Lumenorth Gild Luxury Vanity Sconce

Gild is a gold vanity sconce: the fixture that goes beside a mirror, where the light has to be flattering and the hardware has to look like it belongs there rather than like something borrowed in a hurry from another room in the house. Both halves of that brief matter equally, and a great deal of bathroom lighting manages only one of the two.

Vanity lighting is a specific job rather than general illumination. Mounted beside a mirror rather than above it, a pair of these lights both sides of a face evenly, which is what stops the harsh shadows under the eyes and chin that an overhead fixture always creates. That is why the shape has stayed in bathrooms and dressing rooms for decades while the fashions around it have changed several times over. It is one of the few lighting decisions where the position matters more than the fitting itself.

The gold is properly warm rather than brassy, so it sits well against white tile, marble and darker sanitaryware alike. This version is hardwired for a clean, cord-free finish, and each piece is made to order rather than held in stock, so allow a little extra lead time when booking an electrician.

• Purpose: vanity lighting, designed to mount beside a mirror
• Mounting a pair lights a face evenly with no overhead shadows
• Finish: warm gold rather than brassy yellow
• Installation: hardwired for a cord-free finish
• Made to order, allow additional lead time
• Best for: bathrooms, dressing rooms, bedrooms and hallways
• Ships worldwide with tracking, delivered in 3-14 business days