Table lamps

The first lamps that could be carried from table to table appeared in the ancient Greeks and Romans. They were oil filled lamps. Much later, the oil was replaced with kerosene. It has become easier to use such a lamp - it has not been chadila. But with the advent of electricity, table lamps have become a constant attribute of both residential buildings and private institutions.

Why do we love these lamps? For the fact that they have several advantages to their goals:

• Versatility: With proper decoration, lamps can perform not only the function of a table-top appliance, but also a chandelier or a night lamp.
• The ability to concentrate the light beam: a telescopic lamp or a model on a tripod will be able to illuminate the necessary area by gently turning the legs, like many other types of lamps.
• MobilityA: the weight of the lamps ranges from 200 g to 5 kg. Even a teenager can move it to any other place.
• Wireless performance: modern options - lamps with USB-plug or battery charging.
• Decorative properties: With the help of a bright lamp you can decorate a pale room or smooth out a riot of colors with a calm coloring. To complete the created look of the room will help the lamp, made in a certain style using non-standard techniques.

Are there any flaws in table lamps? They are much smaller than merits. Nevertheless, even if the lamp has a wooden base, it still remains fragile. An incandescent element in itself can be dangerous for children: it is hot, it beats easily, is harmful if you come into close contact with eyes. And the design in case of an accidental fall will quickly fail.

Most lamps have a not so long electrical wire, as we would like, and this limits the territory of their application. And perhaps the most important problem is recycling. We are used to throwing used bulbs in the trash, while this can only be done with ordinary incandescent bulbs.

Table lamps of conventional models consist of a base, a leg, a ceiling, a base (cartridge), a light bulb, an electrical wire with a plug for an outlet and a switch located on the wire itself or on the base, a leg, or a ceiling. Electricity flows from the outlet to the lamp through the switch. With its help, the electrical circuit is closed or opened, the current is supplied to the device.

Lamps can be attached to a clothespin, a clamp (clamp) or simply mounted on the surface. Clothespin and clamp can be fixed only on the edge of the table or on a row of hanging shelf. The steady basis allows to put a lamp in any place of a horizontal surface.

Table lamps differ in types of switches:

• cord (without button);
• sensory;
• dimmable;

• touch dimmable;
• push-button, with installation on a wire;
• push-button, with installation on the case.

In appearance, table lamps can be:

• Classic - elegant and strict, restrained and beautiful. Used in the office and in the bedroom.Pleasant diffused light is a distinctive feature of these lamps.
• Office. Functionality and convenience are what distinguishes these lamps. The main purpose is point illumination of the workplace. So, it can be used not only in the office, but also at home, as well as illuminate the child’s desktop. Lamps with brightness control (dimmer) will provide adequate lighting of any part of the workplace.

• With a transparent base. Such a lamp will ideally fit in almost any style, because the transparent leg can be a strict geometric shape or in the form of an artsy figure. The effect of a floating light will be inherent in such a lamp.
• In eco style. Using koryag, pieces of wood as the base and legs, straws, blades of grass, grapevine, dried flowers for decorating the ceiling makes such lamps truly homemade. These lamps are made by the masters of home craftsmen, they allow you to turn your imagination on to full capacity.

• Lamp floor lamp. This lamp is not a floor lamp, but has a high leg, which is placed on the table. When the light is on in the dark, the floor lamps with a lampshade hover on the bedside table and gently illuminate the bed.
• Tiffany lamps. A glass stained glass ceiling and a wooden or metal leg are the elements that make such a lamp extraordinarily beautiful. The name itself allows you to speak of it as a work of art.
• Decorative. The main task of these lamps is not lighting, but decor. Therefore, they can adapt to any style. A bellied leg with a clock and a shade, covered with Gzhel, perfectly fit into the bedroom. A bronze base with patina and canvas ceiling with embroidery decorate the room in a rustic style. Foldable chrome leg, metal cover with a magnifying glass and backlight will make the workplace in the high-tech style cabinet well lit and elegant. Crystal lamp-flower with a few bells perfectly fulfill the role of a night lamp in the room of a young girl.

