Chrome has a reputation problem. People associate it with cold offices and dated bathroom fittings, and that association has kept a genuinely brilliant material out of a lot of homes that would benefit from it. The right chrome lamp does not feel clinical. It feels precise. There is a reflectivity to it that bounces light around a room in a way that a matte finish simply cannot, and in smaller spaces that quality is worth a great deal.

What we have been looking for are pieces where the chrome is doing real design work, not just finishing off a shape but defining it. Arc lamps that pull light exactly where you need it. Table lamps that sit on a sideboard and make everything around them look more considered. The kind of thing that photographs as sculpture and functions as your best light source.

Chrome rewards a room that is already well put together. These are the lamps for rooms that are ready for them.