Murano Demi Lune Wall Sconce La Farnesiana Founded in 1939

Founded in 1939

pared-back form

Materials: Natural bamboo with hourglass sculptural form

This refined Italian sconce from the 1950s showcases opal white glass masterfully crafted into a distinctive shell form

It can be used as a ceiling or wall light fixture and refurbished wrought iron from the 1960s

Murano Demi Lune Wall Sconce La Farnesiana Founded in 1939A 1970s Italian wall sconce shaped as a demi lune, a low crescent of hand blown Murano glass that mounts horizontally to the wall. The glass holds the kind of soft surface movement that only comes off the Murano furnace, as if the form was caught in the moment the maker pulled it from the pipe. Light reads through the body of the glass and out along the curved edge, giving a soft horizontal wash rather than a directed beam. Murano has been the centre