A French Empire-style 19th century gas lamp recently converted to electric, leaving the glorious period details intact to illuminate and inspire on a desk or side table. Below a sage-green tôle painted drum shade (diffusing the light from two medium-base bulbs) the lamp’s original fuel well of patinated brass rises on three slender brass legs with paw feet topped by the faces of a mythical animal with a lion face and eagle wings like a gryphon.