Bauhaus Glass Table Lamp | Retro Nordic Design Accent Light For Sideboards and Home Studies

Bauhaus taught designers to strip a thing back until only the working parts are left. This Marlow Vane table lamp is built on that idea, a glass body and a clean silhouette with nothing bolted on for decoration. It reads as a considered object on a sideboard in daylight, and it earns its place again the moment the room darkens and it is switched on.

The glass is what separates this from an ordinary lamp. Light moves through the body as well as out of the top, so the whole piece glows rather than sitting as a dark stem under a bright shade. On a console table in a hallway, or on a desk where you look at the lamp from the side for hours, that difference is the reason the corner does not feel heavy.

Buy it now if you would rather own one good lamp than three forgettable ones. Stand it on a level, stable surface with the cable routed clear of walkways, and keep it back from the edge of a desk. Allow the lamp to cool before you handle it, clean the glass with a soft dry cloth, and move it carefully because glass does not forgive a knock.

• Style: Bauhaus influenced retro Nordic table lamp
• Body: glass, light passes through the body as well as the shade
• Form: clean silhouette with no applied decoration
• Suits: sideboards, console tables, desks, studies and bedsides
• Placement: level stable surface, cable routed clear of walkways
• Care: allow to cool, clean with a soft dry cloth, handle with care