A small cone of travertine with a turned walnut collar above it, finished with a rounded finial, and a short black arm holding the whole thing 10 cm off a round wood plate. The only piece in the range with a shaped collar rather than a plain one.
That collar is doing a specific job. A plain cone on a straight arm is a modern object. Put a turned finial on it and the silhouette starts to resemble something you might already have in a Victorian house, which is exactly the point in a room with a picture rail and panelled doors.
Where it earns its place
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Period rooms where a plain cone looks wrong. This is the fitting for the house that will not take a hard modern shape.
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Bedside pairs in a smaller room. At 11 cm and 10 cm of projection it is the most compact arm fitting here.
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Flanking a mirror or a chimney breast. Two of them at the same height read as a traditional arrangement without being a reproduction.
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Restaurants with a period frontage. Familiar shape, unfamiliar material, and it repeats along a wall.
Real stone, so no two are the same
A small cone is turned from a single block and the banding compresses as it narrows towards the collar, so each one has a different gradient. Next to the walnut collar and finial, which also vary, no two of these pair up the same way.
Fitting it
Hard wired and a job for a qualified electrician. The round plate covers a standard back box and the arm projects 10 cm, so it clears a picture rail but not a deep architrave. Beside a bed, 110 to 120 cm off the floor. Flanking a mirror, align the centre of the cone with the middle of the glass rather than with the top of the frame.
