other s...
Brass
Odyssey MD Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey MD brass wall sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Brass, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Other s...
Brass
Odyssey LG Black Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey LG Black Wall Sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 38 cm Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Schw...
Glass
Odyssey SM Black Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey SM Black Wall Sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 23 cm Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Other...
Glass
Odyssey Md Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey MD Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Brass, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Other s...
Brass
Odyssey SM Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass small sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 23 cm. Materials: brass, frosted glass. Finishes available: black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass. Schwung is ...
Brass
Odyssey SM Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass small sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 23 cm Materials: brass, frosted glass. Finishes available: black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass. Schwung is a...
Brass
Odyssey SM Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass small sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 23 cm. Materials: brass, frosted glass. Finishes available: black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass. Schwung is ...
Brass
Odyssey MD Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass medium sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: brass, frosted glass. Finishes available: black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass. Other sizes ...
Brass
Odyssey LG Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey LG Sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 38 cm Materials: Brass, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Schwung is a German word...
Brass
Odyssey LG Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey LG Sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 38 cm Materials: Brass, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Schwung is a German word...
Brass
$599 / item
H 9.1 in W 5.6 in D 4.5 in
Odyssey Small Wall Sconce in Brass and Glass, Contemporary Design by Schwung
Located in High Point, NC
Serenely emitting light, while projecting its form. The distinctive Odyssey globe is reflected in this fixture by a rounded brass wall plate, spreading a diffuse glow. Available i...
Brass
Odyssey Santorini SM by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey Santorini SM Wall Sconce by Schwung Limited Edition Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14.2 x H 23 cm.
Glass
Odyssey Santorini SM by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey Santorini MD Wall Sconce by Schwung Limited Edition Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14.2 x H 23 cm.
Glass
Odyssey Santorini LG by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey Santorini MD Wall Sconce by Schwung Limited Edition Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14.2 x H 38 cm.
Glass
Odyssey 12 Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey 12 Chandelier by Schwung Dimensions: D 47.2 x H 174.4cm Materials: Triplex Opax Transparent Glass, Lacquered Burnished Brass Available in Black Gunmetal and Polished Nickel. ...
Brass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Sch...
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Sch...
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass. Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass. ...
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass. Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass. Schwun...
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass. Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass. ...
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Sch...
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Sch...
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Sch...
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Black medium sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Black gunmetal, frosted glass. Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass. ...
Glass
Pillow Chair by Ash - Mint Velvet
By ASH NYC
Located in New York, NY
The Ash Pillow Chair, everyone’s favorite companion reimagined in a new textile in four luscious colorways. A comfortable, custom-woven, fully upholstered velvet throne dreamed in an...
Velvet
$1,295 / item
H 13.5 in W 5 in D 5.5 in
Contemporary Handmade Blackened Brass & Smoked Grey Glass Wall Sconce, Edie
By Lightmaker Studio
Located in Kingston, Ontario
*Our products are currently duty-free to the US under USMCA* Edie explores the relationship between two similar forms. An exaggerated top column plays against the sconce’s overall s...
Brass
$1,354 / item
H 13.39 in W 10.63 in D 10.63 in
Set Antique Vintage Acorn Opaline White Milk Glass Ceiling Pendant Light Lamp
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous run of church opaline acorn pendant lights with steel galleries, circa 1950. - Wear commensurate with age, all in excellent condition, the steel galleries are aged worn...
Glass
Formation Linear Pendant LED Raw Brushed Aluminium Metal
By Jonathan Ben-Tovim
Located in Broadmeadows, Victoria
‘Heavy Metal’ by B-TD. A new series of hand-brushed satin finishes highlighting the elemental beauty of raw metal. Formation linear pendant is a sleek, luxurious fixture ideally ...
Marble, Aluminum
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Wood, Oak
$763 / item
H 15.75 in W 7.09 in D 7.68 in
Reproduction of a of art deco nickel wall lamp (Smaller one)
Located in Wien, AT
Reproduction of a nickel art deco wall lamp This is a reproduction. ( New ) We have also the same in polished brass. It can be brass and lacuered too. The last photo shows we have t...
Brass, Nickel
Solana Wall Sconces
By Blueprint Lighting
Located in Westport, CT
The "Solana" wall mount sconce or reading light is strongly influenced by Scandinavian, Danish, French, and Italian Mid-Century Modernism. The walnut back plate (available in natural...
