Carthage Mini Lamp

A brass dome tilts on its yoke like a helmet looking for a place to land.

The Carthage mini lamp is by Ralph Lauren, in brass. Small desk and table lamps with a half-dome shade and adjustable stem have long been a favorite of libraries and studies. A hemispherical shade swings on a semicircular arm with finial ends. Below it, a turned column with ringed joints steps down to a round, stepped base. The brass has a warm, polished glow and a slim, lean profile. It is 20.25 inches high and 8.75 in diameter.

A small lamp, with the air of a large library.