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Fine Pair French Empire Period Gilt Bronze Figural Three Light Sconces
Located in New York, NY
matched to the gilt bronze patina of the sconces, age appropriate surface wear
Height: 13 inches
Width
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
1960s Fontana Arte Style Heavy Glass and Steel Space Age Italian Wall Sconce
By Fontana Arte, VECA
Located in Aci Castello, IT
surface. The sconce's design embodies the essence of the Space Age movement. The heavy glass shade
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Pair of Louis XVI Period Ormolu Maiden-Form Neoclassical Wall Appliques/Sconces
Located in New York, NY
elements, ending in a symmetrical leafy flourish.
The Dore Bronze surface across both sconces is uniformly
Category
Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ormolu
Art Deco Shield Shaped Mirrored Wall Sconce with Scalloped Frame, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
mirrored surfaces of these sconces serve as canvases for the interplay of light and reflection. The
Category
20th Century Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
$2,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Seguso Vetri d
Arte Cilindri Sconce Clear with Silver Murano Glass
By Seguso Vetri d
Arte, Pierpaolo Seguso
Located in Murano-Venice, IT
Cilindri Murano glass sconce by Seguso Vetri d’Arte. A series of three connected, handmade, blown
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Brass and Glass Modernist Sconces Att. Emilio Lancia - Italy 1950s
By Emilio Lancia
Located in New York, NY
European socket and wiring
Patina and fading on all surfaces, please check pictures.
Third sconce
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Brass Sconce with Sunny Yellow Pleated Shades 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
.
Throughout the warm golden brass color from the patinated brass surface the sconce provides a wonderful style
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold White Sconces Style Gio Ponti, Italy, 1940s
Located in Vienna, AT
are in best overall vintage condition, while the surface is refinished.
The sconces or wall lights
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Set of 4 Dore Bronze Louis XVI Double Light Cupid Sconces, E. F. Caldwell
By Edward F. Caldwell
Co.
Located in New York, NY
sconce displays detailed surface modeling throughout. The cupid figure is rendered with defined facial
Category
Antique 1890s Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Set of Eight French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Figural Neoclassical Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
. The surfaces of the sconces are finished in a rich gilt, accentuating the sculptural details of the
Category
20th Century French Empire Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
1950s Two Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass and White Painted Metal Wall Sconces
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Painted Metal Wall Sconces are a type of lighting fixture that was popular in the mid-20th century. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of Modernist Brutalist 24-Karat Yellow Gold Gilded Two-Arm Branch Sconces
Located in New York, NY
center and converge to a single point. The 24-karat yellow gold gilded surface of the sconce provides a
Category
20th Century American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Gold
Pair of large floral wall lamps in gilded and lacquered metal. Italy 1960s
Located in Catania, CT
harmonious arrangement of four candle-style lights on each sconce. The gilded surfaces brighten the
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Garrard
Co Silver Four Sconce Three Branch Candelabra
By Garrard
Co. Ltd.
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
surface supporting three further candle sconces. The candelabra has Birmingham assay marks to the base
Category
Vintage 1970s English Modern Candelabras
Materials
Silver
Pair of Superb Antique French Empire Ormolu Chandelier Sconces
Located in New York, NY
classical motifs and rich bronze surfaces.
These sconces are designed in the Empire style, noted for its
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Caveat Emptor Reclaimed Teak Wall Sconce Handcrafted Org Modern Lighting by Evam
Located in Udaipur, IN
reclaimed teak wood. Designed as a wall sconce or surface mount fixture, it balances functionality with
Category
2010s Indian International Style Flush Mount
Materials
Wood, Teak
Moroccan Lantern in Metal and Clear Glass
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
, may be suspended from loops or installed on any surface, as a sconce on a wall bracket or as a
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
$475 / item
Moroccan Hurricane Metal Candle Lantern
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
surface, as a sconce on a wall bracket or as a hurricane candle lantern.
