Beckford Table Lamp

A dark, crocodile-textured column topped with a crisp white drum.

The Beckford Table Lamp is by Ralph Lauren, with a linen shade. Columnar lamps in leather and polished metal belong to a tradition of tailored, clubby interiors, where every surface is meant to look good near a reading chair. The tall cylindrical body is wrapped in black with an embossed scale pattern. Polished nickel caps the top and bottom and forms a round plinth base. A tapered linen shade sits above, with a small finial. Its height adjusts from 23 to 25.5 inches, and the shade is 15 in diameter.

Black tie, for a lamp.