Midcentury Large Wall Sconce Torch Shape with Fist, 1940s

Last days!!!! I accept reasonable offers on my entire catalog (small and medium-sized items only) Pair of large wall sconces bronze doré Louis XVI style of the first half of the 2...

Pair of wall sconces bronze doré Louis XVI style of the first half of the 20th century. This model of French wall lamps or sconces have illuminated the Europen Grand Hotels and Cafe...

Natural alabaster sconce or wall lamp in the shape of a half cylinder Mediterranean alabaster white color. It has a hanging system with a back bar that is embedded in the piece t...

It has a hanging system with a back bar that is embedded in the piece that joins the wall and holds the electrical part that is new and ready to be used They Wall Lights and Sconces...

A pair of lovely pine, brass and art glass two-light wall sconces designed and produced in Sweden in the 1940s. Clean lines and organic design from the Scandinavian Modern period, tw...

This stunning Art Deco Hollywood cut crystal wall sconce was realized in the United States, circa 1940. It features two sinuously curved arms that extend from silvered fittings culmi...

Midcentury French pair of textured glass sconces with bronze trim details. Five textured glass tubes connected with bronze trim form a ...

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...