sconce

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He flings his lunch against the wall, shattering a piece of Nancy Reagan’s china and leaving a trail of ketchup and hamburger grease on the wallpaper and faux gilt sconce recently procured from Home Depot.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

Similarly, the Polaris floor lamp, Gemini table lamp, Tri-Stars wall sconce and Ursa Minor chandelier take their cues from the heavens.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023

They installed the Vendome Visual Comfort double sconce from Circa Lighting in hand-rubbed antique brass above the TV screen, and, Meg Hoburg says, this was “the little detail that elevated the whole thing.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022

Stenciled onto the adjacent wall next to an incongruously glowing sconce is eternity’s conundrum: “Heaven for weather, hell for company.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Ser Wendel set the torch in a sconce near the door, and left to wait outside with Robar Royce.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin