The smallest black piece in the range. A short tapered bell, 11 cm across and 12.5 cm deep, on a plain black cable and iron plate. Nothing about it announces itself, which is unusual for a dark fitting.
Because the shade is so short, the light leaves it at a wide angle and the bulb never sits deep in shadow. That makes it useful in multiples: several of these give overlapping soft circles rather than a row of hard spots, which is not how most small dark pendants behave.
Where it earns its place
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In a row of four or more. The size is what makes this possible. A run of small shades over a long table reads as considered where a run of large ones reads as heavy.
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Above a narrow peninsula. Eleven centimetres takes almost no depth off a shallow worktop.
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Restaurants and cafes. Repeats cleanly, and the dark exterior keeps the ceiling reading as one plane.
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Alongside pale fittings. Small enough to add as a dark accent without redefining the room.
Real stone, so no two are the same
A small piece cut from black travertine shows a tight, dense pattern of pits rather than the broad banding you get on a wide shade. Some come out almost uniform, others heavily pocked. Both are the same stone from the same block.
Hanging it
Two hundred centimetres of cable, trimmed on the day. Because it is small, hang it lower than you would a large shade or it disappears: 70 cm from a tabletop is about right, and if you are running several, 45 to 55 cm between centres keeps them reading as a set. The 12 cm black iron ceiling plate covers a standard rose. Warm white E27 LED bulb included. Not dimmable, and a qualified electrician should wire it in.
