{"product_id":"pair-of-french-gilt-bronze-three-arm-wall-71415","title":"Pair of French Gilt Bronze Three-Arm Wall Sconces, Louis XV Style — France, Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe three-arm wall sconce occupies a particular place in the French decorative tradition — more generous than the two-arm pair, less imposing than the five-light grands modèles, and perfectly scaled for the rooms that most people actually live in. The Louis XV foundries understood that a sconce with three arms, properly composed, could fill a wall with both structure and warmth without dominating it, and the form they settled on — scrolling arms rising from a central body chased with shell and acanthus, the whole composition growing organically upward — became one of the most reproduced in French decorative history, because rooms of every period kept finding it exactly right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair is French, early twentieth century, cast in gilt bronze with the warmth and weight of a foundry working in a tradition it understood thoroughly. Each sconce is built around a circular backplate chased with a bold shell-and-acanthus rosette, from which a central knop rises before the three arms branch outward: two sweeping wide to the sides and one descending at centre, each arm chased along its full length with acanthus leaf ornament and terminating in a foliate socket cup and beaded bobèche. Note how the arms do not simply radiate from the backplate but grow from a common junction — a tied bundle of leaves at the centre from which each branch separates individually, the botanical logic that gives Louis XV bronzework its sense of natural growth rather than mechanical assembly. The gilt is warm and even across both sconces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever lit their rooms with these before you kept them in good working order. Both sconces are functional and well matched. They arrive fully rewired and ready to use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey arrive professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: each — approximately 30 × 30 cm (11.8 × 11.8 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: gilt bronze\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: Louis XV style, French, early 20th century\u003cbr\u003e\nSockets: three per sconce, six total — fully rewired and ready to use\u003cbr\u003e\nLampshades: not included\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good; gilt bronze warm and even across both sconces; fully functional\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59364826775897,"sku":"LM-E-253","price":918.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8498353364_d728.jpg?v=1789076357","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/pair-of-french-gilt-bronze-three-arm-wall-71415","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}