Lamps & Lighting: Shape Up
Styles & Trends: Design Notebook
Lindsey Hughes -- Home Accents Today, 11/1/2009
Curvaceous forms and asymmetrical figures fashion attention-grabbing bases on a lineup of lamps infused with character. The designs are topped with solid-colored shades allowing the detail-laden bodies to revel in the spotlight.
3. A bowed piece of iron creates an eye-catching base on the Stiletto table lamp from the Michael Payne line by Shady Lady Lighting, spotlighting a flashy chrome finish and a silky cranberry fabric shade ($402).

1. Stein World's table lamp features a lazy eight base topped with an oval textured hardback shade ($109).

2. Smooth white irregular-shaped ceramic stones pile up to a pristine cotton shade on Giftcraft's Water's Edge Collection lamp ($140).

4. Finished in black wood and brushed nickel with a white linen shade, the Sentri table lamp brings smooth curves together with a linear design for rich effect from Nova.


5. Two sea creatures twist together to form a figure eight on the Dahl lamp from Wildwood's Studio W Collection, showcasing an antique platinum finish ($387).

6. Asymmetrical steel rings stack up to a chocolate hardback drum shade on the Addison Collection lamp from Dimond Lighting ($375).



























