Floor Lamp with Shade by Eichholtz

An elbow joint, a pleated shade, and a long nickel stem with nowhere particular to be.

This floor lamp with shade is contemporary, made of plated nickel and brass by Eichholtz. Swing arm floor lamps descend from the adjustable reading lights of early 20th-century libraries and studies, built to put light exactly where a page needs it. A tall polished rod rises from a stepped square base, with a small adjustment collar partway up. At the top, a jointed arm with ball pivots reaches out to a tapered white pleated shade. It is 12 inches long, 16 deep and 52.25 high.

Flexible, polished, and happy to bend toward the reader.