Light (Not So) Bright
The best/coolest/warmest cordless lamps for your table, counter, and more. Because a great restaurant always knows 💡.
Have you ever been to a good restaurant and wanted to take the lamp on your table with you when you left?
This is a very good sign.
Restaurants or hotels where you just can't help but steal a thing or two. A key chain here, an “ashtray” there. Because they got that little signature ‘You Are Here’ thing so right. That’s how we feel about the new wave of cordless lamps quietly replacing candles in so many places we frequent now.
Not that we don’t love the nervous system-chilling of some great tea lights (really, nothing feels more festive than actual flickering fire 🔥). But if we’re going with utility, convenience, and maximum glowy-ness for our next supper outside or impromptu pizza/champagne dinner party (nothing beats it), any of these table toppers would be welcome for getting the coziest lingering light just right.
&Tradition Setago Rechargeable Lamp
A fan favorite for every room and round of puzzle-making.
Zafferano Poldina Pro Table Lamp
Preferred by taper candle devotees.
Vakkerlight Cubic Accent Portable Table Lamp
A cordless lamp, but also Brutalist.
Lumens Bellhop LED Table Lamp
We usually like this one in bright yellow… but the matte black feels a little more dramatic.
HAY Mousqueton Portable Lamp
These would be nice on your bedside table/tables, too. Like a lantern, only a little more elegant.
Soho Home Emmie Portable Lamp
Edith Wharton might have been really into this one.
IKEA AVHÅLL LED Portable Lamp
For about $30/each, definitely grab a few.
Serena & Lily Brooks Fluted Cordless Table Lamp
For the gardeners among us.
Hübsch Low Portable Lamp
Someone we like a lot recommended this one. The shape is interesting, and the light is very good, indeed.
Tom Dixon Pose Portable Lamp
The one we want most. OTH CHIC of the highest order.
And a few vintage options…for good measure.
Because the best lighting is always a mix of old + new. From left: Firmamento Milano ETOILE Lamp by Daniela Puppa, Verner Panton 'Pantop' Portable Lamp in Chrome, Foscarini Fleur Table Lamp by Rodolfo Dordoni, ‘B. Bulb’ Portable Hand Blown Glass Lamp for Ingo Maurer. 💡
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