Bedside lights have a nebulous place in lamp taxonomy ... The lamp comes in dozens of styles, including pendants and floor lamps (check out our photo essay of every Akari lamp under the sun ...

pendant lamps or a mix of them all, it seems it very much depends on your personal style whether you want your bedside lamps to match. But if you want a definitive answer, then no, bedside lamps ...

They can be fitted retrospectively and work on most light sources, from pendant lights, to chandeliers to bedside lamps too.