Langham Display Floor Lamp

Half easel, half lamp, and it stands six feet tall.

The Langham Display Floor Lamp is by Ralph Lauren, in polished nickel. A display lamp does two jobs at once, holding up a picture or an open book and lighting it from above, an idea borrowed from the galleries and studios where such things are looked at closely. A square post rises from a flat rectangular base. Midway up, an adjustable-looking ledge sits ready for whatever it is asked to hold. A long bar reaches out across the top. It measures 24 inches long and 72 high.

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