Travertine wall sconce CORTO No.01, cone shade with a walnut ball lit on a plaster wall above a walnut sideboard
Travertine wall sconce CORTO No.01 in Cream Travertine, stone cone under a walnut sphere on a slender arm and plate
Travertine wall sconce CORTO No.01 switched on above a walnut cabinet with a vase and a potted fig by the window
Close-up of the travertine cone shade of the CORTO No.01 wall sconce lit from within, pitted cream stone surface
Travertine wall sconce CORTO No.01 lit on a sage green wall above a brown leather armchair and botanical print
Travertine wall sconce CORTO No.01 on an arm glowing above a gray upholstered bed with a rust throw and curtains
Travertine wall sconce CORTO No.01 lit beside a tan leather armchair and nesting tables stacked with books
Close-up of the CORTO No.01 travertine wall sconce cone and walnut ball on its dark rod, switched on
Travertine wall sconce CORTO No.01 casting warm light down a textured beige wall above a walnut console with a vase
CORTO No.01

Travertine Cone Wall Pendant on Black Steel Arm

Sale price$338.00
Color: Cream Travertine
Estimated arrival: between 4 November and 9 November, Order within 130 min.
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  • Authentic materialsReal travertine, marble, alabaster and walnut. Never imitation.
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Why you'll love the CORTO No.01

  • A travertine cone made for reading. The hand-cut cone keeps its open pores on the outside and is sanded smoother inside, so light reflects cleanly down onto your page or chair.
  • Small enough for the wall above a desk. At 4.7 in wide and 6.7 in tall, it fits above a writing desk, a bedside table or a hallway niche, leaving the surface clear.
  • Black steel arm, walnut joint. A slim blackened steel arm, bent at a right angle, holds the cone away from the wall. At the joint sits a turned walnut sphere, and the canopy is solid oiled walnut.
  • Hardwires to your wall box, bulb included. It's direct-wired to a standard U.S. junction box at 120V, so your desk stays free of cords. It dims with a standard wall dimmer, and a free dimmable E14 bulb is included.

By design

Made to measure.

Hand-finished from natural materials, the CORTO No.01 sits within a few millimeters of these specifications.

Diameter

4.7 in (12 cm) shade width

Height

6.7 in (17 cm) cone and sphere

Weight

2.4 lbs (1.1 kg)

Bulb included

Yes, a free dimmable bulb

A pendant set against a wall.

When we designed CORTO, we kept returning to the wall lights that hung above writing desks in the small studies of Italian post-war architects. A short arm. A small shade. A reading light that left the desk surface clear.

CORTO is exactly that: a turned walnut canopy, a slim black-steel arm bent at a right angle, a walnut sphere as a hinge, and a travertine cone as the shade. Just 4.7 in wide, 6.7 in tall from arm to cone tip.

Built for the small wall above a writing desk, a bedside table, a hallway niche. Sized for a single chair, not a whole room.

Travertine cone, walnut hinge

The cone is hand-cut from a single block of beige travertine. The pores stay open. The interior is sanded smoother to reflect light cleanly downward to the page or chair below.

The walnut sphere at the joint is decorative and functional: it hides the cone-to-arm transition. The arm is blackened steel. The canopy is solid walnut, oiled, no veneer.

Made for the writing wall

Direct-wired into any standard junction box. E14 socket, free dimmable bulb included. Dimmable with a standard wall dimmer.

One arm. One stone. The reading light most rooms forget they need.

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