Most of my designs begin as a general shape and as I develop the concept, I start to think about color, texture and materials. Perhaps it's because the shape of this lamp reminds me of a damigiana bottle, but from the very beginning I'd imagined it as a dark emerald green. Bent laminated ash with green dye & stainless steel. Natural linen shade included 63" tall x 19" diameter 150 Watt MAX.