sconces

• The candle-sconces were also gold, but none of the tapers in them were lit, so that the painted landscapes and tapestries on the walls were engulfed in shadows. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
• Candles burned in sconces, their flames rising sereneLy downward. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 04-05 - October-November 1996
• Algae lay thick upon the wall sconces, and waving fronds of kelp grew from between the bricks of the floor. —  Wit'ch's Storm
• Although the hall they entered via an anteroom was brightly lit by several wall sconces, and the huge fire that was burning in the grate, it was intimidating. —  StayThroughtheNight
• The torches in the wall-sconces were unlit, save every third or fourth one, shedding a guttering light. —  Kushiel’s Avatar

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