Caryatide

The caryatid replaces the column with a figure: in Greek architecture, a draped woman bears the entablature on her head. The sconce transposes the principle. A bronze shaft rises from the wall, branches into three that flare like raised arms to support a cintered band. The casting keeps the vein of the worked metal, knotted and alive. The light rests on this support like a borne load: it climbs behind the stretched veil, descends toward the bronze, and the motif of the branches stands out as a shadow on the wall.