The candles were burned low in the sconces, the flowers around the corpse had faded, a few tongues, loosened by stimulation, were still wagging, but the laughter had died down and the stories were all told.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
The startling innovation of lighting the broad oak staircase had likewise been adopted, and at intervals up the stairway wax-candles in sconces shed a mellow half-light in the hall below.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell
They found themselves in a magnificent hall, brilliantly lighted by hundreds of candles stuck in sconces round the walls.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson