Why You Need to Try Artistic Sculptural Lighting this Season

Delicate yet full of personality, this lamp’s ruffled glass shade is reminiscent of old fashioned bonnets and ballroom skirts. Ethel lamp, £294 David Hunt Lighting, stockists regionwide davidhuntlighting.co.uk

Wellesley five-globe floor lamp, £700 Libra Interiors at Fenwick, Newcastle fenwick.co.uk

Drift four-light LED bar, £400 Portrack Lighting Centre, Stockton portracklightingcentre.co.uk

Inspired by the glass insulators strung above the tracks
of Britain’s railways during the golden age of travel, this
lamp is part of Washington-based Novocastrian’s Insulator collection and celebrates early 20th-century engineering. The ribbed forms were both beautiful and functional, aiding the insulators in preventing the overhead wiring discharging, whilst giving a distinctly art-deco aesthetic. Insulator table lamp, £3,305 novocastrian.co 

Retro stained glass wall sconce, £116.95 lassonliving.com

Taking inspiration from the flowing, swirling shapes of the ocean, the Wake wall light adds drama to your walls – especially in this rich walnut finish. £295 tomraffield.com

This abstract burl stem, divided in five staggered sections, rests on a round base. Franco floor lamp, £2,495 sohohome.com