Perhaps you are looking for a light that will stand on the floor so that you can light a specific area for reading or carrying out other tasks such as needlework or letter writing.
There are many reading floor standing lights designed to stand behind a sofa or settee in your lounge or living room or near a table to help with reading. These floor standing lights would have a flexible arm that allows you to position the head of the floor standing lamp in order that you may direct the light over the particular task such as reading or letter writing.
There are also desk lamps with flexible heads and stems which can be sited on your desk to assist with your work.
Floor standing lamps for task lighting come in a range of finishes and colours such as Antique Brass, Antique Chrome, Black Chrome or Chrome.
Many floor standing reading or task lights come with halogen lamps, some of which will be dimmable either by a foot dimmer switch or a dimmer switch on the stand.
Low energy floor standing lamps that are suitable for task lighting are also available.
The halogen floor standing lamps usually have a small arm on the head to help with positioning the head of the lamp. A useful feature as the head of the halogen lights can get hot.