Wooden Tripod Table Lamp – Linen Shade in White, Linen or Grey

A tripod table lamp with a wooden base and a linen shade, the shade in White, Linen or Grey. A tripod stands on three legs rather than a solid foot, which means it is stable on an uneven surface: three points always find a plane, where a four-legged or flat base will rock on anything less than true.

The tripod also changes what the base does visually. It is an open frame rather than a mass, so the surface underneath stays visible and the lamp occupies less apparent room on a crowded table. Wood is stiff enough to hold three splayed legs at a fixed angle indefinitely without the joints working loose. The Linen colorway is the undyed one, and it is the only one of the three where the fabric's own natural tone is what you see.

It suits a console, a side table or a desk, and it works particularly well where the surface below is worth seeing — a wood grain, a stone top, a stack of books. Grey is the coolest of the three shades; White the brightest.

• Base: Wood, tripod
• Shade: Linen
• Shade colors: White, Linen, Grey
• Form: Table lamp