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DISCOVERIES

LIGHTS
FANTASTIC
With sculptural silhouettes and
magnificent metals, four favorite
new table lamps cast their spell

ROMAN AND
WILLIAMS GUILD LAB
TABLE LAMP; $3,650.
RWGUILD.COM

1. THE DINING
ROOM OF NEW
YORK’S VERŌNIKA
RESTAURANT
(VERONIKANYC.COM).
2. THE BAR.

1

THE EXPERT

All Aglow

For Roman and

Williams, light

is mystery plus VISUAL COMFORT
MINIMALIST MEDIUM
TABLE LAMP BY KELLY
illumination WEARSTLER; $1,379.
CIRCALIGHTING.COM

V aseline glass, invented

eons ago yet largely
unused today, is a unify-
ing element at Veronika,

restaurant that Robin
2 the new Manhattan
Standefer and Stephen Alesch of the
AD100 design firm Roman and Williams created on Park Avenue South. “I love rein-
troducing old techniques into the cultural conversation,” says Standefer, calling the
THE URBAN ELECTRIC
bar chandeliers’ handmade, ribbed, flowerlike glass shades “almost spooky but in the COMPANY BATON
best way.” Located inside an 1894 Renaissance Revival building that houses a branch LAMP; $1,589.
URBANELECTRIC.COM
of Stockholm’s Fotografiska museum of photography (Veronica is the medium’s patron
saint), the eatery has a Mitteleuropean vibe, thanks in part to lighting that seems to ADRIAN GAUT (2); LAMPS: COURTESY OF THE COMPANIES
reference the 1960s as much as it does Art Nouveau. Mushroom-shaped lamps sprout
from the bar, vertical sconces cling to walls, and egg-shaped lamps powered by diode
batteries stand on tables. Meanwhile, LED and incandescent bulbs—all in clear glass,
with a mix of filaments—effect a warm, inviting glow. Each fixture poses a question
that suffuses Roman and Williams’s seductive oeuvre: Is it a period design or a com-
plete invention? Says Standefer, “I love to play with that tension.” —MITCHELL OWENS

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