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Vintage table lamp with a white glass shade on a cafe table among metal-framed chairs.

Midcentury Lamps

Several glowing table lamps with white, orange and yellow glass shades on cafe tables.

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There are many good accompaniments for a cup of coffee—a warm croissant, a slice of gently toasted banana bread, or even conversation (provided it’s not the first coffee of the day). But one that we particularly like, for it is often overlooked, is a good reading lamp.

Then again, we would, wouldn’t we?

White glass table lamp and a grey mug on a marble table beside a dark window.

Orange glass mushroom-shaped lamp on a metal table next to a glass pot of black coffee.

Green and white glass lamp on a marble table beside a cup of black coffee.

Round yellow glass lamp and a coffee cup on a cafe table with two chairs.

Yellow ribbed glass lamp on a chrome base beside a cup of coffee on a dark table.

Lamp with a marbled glass globe glowing beside a water bottle and glass on a table.

Glowing globe lamp above a dark table with a coffee cup reflected in it.

Blurred red streaks of light across a dark table behind a pleated white lamp.

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