Italian Designer Glass Table Lamp | Modern Retro Accent Light For Living Rooms and Consoles

An accent lamp is not there to light a room. It is there to give a corner, a sideboard, or a console a point of warmth in the evening, which is a different job from a reading lamp and needs a different object. Glass is the right material for it because the body itself glows rather than only the shade.

The retro form is what separates it from a plain modern lamp. Mid century Italian glass lighting had shape and colour where contemporary design tends toward the neutral, and a single retro piece is often what stops a modern room reading as a showroom. One object with character does more than several without. Give it space on the surface rather than crowding it with frames and books, because a sculptural piece needs clear room around it before it reads as one.

It suits sideboards, consoles, side tables, shelves, and bedrooms, and it works best where it is seen rather than where you need to see. Position it away from edges, since a glass bodied lamp is less forgiving of a knock than a metal one. Dust with a soft dry cloth and avoid abrasive cleaners on glass. Buy it now.

• Accent lamp for warmth rather than room lighting
• Glass body glows rather than only the shade
• Retro Italian form with shape and colour
• One piece with character lifts a neutral room
• Suits sideboards, consoles, and side tables
• Position away from edges, glass is unforgiving of knocks