As these recent events show, table lamps have become a popular centerpiece.
Correction: This story has been changed to reflect that Graceful Flowers by Patricia LLC, not Betsey Johnson, created the A.A.P.D Leadership Gala centerpieces.

A centerpiece from the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay fund-raiser
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Solutions With Impact topped tables with tall lamps wrapped in animal prints at the African-themed Michael "Pinball" Clemons Foundation gala for Free the Children in March.
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Lincoln Park Zoo's passport-themed Midwinter Party in March used oversize travel-stamped shades and slender, Moroccan-inspired lamps by Heffernan Morgan.
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Mark's Garden topped tables with small lamps and multiple styles of floral arrangements at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Ball after the Oscars in February.
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At the American Association of People with Disabilities Leadership Gala in March, pink leopard-print lamp centerpieces were designed by Graceful Flowers by Patricia LLC.
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In February, Corinthian Events topped a table with a Ping-Pong ball-filled glass lamp at Big Night 11, the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay fund-raiser.
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