• Lamps for children assume the execution of unbreakable material (metal or plastic). Your baby will be happy to fall asleep next to the kind fire - Mignon or gnome, Smurfik or little bear. Lamps for school-age children can be decorated for them, for example, a soccer ball or a butterfly. The main thing is that the light should correspond to the functionality of the lamp: to illuminate the working surface or to be illuminated at night.
• Transforming lamp works from the power supply network, but at the same time has the flexible leg allowing to give it the new form. It is suspended with a clip, which is important when the table is small. To which style it belongs - depends on the components. But the classic such lamp just can not be called.

• Cordless battery allow you to transfer her to the dark storerooms or go down with her into the cellar. Such a lamp can be made in the form of a lamp or a kerosene lamp, so it may well be a decorative element.
• USB plug lamp will allow you to connect it to a laptop or tablet. This type of lighting protects the user's eyes with a technique, since a luminous screen in a dark room can impose vision.

• The lamp with two lamps may be of a floor lamp type or in the form of a lamp-candlestick. It will harmoniously look on a ceramic or brass base.
• Multifunctional model with a clock and alarm clock, thermometer, barometer. A modern device that allows you to analyze available information at a glance and wake up on time.
• Pantograph lamp - this design, which has an additional hinge, will allow to install the lamp higher or lower to the table surface.A clamp for fastening the edge of the table securely holds it. Such constructions are often used by specialists working with fine details: watchmakers, cosmetologists, dentists, etc.

The choice of lamps for the lamp depends on the location and intended functions, as well as the chosen style. In addition, we must not forget about the issues of safe use of lighting. In the table lamp with fabric shade should not screw the lamp with high-power filaments.

For the lamp you can choose the following types of lamps:

• Incandescent bulb - the cheapest, usual and short-lived device with a yellow spectrum of illumination.
• Halogen lamp - analogue of the previous one, but with a buffer gas. It is more expensive, but also serves longer. It has a natural glow spectrum.
• Fluorescent light source with gas discharge properties. Provided they rarely turn on and off, such lamps will last 20 times longer than ordinary light bulbs.

• Neon table lamps - This is a decorative element for relaxation.
• Infrared lamps - It is the subject of treatment and prevention of colds. Used in medical institutions and at home.Requires consultation with a doctor before use.

The classic shape of a tabletop luminaire is round or square. With a shade (lampshade) for one or two or three light bulbs. Modern lamps are a variety of ideas. Not even every office lamp can be called ordinary. Unusual are represented by professional designers in a single version and a conveyor line for the mass buyer.

And if design things are not affordable for everyone, then many can afford to buy a glass lamp in the shape of an owl. Lamps candles will look very beautiful on a forged candlestick. Children will be pleased with cats and dogs. Mice on batteries with their light will help you to read your favorite book. A floor lamp in the form of a giraffe will illuminate the room above the child.

On a green cloth of a large dvukhtumbovy table, a glowing globe will create a feeling of reliability and inviolability of the whole surrounding. A lamp-umbrella, standing on a bedside table, will tell about some kind of levity of its mistress.

Since the smallest light bulbs weigh 200-300 grams, they also take up little space. USB-lamps with a flexible wire can easily fit in a briefcase for a laptop or in the glove compartment of the car. The usual table lamps can be attributed to the average size.The usual height is 35-40 cm above the table top, but it also reaches 80 cm. The large ones are not so much high as they are heavy.

They can be made of bulky materials such as a piece of wood or stone, concrete. But high lamps exist. They are used in professional workshops, organizations and medical institutions.

