Albany — Fluted Brass Touch Table Lamp in Forest Velvet

The Albany is named for Albany Courtyard, the eighteenth-century set of bachelor apartments off Piccadilly where Lord Byron, Graham Greene, and Edward Heath kept rooms — an address that has stood for quietly grand London residential life for two and a half centuries. The lamp earns its name: a fluted brass column descended from the Regency cabinet-making tradition, dressed in a deep forest-green velvet drum shade and finished with a contemporary touch-dimmer at the base.

The fluted-column form is a classical-architectural motif — Doric and Corinthian columns, the cabinet-work of the Adam brothers, the Regency furniture of Thomas Hope. In contemporary lighting it has been reinterpreted across the upper tier of British residential lighting practice. The Albany sits squarely in that lineage: precise, vertical, and considered, with the warm metallic depth that only properly finished brass achieves.

Held in stock with our UK suppliers and dispatched within one to three working days, fully tracked. Delivery follows by tracked courier; international rates and transit times are calculated at checkout against your address.

Where it works best

The Albany is plug-and-play in the truest sense — a single E27 fitting, a UK three-pin flex, no electrician required. Its proportions (45 cm tall, 28 cm at the shade) are calibrated for residential surfaces: a console table in an entrance hall, a writing desk by a window, a bedside table where it serves as the principal reading light, or a low side table in a drawing room beside a wing-back chair. The touch-dimmer at the base is a quiet luxury — a single tap brings the lamp on at full warmth; a longer hold dims it to a murmur. Particularly suited to bedside use, where reaching for a switch in the dark becomes briefly graceful. The forest velvet shade pairs naturally with raw plaster, walnut, indigo glaze, oxblood lacquer, and the deep brass tones of a properly considered interior.

Specification

Where it earns its place

On a bedside table as the principal reading light, where the touch-dimmer comes into its own — a tap to read, a hold to dim, no fumbling for a cord switch in the dark. On a console in an entrance hall, the brass column catching morning daylight as it falls through the front door. On a partner desk in a study, casting a soft amber pool across the inkwell side while the dictation side stays in shadow — exactly the contrast the Edwardian library lamps were designed for. On a low side table beside a wing-back chair in a drawing room arranged around a fire. The Albany works as a pair on flanking surfaces, and equally as a single statement piece on a hall console.

Despatch & delivery

Dispatched from our UK fulfilment partner within 1–3 working days, fully tracked. Free UK delivery on every order. 30-day returns — see our Shipping & Returns page for full details.