Torso Table Lamp Product Type_Glassware Alf Svensson and Yngvar Sandström

Alf Svensson and Yngvar Sandström designed it in the 1950s

its arched glass reading as a freestanding sculpture as much as a light source

with a ceramic milling mechanism inside adjusted from coarse to fine by twisting the wood cap at the top

Because the process is done by hand

wraps the sitter in a private

Torso Table Lamp Product Type_Glassware Alf Svensson and Yngvar SandströmThe Torso Table Lamp glows warm and steady from a rounded ceramic base wrapped in an airy linen shade, plugged into an outlet rather than carried room to room. Its ceramic base is topped with milled solid brass fittings and a brass touch dimmer set into the shade. Kryer Stter Lassen designed the Torso Table Lamp, taking its rounded, handmade looking form from objects found in childhood homes.