subject: What To Know About Table Lamps [print this page] For those considering adding extra light or just any light to an interior or other room environment, what to know about table lamps can come in handy when the time has arrived to begin selecting the right kind of lamp for the particular environment. These handy little light-bringing items have been with us in one form or another for over 72, 000 years, which is a fact that might surprise many.
In those days, human innovation led people to take a shell or hollowed rock and then place some sort of flammable material such as dried moss that was soaked in animal fat. The tinder or kindling would be ignited and people would have a bit of light that could be cast and that serve to keep back the dark night. Lamps today, of course, have come quite a long way from their humble origins.
Lamps certainly have developed nicely and are very good at being the practical and convenient shedders of light that many people expect them to be. People use them in general and very specific ways in order to concentrate a pool of light onto just about any surface where a bit more illumination is required in order to perform just about any task, including reading or close detail work.
Nowadays, people can take their pick from among an endless supply of table lamps of just about every variety, type, shape and style. That's why it's a good idea to take a few moments to consider the particular environment into which the lamp is going to be placed if having lamps that match the decor is important. A lamp should be selected that generally matches up well, in other words.
When it comes to table lamps, it is still the case that the lamp that comes almost immediately to mind when considering timeless style and beauty is the lamp made by the early 20th century stained glass and lamp maker Louis Tiffany. Lamps in the Tiffany style are created today as a tribute to the work of this highly creative and artistic individual.
Typically, the Tiffany lamp style will feature a lamp base that is bronze in color and either stylized or very spare. Where the Tiffany lamp really stands out is in the look and construction of its shade, which features many colored panels of glass. This class is held in place by a lattice that serves not only to give shape to the shade but also to hold a glass in place.
As far as room decors go, the Tiffany works best in an environment where there is little modern furniture. For those sorts of environments, be contemporary lamp -- which is a very broad category of lamp -- can work extremely well. In fact, there is no specific look for the contemporary lamp other than that it will not resemble anything that is antique or super futuristic.
Contemporary table lamps can be a good choice for any room environment where extra light is needed and where there are no antique elements or elements of furniture that suggest hyper modernism. When it comes to selecting lamps for just about every decor, take the time to gauge how much light will be shed and also how the general look of the lamp will blend into the existing or contemplated environment.