Could also be used hanging and
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
$195 / item
Lee Broom - Solstice Trio Pendant
By Lee Broom
Located in New York, NY
finish, Solstice has also been imagined as a surface mounted sconce which stands elegantly poised as it
Category
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
$2,975 / item
Lee Broom - Solstice Wall Light
By Lee Broom
Located in New York, NY
finish, Solstice has also been imagined as a surface mounted sconce which stands elegantly poised as it
Category
2010s British Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
$975 / item
Moroccan Metal and Clear Glass Candle Lantern
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
surface, as a sconce on a wall bracket or as a hurricane candle lantern. Could also be used hanging and
Category
Vintage 1980s Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Moroccan Moorish Clear Glass Lantern with Filigree Design
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
installed on any surface, as a sconce on a wall bracket or as a hurricane candle lantern.
Could also be used
Category
1990s Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Handcrafted Large Moroccan Clear Glass Candle Lantern
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
portable size, may be suspended from loops or installed on any surface, as a sconce on a wall bracket or as
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Outdoor Moroccan Hurricane Metal Candle Lantern
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
loops or installed on any surface, as a sconce on a wall bracket or as a hurricane candle lantern.
Could
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
$760 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Large Moroccan Moorish Hurricane Metal Candle Lantern
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
and family.
In a convenient portable size, may be suspended from loops or installed on any surface, as
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Large Outdoor Metal Moroccan Hurricane Candle Lantern
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
and family.
In a convenient portable size, may be suspended from loops or installed on any surface, as
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Mamounia Moorish Glass Lantern
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
friends and family.
In a convenient portable size, may be suspended from loops or installed on any surface
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
$2,500 / item
Moroccan Moorish Tole and Glass Candle Lantern
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
as a candle lantern on a table, hanging from a tree or as a sconce.
It's a perfect choice, this is an
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Wall or Table Light in Hand Cut Wood by Jacques Jarrige
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
richly lacquered surface, each sconce is a unique expression—its contours shaped by the artist’s fluid
Category
2010s French Floor Lamps
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Square Tole and Clear Glass Candle Lantern
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
suspended from loops or installed on any surface, as a sconce on a wall bracket or as a hurricane candle
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Moroccan Moorish Square Tole and Clear Glass Candle Lantern
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
, may be suspended from loops or installed on any surface, as a sconce on a wall bracket or as a
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Moroccan Candle Lantern in Moorish Gilt Metal and Glass
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
installed on any surface, as a sconce on a wall bracket or as a hurricane candle lantern.
Could also be used
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Bec Brittain FKA Themis Surface Mount, Brass LED and Hand Blown Glass
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Originally inspired by Victorian balancing toys, Themis combines handblown glass diffusers with an elegant marble and brass bracket to provide a soft glow. The forms are derived from...
Category
2010s American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Surface Sconce Calacatta
By Henry Wilson
Located in PARIS, FR
The blackened surface sconce is an ambient, sculptural light cast in two halves from solid gunmetal
Category
2010s Australian Arts and Crafts Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Marble
$2,180 / item
Surface Sconce Blackened Bronze
By Henry Wilson
Located in PARIS, FR
The blackened surface sconce is an ambient, sculptural light cast in two halves from solid gunmetal
Category
2010s Arts and Crafts Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
$2,064 / item
Surface Sconce Calacatta
By Henry Wilson
Located in PARIS, FR
A Calacatta marble table lamp full of elegance and softness.
The surface sconce in Calacatta
Category
2010s Australian Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
$1,817
Surface Sconce Blackened Bronze
By Henry Wilson
Located in PARIS, FR
blackened surface sconce is an ambient, sculptural light cast in two halves from solid gunmetal and emits a
Category
2010s French Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sconce Table Lamp by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Copenhagen, DK
The Surface sconce is a ambient, sculptural light cast in two halves from solid gunmetal.
Each
Category
2010s Australian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
$1,839 / item
Aluminium Sconce Table Lamp by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Copenhagen, DK
The surface sconce is a ambient, sculptural light cast in two halves from solid gunmetal.
