{"product_id":"pair-of-antique-french-gilt-metal-wall-34156","title":"Pair of Antique French Gilt Metal Wall Sconces, Louis XVI Style — Scrolled Two-Light Torch-Form Sconces","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the grand French interiors of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, wall light came in pairs by convention — sconces mounted to flank a mirror, a doorway, or a chimneypiece, their scrolled arms catching candlelight from two sides of a room at once. Electrification in the early twentieth century kept the form and simply hid a socket where the flame had been, which is the life this pair has lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a pair of two-light wall sconces in gilt metal, each with a pair of acanthus-scrolled arms sweeping outward from a central fluted torch motif bound in stylised laurel — a Louis XVI device drawn from classical fasces and quiver imagery. The candle cups carry faux drip-wax sleeves in the period manner, concealing the electric fitting beneath. The scrollwork is crisply cast, with leaf-tip terminals and beaded candle-cup rims typical of well-modelled French gilt bronze fittings of the type, though we describe the metal itself conservatively as gilt metal in the absence of a stamped standard. No maker's mark is visible in the photographs supplied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey reach us with a warm, consistent gilded surface and the expected soft wear of age across the high points of the scrollwork, arms and finials firmly seated, no losses noted in the images provided. We pass them on as received, their surface left honest rather than re-gilded. Flanking a mirror or a fireplace, a pair like this restores the symmetry French rooms were built around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn plain terms: a pair of French gilt metal wall sconces in the Louis XVI style, no date claimed, each roughly the size of a dinner plate laid on its side by arm span, rewired for safe, ready-to-use electric lighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: each approx. 19 cm high x 22 cm arm span (7.5 x 8.75 inches)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: gilt metal\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: Louis XVI style, no date claimed\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — we handle the paperwork, with all import duties paid by us; nothing to settle on delivery.\u003cbr\u003e\nElectrical: fully rewired through our workshop before dispatch, plug or adapter fitted for the buyer's country, delivered working and ready to use.\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good antique condition; gilt surface with light age wear at high points, arms and finials firmly seated, no losses noted\u003cbr\u003e\nLampshade: small clip-on shades suit them\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59482060947801,"sku":"LGT-WAL-048","price":1034.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8584196159_81j2.jpg?v=1789757953","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/pair-of-antique-french-gilt-metal-wall-34156","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}