With its light wood legs and beige fabric shade, this second-hand floor lamp brings a contemporary and understated touch to the interior. Its warm and inviting light creates a soft atmosphere, ideal for complementing a sofa, an armchair, or a side table in the living room. Tall and slender, it takes up little floor space and elegantly illuminates a corner of the room or a reading nook. Near a bookshelf, it highlights a few books and a ceramic piece placed on a console. Height: 160 cm Diameter: 55 cm A brief history of the floor lamp: An heir to the "torch-bearing side tables" of the 17th century, the floor lamp revolutionized lighting by bringing light out of the walls and making it portable. Its height was historically calibrated to project the glow right above a reader's shoulder, thus avoiding shadows long before the invention of electricity. By the end of the 18th century, the introduction of draft oil lamps allowed it to shine independently and steadily, making it the central pivot of reading salons.