The Tessford Table Lamp started from the striped awnings over old seaside shops, pale canvas with dark bands, scalloped along the edge and held up on turned wooden posts. We kept that pairing: a striped shade with a wavy hem, set on a base turned like a newel post or a chess piece. The three bases came from three different posts we liked, one low and round, one stacked, one tall and waisted. Lit, the shade glows between its dark stripes like an awning with the sun behind it.