Elstead Black Birds Single Table Lamp - Black & Gold

A hand painted vase turned into a lamp

Black Birds starts life as a tall porcelain vase, glazed in deep black and decorated by hand with gold birds perched among peonies and trailing branches. It's a chinoiserie pattern that gives the piece plenty to look at long before the switch goes on.

Black gloss, gold detail, cream shade

The porcelain body carries its gold birds and florals over a glossy black glaze, sitting on a dark stained wood plinth. A cream pleated fabric shade sits above it, finished with a small aged brass finial at the crown, a warm note that keeps the black and gold base from reading too formal.

How it works

A single E27 lamp holder sits in the neck of the vase, so the light rises up through the pleated shade rather than shining straight out at eye level. Fit a dimmable bulb and it can run from a soft background glow up to enough light for reading by.

Where it works best

At 74cm tall with a 46cm wide shade, this lamp needs a surface with room to spare, a console table, a wide bedside table or a sideboard rather than a small side table, somewhere the height and the painted pattern both have space to register. It suits a living room, bedroom, dining room or hallway.

Elstead

Elstead Lighting is a British decorative lighting group whose roots go back to The Elstead Forge in Alton, Hampshire, and it remains led today by the Lucas family. Pieces like Black Birds draw on that background in their decorative, traditional styling rather than a stripped back contemporary look.

Good to know

• Porcelain construction with a hand painted glaze finish, on a dark wood base
• Height 74cm; shade 46cm diameter at the base, 31cm at the top, 30cm deep; vase body 40cm tall, 20cm wide
• One E27 lamp holder; bulb not included
• Dimmable if a dimmable bulb is fitted
• Class I electrical rating
• 2 year manufacturer's warranty
• This item cannot be delivered to AB, DD, GY, HS, IM, IV, JE, KW, PA, PH, TR or ZE postcodes

Questions People Ask

What bulb does the Black Birds table lamp take? One E27 bulb, not included. Choose a dimmable bulb if you want to use it on a dimmer switch.

Is the lamp base real porcelain? Yes. The vase shaped body is porcelain, hand glazed in black and decorated with a gold bird and floral chinoiserie pattern, set on a dark wood plinth.

Is this lamp too tall for a bedside table? At 74cm tall it suits a wide bedside table, console table or sideboard better than a narrow one, so check the surface has room for the 46cm wide shade before ordering.

Does the shade come already fitted? Yes, the cream pleated shade and brass finial arrive fitted to the lamp base, ready for you to add a bulb and plug in.

Height: 74cm
D: 46cm

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