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

Further brighten your basement with table and floor lamps, task lamps and wall sconces.

From Seattle Times

We were in a formal audience room in the presidential palace in Tunis around midday on Friday, all crystal sconces and gilt-edged chairs.

From New York Times

In the gathering dusk, we gaze on its stony surfaces and square-edged sconces, and enchantment begins even before the show does.

From New York Times

With that in mind, I really like the LED stick-light sconce fixtures that are now available.

From Seattle Times