Pair of French Gilt Bronze Double Arm Wall SconcesMid-Century — France, circa 1950

DETAILS:
Size: each — Height 21 cm (8.3 in) · Width 38 cm (15 in) · Depth 21 cm (8.3 in)
Material: gilt bronze
Style/Period: French classical tradition, circa 1950
Shades: not included.
Shipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — US import duties covered; local import taxes and duties elsewhere may apply and are payable by the recipient; total weight approx. 3.8 kg the pair
Condition: very good; gilt bronze sound and well matched across the pair; no damage or repairs; wax sleeves replaced before dispatch
Returns: accepted within 30 days

Before dispatch, our workshop will inspect and test the electrical system, with rewiring and replacement fittings where needed. Delivered working and ready to use.

The double-arm wall sconce is one of those forms that French foundries never stopped making well. From the Louis XV originals of the 1740s through to the mid-twentieth century, the s-scroll arm, the beaded backplate, and the shallow bobèche cup remained in continuous production — not because craftsmen lacked imagination, but because the proportions were correct and the rooms they lit had not fundamentally changed. A pair hung either side of a fireplace or mirror still does exactly what it did two hundred and fifty years ago: it holds the eye at conversation height and fills the wall with warm, directed light.

This pair is French, circa 1950, cast in gilt bronze with the confidence of a foundry working in a tradition it understood thoroughly. Each sconce is built around a circular beaded backplate from which two generous s-scroll arms sweep outward in a single unbroken curve, their surfaces chased with a beaded rib that runs the full length of the arm — note how the bead detail begins at the backplate, follows the arm's curve without interruption, and resolves into the bobèche cup at the tip, the mark of a casting made from a single considered design rather than assembled components. The gilt has a warm, even tone across both sconces, consistent with careful indoor use over several decades.

Whoever lit their rooms with these before you kept them in fine order — no damage, no repairs, the gilt sound across both. The wax candle sleeves will be replaced before dispatch. Ready to hang either side of a mirror, a fireplace, or a pair of doorways.

They arrive professionally packed and fully insured. US import duties are our responsibility. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

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