Vintage Retro Wall Lamp | Adjustable Wooden And Metal Sconce In A Black or White Metal Finish

An adjustable wall lamp is worth more than a fixed one for one simple reason. You can point it. This Marlow Vane sconce swings and tilts, so the same fitting can wash light up a wall as decoration one evening and be swung down onto a book the next, which is exactly what a bedside or a reading chair needs and what a fixed fitting never gives you.

The materials keep it warm. Wood and metal together avoid the cold, purely industrial look of an all steel arm, and the retro shape gives it somewhere to sit in a room with older furniture as well as a modern one. Black is the graphic option against pale walls, while white keeps the arm quiet and lets it disappear into plaster when it is not in use.

Buy it now if you read in bed and your current light is in the wrong place. Mount it into a solid wall or a stud with fixings rated for the weight, since an arm that moves puts more load on its fixings than a static fitting. This is a hardwired fixture and should be installed by a qualified electrician to local electrical code, with the circuit isolated at the breaker first.

• Movement: adjustable arm that swings and tilts to aim the light
• Materials: wood and metal in a retro profile
• Finishes: black or white
• Suits: bedsides, reading chairs, studies, landings and hallways
• Fitting: mount into a solid wall or stud, an adjustable arm loads its fixings
• Installation: hardwired, fit by a qualified electrician, isolate at the breaker