Each
Category
2010s Australian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
$1,127 / item
Blackened Bronze Sconce Table Lamp by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Copenhagen, DK
The blackened surface sconce is an ambient, sculptural light cast in two halves from solid gunmetal
Category
2010s Australian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
$2,076 / item
Melt LED Surface Light by Tom Dixon
By Tom Dixon
Located in New York, NY
With Melt, our experiments in the technologically advanced field of vacuum metallisation take on a new twist. Melt is a distorted lighting globe born from our collaboration with Swed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Other
Melt Mini LED Surface Light by Tom Dixon
By Tom Dixon
Located in New York, NY
Melt is evocative of molten glass, the interior of a melting glacier or images of deep space. An imperfect, organic and naturalistic light that produces a mesmerizing hotblown glass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Other
Lozenge Double Sphere Surface Mount Brushed Brass Wall Light
By Lights of London
Located in London, GB
Lozenge Double Sphere Wall Light
Double Sphere III Wall Light
Brushed Brass Wall Plate
2000K - 2800K 95CRI
1200 Dim to Warm Lumens
Sphere III Bulbs Included
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Wall Light Murano Blown White Glass with Grooved Surface
By Aureliano Toso
Located in Saddle Brook , NJ
Mid-Century Modern Italian wall light Murano blown white glass with grooved surface.
Maker
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Kalmar Ice Glass Sconces
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Stamford, CT
Excellent Kalmar heavy wave surface ice glass wall sconces, each having a single piece of square
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
$950 / item
Starburst Sconce, Gold with Gold Dipped Bulb by Christopher Kreiling
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An explosion of light reflects and spills onto the wall from a corrugated metal surface. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Stainless Steel
Starburst Sconce in Stainless with Half Dipped Bulb by Christopher Kreiling
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An explosion of light reflects and spills onto the wall from a corrugated metal surface. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Stainless Steel
Contemporary Shoji Wall Light with Oak Framing and Japanese Paper Sconce
By Louis Jobst
Located in London, GB
emitted through all surfaces of the sconce, top, bottom, sides and front. The paper creates a delicate
Category
2010s British Minimalist Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wood, Oak, Paper
Pair of Neoclassical Antique French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Sconces, circa 1870
Located in Houston, TX
nozzle. The super engraved decoration is quite eye-catching over the entire surface of the sconces
Category
Antique 1870s French Empire Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Art Moderne Period Bronze Dore Two Arm Sconces France circa 1940
Located in Houston, TX
surface assumed far greater importance. The beautiful textured surface of these sconces reflect light in a
Category
Vintage 1940s French Neoclassical Revival Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Exemplary Pair Barbedienne Bronze and Ormolu Candelabra c. 1880
Located in Heathfield, GB
rising stamen. This design is repeated to the outer surface of each sconce.
The textured dark patinated
Category
Antique 19th Century Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Apparatus Studio Median 3 Surface Sconce Aged Brass and Alabaster
By APPARATUS
Located in Vancouver, BC
The translucent alabaster planes of the median shapes are intersected by a fluted brass form, referencing traditional Middle Easter Jewellery while pushing it through a futurist lens...
Category
2010s American Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Brutalist Wall Lamp Rough Surface Ceramics, 1960s
Located in Hilversum, NL
Dark brown sculptural ceramic wall sconce with double bulb socket. Original condition, the
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Brutalist Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ceramic
Remarkable pair of sconces
Located in New York, NY
edges to resemble an unfinished stone. Sanded upper surface.
Each sconce has 24 crystals and
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Queen Anne Mirror Sconce
Located in London, GB
engraving is held in silvered collection moulded frame with profuse decoration on the surface. The sconce of
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Queen Anne Wall Lights and Sconces
$23,115
Pair of Lars Holmstrom Patinated Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Scandinavian Modern patinated metal sconces with brass detail on a hammered surface. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
$4,250 / set
Pair of Neoclassical style wall sconces
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of Neoclassical style wall sconces, the painted surface in the form of a sheath with Greek
Category
Vintage 1930s Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wood
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Surface Sconce For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the surface sconce you’re looking for. A surface sconce — often made from metal, other and brass — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a surface sconce, we have 6 options in-stock, while there are 7 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect surface sconce — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right surface sconce, those designed in Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made surface sconce has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Allied Maker, Tom Dixon and Henry Wilson are consistently popular.
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The average selling price for a surface sconce at 1stDibs is $978, while they’re typically $473 on the low end and $4,900 for the highest priced.
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The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
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As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
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