Five and a half centimetres deep. That is the whole idea. A shallow disc of travertine, 15 cm across, hanging off a slim oak stem, so that from the side you see a line and a stone rather than a lampshade.
Depth is the thing that goes wrong with pendants over a table. A tall shade forces you to hang it high, and hung high it stops lighting the table. This one stays out of the way at eye level, which means you can drop it lower and actually get the pool of warm light where you want it.
Where it earns its place
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Rooms without height to spare. Loft conversions, back extensions, the low half of a split level. It gives you a proper pendant instead of a compromise flush fitting.
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Breakfast bars. Two or three in a row sit close together without building a wall of stone across the room.
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Above a console in the hall. One on its own, dropped short, reads as an object rather than a light fitting.
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Warm oak against warm stone. The stem is pale oak and the ceiling plate a darker wood, so the piece has some contrast in it before you even switch it on.
Real stone, so no two are the same
Travertine is a porous stone and the pits and bands run wherever they run. On a shade this shallow the banding wraps the whole rim in one sweep, which is why the photographs and your piece will never be identical. The macro shot in the gallery is life size.
Hanging it
The cable comes at 180 cm and is cut down to your drop on the day. Because the shade is so shallow you can go lower than the usual advice: 70 cm from a tabletop to the underside still leaves a clear sightline across the table. The ceiling plate is 10 cm across and 2 cm deep, so it covers a standard rose. The warm white E27 LED bulb is included. Not dimmable, and it needs a qualified electrician.