Enamel, Brass
$835 / item
H 11.8 in Dm 4.7 in
Serenity Sofie Organic Modern Contemporary Wall Sconce/Light, White Plaster
By Hannah Woodhouse
Located in London, GB
Handmade Serenity Sofie wall light or sconce, in silky smooth white plaster, created by artist Hannah Woodhouse in her London studio. Contemporary design inspired by nature and midce...
Plaster
$4,250 / set
H 15.75 in W 5 in D 3 in
Brass and Murano Glass Sconces, Mid-Century Modern, Italy, New Design
Located in Austin, TX
Petite sconces from Murano, Italy made with smoked glass stamped into a lovely curved shape with texture. The brass structure has been newly wired to fit US standards. This pair is...
Brass
$2,600 / item
H 14.18 in W 4.34 in D 2.37 in
Brass and Alabaster Curved and Elongated Wall Sconces by Glustin Luminaires
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
New wall sconces by Glustin Luminaires, they are made of a single rounded and curved carved alabaster piece sat on a light bronze finished brass back plate. Due to the nature of th...
Alabaster, Brass
Sasco Semi-Flush Mount Brass Light Fixture, Custom Finishes
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
The Sasco is a versatile custom-made solid brass and glass globe light fixture, which can be mounted on the ceiling or wall. Shown here in our factory brass, an uneven unfinished br...
Brass
$7,582 / set
H 31.5 in W 18.9 in D 16.54 in
Eight Mid Century Modern Bumerang Chairs, Brown Beige Velvet, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The “Bumerang Chair” is a characteristic piece of furniture from the Polish People’s Republic (PRL) era. Its name comes from the distinctive shape of the backrest, resembling a boome...
Leather, Textile, Wool, Beech
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 cm x H 70 cm Materials: Brass Lampshade & Ceiling cup: 100...
Aluminum, Brass
$1,635Sale Price / item|10% Off
H 5.25 in W 5.5 in D 3.75 in
Small 'Single Block' Model #145 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
By Pierre Chareau, Maison Paname
Located in Glendale, CA
Small 'Single Block' Model #145 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau Handcrafted in Los Angeles in the workshop of noted French designer and antiques dealer Denis de le ...
Alabaster, Steel
$2,115 / item
H 23.6 in Dm 19.6 in
'Yoruba Rose' Japanese Washi Paper & Stainless Steel Table Lamp for Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer, Dagmar
Located in Glendale, CA
'Yoruba Rose' Japanese Washi paper & stainless steel table lamp for Ingo Maurer Designed by Dagmar Mombach and produced by Ingo Maurer, one of the most celebrated German lightin...
Stainless Steel
$1,469 / item
H 19.69 in W 2.96 in D 3.94 in
Taco De Luz 50 Wall Sconce made of Hammered Brass by Aristotelis Barakos
By Studio Aristotelis Barakos
Located in Athens, GR
A whimsical wall light that is characterised by an appealing simplicity and functions as a delicious source of smooth ambient lighting, thanks to its particular shape. Taco de Luz is...
Brass
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 chair — crafted 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.
From the kitchen to the bedroom and everywhere in between, there is one major part of home decor that you definitely want to master: lighting. Carefully selected vintage sconces and wall lights can do wonders in establishing mood and highlighting your distinctive personality.
We’re a long way from the candelabra-inspired chandeliers of the medieval era. Lighting is no longer merely practical, and lighting designers have been creating and reinventing lighting solutions for eons. Because of the advancements crafted by these venturesome makers, we now have the opportunity to bring unique, customizable lighting solutions into our homes.
It’s never been easier to create dramatic bedrooms, cozy kitchen areas and cheerful bars than it is today. Think of an elegant wall sconce as functional and as a work of art, adding both light and style to your hallways, whimsical kids’ rooms and elsewhere.
When choosing a lighting solution, first determine what your needs are: Will you opt for a moody or a bright feel? The room that will serve as your home office will need adequate lighting — think “the brighter, the better” for this particular setting.
For the bedroom, bedside wall lamps with warm-temperature bulbs instead of bedside table lamps could be the way to go to induce a sense of calm or intimacy. Try to match the style of the wall light or sconce that you’re installing to the overall design scheme of your room. It’s never “just a light.” You should approach the lighting of a room with a mindset that is one part practical and one part aesthetics-driven.
Let 1stDibs help you set the mood with the right antique and vintage wall lights and sconces for your home. Our collection includes every kind of fixture, from sculptural works by Austrian craftsman J.T. Kalmar to chic industrial-style wall sconces, from adjustable painted aluminum wall lamps designed by Artemide to a wide variety of minimalist mid-century modern masterpieces.
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