She spent ten minutes sniffing it before we even switched it on, which I am taking as a good sign. It sits on the floor by the bed and gives just enough light not to wake anyone. The paper has a texture you can feel, it is not printed on.

Bought it to go beside a lounge chair and a wall map, and it does the one thing I wanted: light at book height with no glare behind the page. Three stacked shades break the glow into bands instead of one bright ball.

There is a dead corner under our stairs where nothing fits except a vase and a branch. The lamp went there. 23 in tall is short enough to sit under the slope, and the light washes the staircase wall. Cord is on the short side for this spot.

Daylight, lamp off — this is what it looks like most of the day in a room with a north window. It holds its shape instead of sagging the way thinner shades do. It sits on the floor beside a shelf that was already too full to take anything else.

It sits on the floor between a low cabinet and a rug, throwing light up the wall next to a painting. Warm enough that the TV wall stops being a black hole after dark. The legs are thin but it has not been knocked over once in six months.

15.7 in across, 23 in tall, on four thin legs — it stands on the floor next to a desk rather than on it, which is the reason I bought it. Lights the wall and the underside of the desk, not the screen. The second one further back in the photo is the same lamp.