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10 Easy Pieces: Desk Lamps

October 23rd, 2007

Our top ten functional (and handsome) task lamps:

THE NEW CLASSICS:

Below: Ballfinger table lamp from Germany; $680 at nova68.com:

Below: Adjustable arc 109 lamp from Brooklyn-based David Weeks Studio; call 718-596-7945 for pricing or go to davidweeksstudio.com:

Below: Job table lamp from Germany in polished stainless steel with glass-rod-encased base; available in early 2008 for approximately $2,200 from pluglighting.com

RETRO BEAUTIES

Below: The Bestlite series was designed by Robert Dudley Best in 1930; it’s a certified design classic and is exhibited at the Design Museum in London. At unicahome.com for $479:

Below: Designed by Jean-Louis Domecq in the fifties, the newly reissued, French-made Jielde Signal desk lamp is available in brown, yellow, pink, olive green, blue, orange, brushed chrome, and chrome plated; $382.50 and up (depending on color) at lightology.com. The turquouise blue model is available at conranusa.com for $450. Restoration Hardware’s knockoffs run from $189 to $249 (restorationhardware.com), depending on size and finish. Finally, Pottery Barn Teen offers “interpretations” for $69 in several cheery colors; pbteen.com:

Below: Original BTC’s Hector Table Lamp, designed by Peter Bowles, has a bone china shade and a ceramic base with a cotton-braided flex (conranusa.com $195):

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Below: The Anglepoise lamp is an icon of modern design. A broad range of styles and colors are available at hollowaysofludlow.com; prices range from $120 to $600. And, yes, they do ship to the US. A stainless version is available at conranusa.com for $600:

THE ECONOMY STALWARTS

Below: Antifoni work lamp; $24.99 at ikea.com

Below: The Luxo original L-1 architect’s lamp, designed in 1937 by Jac Jacobsen. Available in chrome, black, white, or gray; $183 at lightspc.com

Below: Artimede Tolomeo Micro Lamp in silver, white, or black. Find it at roomandboard.com for $195:

Pottery Barn Teen offers two good options:

Below left: Lumi table lamp, $59. Below right: Retro Task lamp; $69. Both at pbteen.com:

Our fortunate UK readers can avail themselves of the following three great options. Below left: Bubble table lamp from Heal’s of white glass and chrome; £25 at heals.co.uk. Below middle: Habitat’s haricot green task lamp; £25; go to habitat.co.uk. Below right: Atlantis stainless steel desk lamp; £74.50 at grahamandgreen.co.uk:

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