Vintage Brass Table Lamp, Teal Textured Column Desk Lamp — 1980s

The 1980s gave the classic column lamp a wardrobe change. The form stayed traditional — a slender shaft on a round foot — but the decade dressed it in colour: polished brass paired with rich, textured finishes in teals and greens, a combination earlier decades would have found too playful and the 1980s found exactly right. The result is a small lamp that reads classic at first glance and unmistakably of its moment at the second.

This lamp is from the 1980s: a slender column sheathed in a finely ribbed, textured teal-green finish between polished brass collars, rising from a matching teal disc base ringed in brass at the foot, to a fluted brass upper section and socket. Look at the pairing itself — cool matte teal against warm polished brass is the decade's signature contrast, the same confidence that put colour on everything from stereos to spectacle frames. The lamp is sold without shade and bulb, so it takes whatever character its next room asks of it. It is checked through our workshop before dispatch, fitted with the appropriate plug or adapter for your country, and delivered ready to use.

The textured finish and brass are in good order, with only light age-consistent wear, as the photographs show. Whoever kept this small lamp on their desk before you kept it well. It suits a desk, a nightstand, or a reading corner.

The lamp is metal and brass, checked and ready to use. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping, with all import duties paid by us, so there is nothing to settle on delivery. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

DETAILS:
Dimensions: to follow — please enquire; a compact lamp, sold without shade or bulb
Brass; textured teal-green finish over metal
Electrical: checked before dispatch; plug or adapter fitted for the buyer's country; delivered ready to use
Condition: good vintage condition; light age-consistent wear to finish and brass

Condition details available on request.

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