A rounded dome of black travertine on a black cable and a black iron plate. No wood anywhere on it, which makes this the only fully monochrome piece in the range and the one that reads as a silhouette rather than as an assembly of materials.
The inside is left raw, so when the bulb is on the light picks up the texture of the unpolished stone and comes out warmer than the outside would lead you to expect. From below it looks like a bowl of amber; from across the room it looks like a dark full stop.
Where it earns its place
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Against a pale wall. The whole point of a black fitting is contrast. Put it where there is something for it to read against.
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Over a kitchen island. Two or three in a row. The dome throws down and out, so a run covers a long worktop evenly.
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In a hall with high ceilings. Two metres of cable means you can drop it far enough to matter in a Victorian entrance.
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Where the room is already busy. A single dark shape is quieter than a pale one with visible detail.
Real stone, so no two are the same
The exterior is left with the natural pitting of the black stone rather than filled and polished flat, so it catches light in flecks along the top of the curve. Every dome pits differently. It is not a coating and it will not chip off; it is the surface of the block.
Hanging it
Two hundred centimetres of cable, cut to your drop on the day. Over an island, 78 to 82 cm from the worktop to the rim, and if you are hanging several, keep the centres between 60 and 75 cm apart. The ceiling plate is black iron rather than wood on this piece, 12 cm across, and covers a standard rose. Warm white E27 LED bulb included. Not dimmable, and it needs a qualified electrician.
