Pair of French Neoclassical Style Patinated Metal Two-Light Wall Sconces Mid 20th Century

DETAILS:
Size: each — Height 34 cm (13.4 in) · Width 30 cm (11.8 in)
Material: solid gilt bronze
Style/Period: Louis XVI style, French, early 20th century
Sockets: two per sconce, four total — inspected and tested before dispatch, rewired where needed, and delivered working and ready to use
Lampshades: not included
Shipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide
Condition: very good; gilt bronze sound and well matched across the pair; fully functional
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 Louis XVI quiver sconce was the period's most precisely resolved wall-lighting form. The tapered backplate — drawn from the archer's quiver of classical mythology — gave the composition its vertical authority, while the swag ornament and pine-cone pendant softened it just enough for the drawing room. The best foundries of the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries cast these pieces in solid bronze, understanding that the weight of the metal was part of what made the form convincing: a quiver, after all, was a heavy object, and the lamp that quoted it needed to carry that weight in the hand and on the wall.

This pair is French, early twentieth century, cast in solid gilt bronze in the Louis XVI manner. Each sconce is built around a fluted tapered backplate chased with vertical reeding and a central swag of drapery, terminating at the base in a pine-cone pendant and acanthus foot. At the crown, a square cartouche — chased and slightly raised — provides the visual stop at the top of the backplate before the arms branch from it. Two scroll arms sweep outward from the body, each chased along its length and terminating in a beaded bobèche and socket. Note how the arms are not simple curves but taper as they extend — wider at the body junction, narrower at the tip — the structural logic of a branch under load, and the detail that distinguishes a well-designed casting from a simplified one. The gilt bronze is warm and even across both sconces.

The gilt is sound and consistent across the pair; both sconces are in full working order. They arrive inspected and tested before dispatch, rewired where needed, and delivered working and ready to use.

They arrive professionally packed and fully insured. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

Condition

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