Cestita, Spanish for little basket, is one of Miguel Milá's best-loved designs. He created it in 1962, setting a soft opal globe inside a light cherry wood frame topped with a handle, so the lamp looks as if it could be picked up and carried from room to room.
The idea is gentle and domestic: a small lantern for the table that gives a warm, diffused glow rather than a direct beam. The wooden frame and the milky shade work together, the wood bringing warmth and the opal softening the light to a calm, even halo.
Cestita sits naturally on a sideboard, a bedside table or a shelf, and it is just as much at home in a contemporary space as in a traditional one. It has been in continuous production for decades, which says a lot about how well it has aged.
This version pairs the cherry wood structure with a white opal polyethylene shade. Made in Spain by Santa & Cole.
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Designed by Miguel Milá
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Made in Spain