Stacked Alabaster Wall Light – Twin-Drop Brass Sconce, 20 Inch

The stacked alabaster wall light Payson is built from two suspended columns of hand-carved white alabaster discs, each held on a curved arm that projects from a round aged-brass backplate. At 20 inches tall and just 4.25 inches deep, it sits close to the wall and reads as a sculptural pair of cylinders before a bulb even goes in. Warm, veined stone lit from within — this is the bedside or foyer sconce that makes a room feel considered.

Where it fits

• Bedside in a master or guest room: Mount a pair flanking the headboard at roughly 150–160 cm from the floor. The narrow 8.5-inch width leaves the wall clean between them; the twin drops frame the bed without encroaching on it.
• Foyer or entrance hall: A single Payson on the first wall you see creates a hotel-lobby moment — sculptural by day, welcoming by night.
• Corridor accent: At only 4.25 inches deep it won’t catch a shoulder in a narrow passage, and the glow through the alabaster columns brings texture to an otherwise plain wall.
• Lounge reading corner: Positioned above a reading chair at comfortable eye height it gives a soft, glare-free wash without a shade obstructing the room.

Why you’ll use it every day

The alabaster diffuses the bulb completely — there’s no visible filament, no hot spot, just a warm column of light that is easy on the eyes at the end of the day. It does not fight you when you are trying to wind down. Because it is wall-mounted, you get your nightstand back: no lamp base, no trailing cord, nothing to knock over in the dark. In a foyer it gives a welcoming, hotel-like wash the moment you walk in. A pair of these at a dimmer feels genuinely luxurious — the kind of light that slows a room down.

Hand-cut from natural alabaster — which means no two are alike. The veins run differently. The colour shifts. The edges darken where the stone is denser. Light it up and you get a glow that belongs to your piece and nothing else. One block of stone. One light. Never repeated.

Light & finish

Lit, the alabaster columns emit a warm, amber-tinted glow that reveals the natural veining unique to each piece of stone — no two Paysons look identical. Light flows softly through each disc stack, producing a gentle wall wash rather than a directed pool. Unlit, the aged-brass backplate and curved arms read as composed metalwork against the white stone — an architectural object that holds its own in daylight. It pairs naturally with warm timber floors, linen upholstery, raw-plaster or limewash walls, and any interior that leans towards natural materials over polished surfaces.