Whitehall Large Sconce

A cornice, a plinth and four panes of glass: architecture, at the scale of a sconce.

This Whitehall Large Sconce is from Ralph Lauren, finished in Butler's Silver. Seeded glass, with its tiny trapped bubbles, imitates the handblown panes of older lanterns and softens the light that passes through it. The silver frame is canted at the sides, with a stepped top and base like a small classical building. Clear front and side panes reveal a curved arm and two candle cups, set against a back panel of bubbled glass. It is 16 inches high, 9.75 long and 5.25 deep, with two candelabra sockets.

Small, upright and very sure of its lineage.