M 10 Base

The base is the part of a lamp nobody credits and everybody notices. It sets the height, it carries the weight, and when you are sitting down it is the half of the lamp at eye level — which makes it worth more thought than the moulded plastic cylinder most shop-bought lights stand on. This is that component taken seriously in its own right. It belongs to a numbered series, so it is drawn as a base rather than as a whole lamp: something to sit beneath a shade and support it without competing for attention. That makes it a useful download for anyone assembling a light from parts, replacing a stand that came with something cheap, or building a set of matching lamps for a bedroom and a landing. On a bedside table or a sideboard it is the difference between a lamp that looks bought and a lamp that looks chosen.