The materials used to make the necessary items can be the same for the base, the legs and the ceiling or different. For the manufacture of table lamps most often used:

• Glass - opaque or multi-colored, stained or painted. Such a lamp can be from the rack and ceiling or represent a single structure. For example, a parallelepiped of colored glass with neon lights embedded in it.
• Crystal, requiring its cut to show all the beauty when turning on the light. Expensive version of transparent material that makes the room rainbow.
• Porcelain with a miniature written on it is a masterpiece that requires admiration. Porcelain lamps will decorate the bedroom and living room.

• Rattan shade - a vivid example of country style or eco-style. Natural material will make the room softer and the lighting warmer.
• Carbolite the desk lamp is also called the "NKVD lamp" or "stalk". Synthetic polymer, which is well suited to the style of "retro".
• Metal - The material from which to make the ceiling and stand. Painted in any color, with or without patterns.

• Textile Lamp shades can be bought with the lamp or made independently. And the fabric and its texture can be very diverse. And it will allow to pick up the ceiling to any style. Use in this case, energy-saving lamps - they are less heated and do not create a fire hazard situation.
• Paper - cardboard and rice, corrugated and self-adhesive. Choose a model and make the ceiling yourself. This will help you to realize yourself and make the room more comfortable. But paper ceiling in the Chinese style can be bought in stores.
• Wooden elements lamps can be massive or openwork, natural or coated with paint.It all depends on the design and the desire of the author. Such things are individual, and, therefore, expensive.

• Plastic - along with glass is the most popular material. It is inexpensive, very diverse, easy and convenient. But it can be used only if the lamp is open, since plastic practically does not let in light.
• Brass. Even in the most popular Chinese online store, prices for lamps from this metal start at 4,500 rubles. The real masterpieces are closer to 100,000 rubles.
• Bronze - more elegant material. Heavy but beautiful ornate things will decorate the bedroom in a classic design.

Designers and artists draw a conventional line between the cold and warm colors of the palette. Therefore, when choosing a lighting device, you can focus on this data. Your lamp will be perceived cold, if it is blue, lilac, blue. Warm colors include red, pink, orange, yellow.

But green, purple, turquoise are the colors of halftones. The light green lamp will bring calm to the room of a rich green color scheme. White, black or gray lamp will look cold, strictly, officially.But no one forbade making the light source multi-colored.

The color of wenge is a variety of brown shades imitating the texture of wood. The wenge and beige lampshade stand is a classic stylish combination that fits many styles.

But it's not the color itself, but the supply of your lamp. After all, it can decorate, become a bright spot or be a misunderstanding. Brighten up not quite suitable color can be pictures. Blue-blue Gzhel on white, white blanket with the same curls and flowers - and would anyone dare to call your bedroom cold? It all depends on the combination of colors.

The lamps also have their own couturiers:

• Atmosphere Globemakers - a company that allows to combine geography and lighting. That's really really educational work - globes with internal illumination. There is a lot of options and not only desktop.

• Design thought Angela Jensen and engineering mind Ger jansen created a completely unusual lamp hovering above the base on the power of electromagnets. That's very beautiful. And very expensive.

• Balanced Stone Lamp - the name of the lamp, the leg of which consists of stones balancing on each other.Such a lamp will make it brighter not only in the room, but also in the shower.

• Alien abduction lamp - This is a UFO, which draws almost a real cow into its plate with its beam. At the same time, not only the space under the beam, but also the body of the flying saucer glows.

• Ewa sendecka Invented a transforming lamp that can be put, put, hung, rolled from place to place. Beautiful lamp with a bow (or a bouquet - to whom that is seen).

Fortunately, there are a lot of creative people in the world. Therefore, we can see lamps with multi-colored air bubbles floating in an oil flask and pleasantly illuminating our room. A juniper branch with a bird sitting on it and an LED lamp is a wonderful night light in any room. In the same handmade technique with a tree, you can see a bear leaning against a tree trunk, in the branches of which lamps are hidden.

