Acrylic Table Lamp

A luminous column of clear acrylic rises thirty-four and a half inches, its transparency lending an almost architectural weightlessness to the form while gold leaf metalwork grounds the composition in unmistakable warmth. The interplay between the acrylic's light-refracting clarity and the richly finished steel accents speaks to a designer's understanding of contrast — the immaterial set against the deliberate. From John Richard, this table lamp carries the quiet authority of a sculptural object that happens also to illuminate.