Brass is the finish that makes a wall look considered. It picks up whatever light is in the room and hands it back a little warmer, and it sits well against paint, tile, and wood alike. One beside the door, two either side of the bed: it is the sconce you stop noticing and keep liking.

What brass does on a wall

It warms everything near it. A brass sconce reflects the room's light back with a gold cast, so the wall around it reads warmer than the paint alone, and the metal itself reads as quality from inches away, which is where a sconce is judged. One beside a door, a pair either side of a mirror or a bed, and the wall reads finished before anything else on it does. Angelica and Mirella are solid brass, Mirella with a globe shade. Emma pairs gold with pearl black from the Emma collection, and Aurelius folds steel into a sculptural plate in jet black or polished gold.

How to choose the right size

Scale the sconce to the wall it sits on: about one-third the height of what it flanks, usually 10 to 18 inches, with the projection under 5 inches in a hallway. Mount the center 60 to 65 inches from the floor beside a mirror or a door, space a flanking pair 36 to 40 inches apart, and drop to about 48 inches at the bedside. All four are wall-mounted and tagged for any ceiling height; Emma also mounts to a ceiling.

Styles and rooms across the range

Solid brass suits a hallway with wood floors, a bedroom with a brass bed, or a bathroom with brass taps, and the same metal carries overhead in the brass and metal pendants. Aurelius's sculptural plate is the statement piece for a hallway or a stairwell. For the wider range of finishes and materials, the wall lights and sconces collection holds every indoor option.

All four are hardwired, warm white, and dim from the wall switch. Match the sconce to the door hardware first and the faucet second, and keep one metal per wall.