Artifact Lava Table Lamp

Troy Lighting has been making lighting in California since 1963, and its fixtures are known for an industrial edge that never feels cold. Now part of the Hudson Valley Lighting Group, the brand builds its reputation on what it calls material storytelling: the idea that a fixture's materials and textures should do much of the talking.

Those materials are substantial. Hand-forged iron, thick pressed glass and aircraft-grade cable appear throughout the catalogue, and the finishes are applied by hand, giving each surface depth and character. Collections such as Conduit and Sausalito show the range, from rugged, utilitarian designs to sleek, urban ones. Troy Lighting makes pendants, chandeliers and wall sconces, and the same piece can look as natural in a loft kitchen as in a busy restaurant. There is a solidity to Troy Lighting that you notice immediately, the sense that a fixture has been built to be used, admired and kept for years.