Alabaster Melange Elongated Sconce

Set of 2 armchairs, Stainless Steel with Italian Leather Seat and Walnut wood designed by Sean Dix. 29" H x 24" W x 19" D Seat height 18” inches. This dining armchair will look gr...

Jens Risom (Danish American,1916-2016) Mid-Century Modern walnut writing desk. Features 2 drawers with beautiful walnut handles. Key include...

Pair of Walnut Matthew Hilton chairs. Profile is simply shaped with splayed back legs and an angled backrest that’s curved for comfortable suppor...

Design by Kai Linke for Souda. The Pi Mirror combines marble and glass to create a playful table mirror that’s both delicate and bold. Consisting of a circular mirror cantilevered f...

Set of 2 dining chairs by Helmut Lübke, made in Germany circa 1960's. The chairs are in excellent, original condition, showing only light cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with ag...

Pair of Italian circa 1960's carved alabaster sconces with silver fittings. Measurements: Height: 9.5" depth: 2" Width: 14"

These pure white sconces sit upon torch like bases, illuminating the room in the fusion of classical and romantic forms, typical of the neoclassical period. Alabaster lighting was the first used electrical lighting in Europe, prized for its ability to softly diffuse light. As mentioned above, the Neo-Renaissance style was in reality an eclectic blending of past styles, which the architect selected on the whims of his patrons. In the true Renaissance era there was a division of labour between the architect, who designed the exterior highly visible shell, and others—the artisans—who decorated and arranged the interior. The original Italian mannerist house was a place for relaxation and entertaining, convenience and comfort of the interior being a priority; in the later Baroque designs, comfort and interior design were secondary to outward appearance. This was followed by the Neoclassical period, which gave importance to the proportions and dignity of interiors, but still lost the comfort and internal convenience of the mannerist period. It was during the Neo-Renaissance period of the 19th century that the mannerist comforts were re-discovered and taken a step further. Not only did the improved building techniques of the 1850s allow the glazing of formerly open loggias and arches with the newly invented sheets of plate glass, providing the first "picture windows", but also the blending of architectural styles allowed interiors and exteriors to be treated differently. It was at this time that the concept of "furnishing styles" manifested itself, allowing distinctions to be made between interior rooms...

Sweeping curves and creamy stone the color of custard, give a dreamy, soft ambiance to your interior.

A scaled version of our Aperture Sconce with an Alabaster diffuser. Under 4” in depth to meet standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act for comm...