Lamp €225 by Jasper Conran at Brown Thomas.

Lamp made from clear crystal with a wood base looks best at night when the glass glimmers and the black shade helps control the light upwards and downwards, but not outwards.

Small bands run horizontally around the glass. This is one of a rake of new Jasper Conran-designed products for the home - others include black Wedgwood china available at House of Ireland. (The lady with the lamp is model Kiki Zo).

Brown Thomas: Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway