Pair of French Vintage Gilt Brass Wall SconcesTwo Arm with Oval Mirror Backplate — France, Mid-20th Century

DETAILS:
Size: 20 Centimeters high 11 centimeter’s deep
Material: gilt brass frame and arms; oval mirror plate
Style/Period: French classical tradition, mid-20th century
Weight: 1,400 g the pair (3.1 lb)
Lampshades: 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
Condition: good vintage condition; gilt brass sound and well matched across the pair; oval mirrors intact
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 mirror sconce is one of the more considered inventions of the French decorative tradition. Placing a mirror behind the candle arms was not decoration for its own sake — it doubled the light in rooms that had little of it, and it turned a functional fitting into something that held the wall even in daylight, when the candles were cold. The form passed from the candlelit salons of the eighteenth century into the electrified interiors of the twentieth without losing anything, because the logic behind it had never depended on the flame.

This pair is French, mid-twentieth century, each sconce built around a beaded oval mirror plate in gilt brass — the reflective centre from which two scrolling arms extend, each curving outward and upward to a beaded bobèche and turned socket. At the crown of the oval, a small cast foliate finial ties the composition together; at the base, a trefoil drop finishes it cleanly. The beading runs the full perimeter of the oval frame without interruption — note how the same bead moulding reappears on the bobèche rims at the arm tips, the repetition of a single detail across the whole piece that gives it its coherence. The gilt brass has a warm, even tone across both sconces, consistent with careful indoor use.

Whoever lit their rooms with these before you kept them in good order. Both sconces are sound and well matched; the oval mirrors are intact. They will be inspected and tested before dispatch, with rewiring where needed, and delivered working and ready for installation, plug adapted to your country at no charge — a pair that works as naturally above a console as it does either side of a bedroom mirror.

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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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.

Maison Jaspers pays US tariffs and import duties. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Contact us before ordering if you need destination-specific guidance.

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