Indonesian Palm Pot, Fitted As a Floor Lamp

A dark, swelling form that narrows as it rises, like a pear that decided to become a column.

This palm pot, fitted as a floor lamp, comes from East Java, Indonesia, and is contemporary. It is palm wood. Palm wood is cut from the trunk of the coconut palm and shows a dense, fine grain of dark fibers once finished, which has made it a popular material for Indonesian woodworkers. The body is a single tall vessel with a rounded foot, its surface a deep chocolate brown with faint vertical streaks. A wide drum shade in white tops it off. It stands 80 inches high without the shade and 104 with it, and is 18 in diameter.

Mostly pot, partly lamp, entirely upright.