Sconce

sconce

a flat candlestick with a handle

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sconce

1. An electric lamp, resembling a candlestick or a group of candlesticks, which is designed and fabricated for mounting on a wall.

2. In medieval architecture, a detached earth-work, 2 that serves as a small defensive position, providing additional protection for a fort.

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Sconce 

(in Russian, bra; from the French bras), a wall light fixture. Candelabra have been given a variety of artistic treatments (often with wall mirror reflectors). They have been made of copper, bronze, Venetian glass, and wood with levkas from the 17th to the beginning of the 19th century for palace interiors in baroque, rococco, classical, and Empire styles. Simply designed electric wall lamps, made of old materials used in novel ways as well as of the newest materials, are widely used today.