A Large Modernist Alabaster Table Lamp, c1950 -1970, the cylindrical alabaster shade with a large textured central band sitting on an alabaster disk attached to a solid slim cylindrical stem, the whole supported on a circular base with a textured edge.
Alabaster's translucent properties made it a favoured material among many designers of twentieth century lighting such as Pierre Chareau, Edgar Brandt, Abert Chereut, Emile Jacques Ruhlmann and Jean-Michel Frank. The shade can be turned to show stronger veining.