Louis XVI Style Wall Sconces PairGilt Metal Quiver Sconces with Two Arms — French, 20th Century

DETAILS:
Size: each — Height 30.5 cm (12 in) · Width 26 cm (10.2 in) — each roughly the height of a hardcover book
Material: gilt metal, cast; wax-drip candle sleeves (matched set fitted before dispatch)
Style/Period: French, Louis XVI style — 20th century
Weight: 1 kg each (2.2 lb); approx. 2 kg the pair
Shipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — we handle the paperwork
Electrical: Before dispatch, our workshop will inspect and test the electrical system, with rewiring and replacement fittings where needed. Delivered working and ready to use.
Condition: very good condition; light wear to gilt surfaces
Lampshade: sold without shades — small clip-on shades suit them, leaving you free to choose ones that fit your room
Returns: accepted within 30 days

The quiver of arrows is Louis XVI ornament at its most literary — a nod to Cupid hung on the wall, the emblem the style used wherever it wanted romance dressed as antiquity. Sconce makers gave the motif its perfect home: the backplate becomes the quiver itself, tapering like a fluted arrow-case with the fletched shafts showing at the top, and the candle arms spring from it as if slung at its sides.

This pair is French, twentieth-century work, in gilt metal: each sconce a quiver-form backplate, the case fluted and tapering to a leafy tip with an acorn drop, the arrows' feathered ends cast in a bundle at the crown, carrying two scrolled arms with leaf joins that sweep out to beaded, dished drip pans and ringed candle sockets under wax-drip sleeves. Look at the quiver's crown — each arrow's fletching is cut separately in the cast, a bundle you can count, which is where careful work in this pattern shows itself against the flattened crowns of cheap copies. The pair is in very good condition with light wear; the candle sleeves are mismatched — one white pair, one cream pair — stated plainly, and replaced with a matching set through our workshop before dispatch. The pair is fully rewired and arrives prepared for wall installation, in working order.

The gilt surfaces carry only light wear across both, as the photographs show. Whoever hung this pair before you kept both quivers full. They are ready for a dining room, a hallway, or either side of a bedroom mirror.

The pair is gilt metal at a kilogram per sconce, rewired with matched sleeves before dispatch. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

Condition

Electrical details

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Worldwide delivery is included in the price. Every piece is individually packed, tracked and fully insured. No shipping charge is added at checkout. If your destination is not listed, please contact us before ordering.

European Union: no customs and no import charges. Delivery usually takes 2–5 working days after dispatch.

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