Canaan Table Lamp

A very stable staple for your home to end up in a museum and not an antique store!

When I decided it was time to freshen up one of my main living areas and bring it into this decade, I knew that I wanted in its replacement what I got out of my last selection for a lighting fixture—something that would span a reasonable period, without the need to change it in just a few years. There are only two decor artists, in my opinion, that grasp the concept of an iconic decore that moves along with time because it's not a trend or fad but a staple in the idea of decore sustainability. One is Ralph Lauren, and the other is Jonathan Adler. Both are very separate in their distinctive looks and styles, but each has the talent to make a fashion and not a trend. That is what makes a great decor. I needed something that went in a more modern room with clean lines and elements that did not cling for attention—more complement each other and make a room a slice of home. Nothing says here to stay than a sturdy, solid piece of marble fashioned into a simple but primary shape with its veins of color coursing through the foundation of the material. And that's what I found when I bought a pair of Jonathan Adler's Canaan solid marble table lamps—topped off if you could say, with the dramatic large square shade to brighten any room, but the details are in the devil. They say. When it comes to this artist of home interiors, Jonathan Adler is the master of not just the tangible but also the perception of the item; how can you wonder if something like this can be accomplished? A simple piece of brass with hundreds of boreholes sitting on top of the lampshade to remarkably diffuse the light across the walls and not blind the ceiling with accidental light but the light that is controlled and part of the lamp and its connection to the room itself. What an excellent piece of iconography to last the ages. This lamp will be in a museum instead of an antique store. Bravo, Jonathan Adler. --D. Rost, Naples, Florida.