Lumenorth Basalt Travertine LED Sconce

Basalt is a wall sconce cut from genuine travertine on a solid wood base: two natural materials doing what metal and plastic simply cannot, which is bring visible texture to a wall. Travertine has open pores and a grain entirely of its own, so it catches and holds light across its own surface before any of it reaches the room beyond.

The head holds a rotating LED that tilts up and down, so the beam can be aimed precisely: onto a book at a bedside, along a hallway wall, or up a stairwell to pick out the treads one by one. It is a reading light and an architectural accent in the same fixture, depending entirely on which way you happen to point it that evening, and neither of those uses ever feels like a compromise made for the sake of the other. That is unusual in any fitting built around a stone face.

Every piece of travertine carries its own markings and pitting, so no two of these sconces are ever identical. Wipe the stone with a dry cloth rather than a damp one, and let the wooden base darken naturally over the years, as untreated timber always does in daylight.

• Material: genuine travertine on a solid wood base
• Head: rotating LED that tilts up and down
• Aim it at a book, along a wall, or up a stairwell
• Travertine markings are unique to every piece
• Care: wipe the stone dry; the wood darkens naturally
• Best for: bedsides, hallways, staircases and reading corners
• Ships worldwide with tracking, delivered in 3-14 business days