Messier marble sconce ia both lighting fixture and sculpture.Named after the French astronomer Charles Messier and masterfully crafted in Italy with Calacata marble, Messier evokes the biggest mystery in the history of our universe. Creators and destroyers of our cosmos, black holes reverse everything we know about the sky above us.Messier is both a lighting fixture and a sculpture. When the lamp is lit up, the light is softly released through the white surface, while the veins of the stone become dark, evoking chaos and mystery beyond the event horizon. When the lamp is off, Messier becomes a sculpture and displays the vivid colors and complexity of an extraordinary stone.The rings on the surface of Messier 38 marble sconce are the result of a remarkable combination of advanced fabrication techniques and several stages of hand finishing. Messier is 100% manufactured in Italy.