Sconce

Wall light with a jointed arm and a shade shaped like a tipped cone.

This contemporary cast aluminum sconce is by Cast Aluminum, and is contemporary. Aluminum is a light, corrosion-resistant metal that casts well in molds, and it became common in lighting and decorative objects during the twentieth century. Dark, matte fixture with a notched mounting plate, a long arched arm with cutout slots, and a wide conical shade angled downward. A thin black cord trails off from the arm. The surface is soft grey-black. It is 8.25 inches long, 13 deep and 14.75 high.

Industrial elbows, bent in the direction of good reading.