A wide cream glass pebble balanced on a slim chrome column and a flat chrome disc. The glass is a flattened oval rather than a globe, so it reads as one smooth uninterrupted curve from any angle, and the cream is in the glass itself rather than painted on the outside.
The shape is straight out of the early 1970s, when lighting went round and the fittings went chrome. What makes it work in a room now is the restraint of it: two materials, no detail, no pattern. Against warm timber and neutral walls the chrome stays quiet and the cream glass does the talking.
Switched on, the whole pebble lifts to a soft even glow, and the light that escapes underneath catches the chrome and lands back on the surface it is standing on. Switched off, the glass keeps its warm cream colour and the chrome picks up the rest of the room.
Size: 18 cm across the glass and 28 cm tall. That is a small lamp, roughly the height of a wine bottle, though the shade is wide for the height, so allow about 20 cm of clear width rather than going by the height alone.
Power and bulb: mains powered with a cord about 1.8 m long. It takes a G9 bulb, which is the small two pin fitting rather than a screw fitting, and a warm white 3000K bulb comes with it. The lamp is not dimmable in itself, though it will work with a smart bulb if you want to control the level that way.
Materials: a cream glass shade on a polished chrome stem and base.
Care: wipe the glass with a soft cloth, damp if you need it, then dry it. Polished chrome shows fingerprints and marks easily, so use a dry microfibre cloth on the stem and base, and keep abrasive cloths and any cleaner containing solvent away from both.