Beaux-Arts Torch Sconce

Early Electric, Exceptional Cast Brass Sconces. Greek revival styling. square backplate with fans of acanthus leaf castings pointing up and down. tapered round arms with classical co...

Early Electric Beaux Arts Sconces. Early Electric, Turn of the 20th Century. Cast Brass. Price listed is per sconce. New Glass, priced separately. Dimensions: Height: 23 Width ...

A large pair of Beaux Arts period solid brass torch style wall sconces with original frosted and cranberry color flame glass shades. France, circa 1900, early 20th century. Recently ...

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...

Make a statement with this incredible pair of cast bronze beaux arts candelabra wall sconces. Dating from the early 1900s these were high end sconces in their day and would have orig...

Beaux-Arts period solid bronze wall sconces of exceptional design having pronounced anthemions either end of gently bowed back-plates with egg-and-dart borders.