Classical porcelain dancer under the lampshade is a tribute to style and time. But the lamp can be with other figures of people and animals. Lamps with statuettes as well as possible decorate living rooms and bedrooms. Adherents of eco-style will like coasters with shells. Wireless spotlights can be placed inside a large shell and create a real fairy tale for children and adults.

Fans of "Tiffany" style will enjoy the stained glass lamp made of colorful bright glass. But someone will be interested in the design of the legs and the ceiling using the decoupage technique. Floral motifs will appeal to lovers of Provence or Country style. But since dekupuzhnye napkins are on completely different topics, then pick up your threads will be easy.

The following models will suit different styles:

• Classic lamps suitable not only for the classical style, but also for neoclassicism or fusion.
• Office lamps can be used in the style of minimalism and constructivism.
• Provence and Country, Loft and Ethnic - styles that, when used properly, will be happy eco-lamp.

• Lamp floor lamp - depending on how the leg and the lampshade are designed, the floor lamp will fit into both retro style and pop art.
• Tiffany lamps - it is modern, avant-garde or art deco - different styles with different requests.
• The lamp with two lamps Perfectly fit into the Empire style.

• High tech loves metal and glass without frills.
• Floristics It will be appropriate in Rococo and Provence.

Manufacturers of table lamps around the world do not count. For every taste and wallet.But the trendsetters for this accessory are Italians. The most popular manufacturing companies from Italy and not only:

• Reccagni Angelo. Italian brand that produces lamps of different types. Details have an individual project and a patent in Europe. In the range of more than 2,000 items.

• Maytoni German brand with German quality, producing classic lamps. Products are exported to fifteen countries. The main materials are glass, metal, plastic.

• Mantra. Brand from Spain with an interesting design approach to their products. Their products are high quality and inexpensive.

• Brilliant. Australians are concerned about environmental issues. Their production reduces harmful emissions into the atmosphere by creating environmentally friendly products. On the market there are more than 3,000 items of lighting products from this company.

• Camelion One of the most popular corporations. 10 production sites are located on 5 continents. In the assortment - different types of light sources, batteries and chargers. Product prices are fairly democratic.

• Eglo. Branded factories settled in India, China and Hungary. Eco-materials in eco-conditions make the product is not the cheapest. But at the expense of labor, the company is trying to reduce the cost of its products.

• ERA. Russian brand specializing not only in the manufacture, but also in the processing of lighting equipment. Storehouses of the company are located throughout Russia. Some design developments were evaluated by Russian and international experts.

Using lighting devices with straight lines, in the form of strict geometric shapes, it is possible to emphasize the authority and business acumen of the room owner. Round shapes, the use of floral themes and animals will tell about the character of the owner, no less. If the lamp is placed near the mirror surface, the room will be lighter and larger.

Incandescent bulbs emit yellow light and do not irritate the visual receptors. Daylight lamps are economical, but not everyone is pleased with its white light.

It is equally important to choose the material: it must be durable, beautiful, safe. And also have to remember about the intended functions of the future purchase:

• On the table for the computer An office lamp with a turning mechanism and the possibility of approaching the worktop is quite suitable.It can be metal or plastic, push-button or touch. The mounting method can be any, but the light bulb should provide an opportunity not to strain your eyesight, but not blind.
• In the living room you need to choose a lighting device that is in harmony with the surrounding space. The bulb should be ordinary with incandescent or halogen filaments, as it is needed for reading and creating quiet lighting.

• Bedroom - a place of rest and relaxation. Soft light for the dressing table, dimmer mode and a push-button switch - these are the qualities a lamp should have.
• The lamp for the nursery - this is safety, and, therefore, lightness, dimmer or night light, a switch with a button or a sensor, and aesthetic appeal will not be superfluous.

In a house decorated with wood, install lamps of the same material: beautiful, cozy, warm. And in the room of the future astronaut, in addition to the star ceiling, put the lamp "Starry sky".In a room with only one mattress, an ordinary light bulb suspended from a metal rod that is bent in the form of a rack will look great.

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