An upright cylinder of travertine, 11 cm across and 16.5 cm tall, capped with a short wooden collar. Taller than it is wide, which is the proportion that stops a pendant reading as a bowl and makes it read as a column instead.
Because the stone wall runs the full height, the glow builds up the sides rather than escaping straight out. In practice that means a soft vertical band of light on the wall behind it and a clean circle underneath, which is a quieter effect than a wide shade gives you.
Where it earns its place
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Down a hallway. Narrow enough to hang in a 90 cm corridor without anyone catching a shoulder on it, and two or three in a line make the space feel intentional.
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Over a narrow table. The footprint matches a refectory or console table better than a round shade does.
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In a corner with a chair. Hung low beside an armchair it does the work of a floor lamp and takes up no floor.
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Walnut or oak. Collar and ceiling plate match. Walnut against dark floorboards, oak against lime plaster.
Real stone, so no two are the same
On a tall cylinder you see a long uninterrupted section of the block, so the banding reads almost like a geological sample. Some pieces have a single seam running the height, others none at all. Neither is a defect and neither can be chosen.
Hanging it
The cable is 180 cm and is trimmed on site. Because the shade is 16.5 cm tall, measure from the bottom of the stone, not from the collar, or you will end up 16 cm higher than you meant to be. In a hallway keep 2.1 m of clearance to the floor. Ceiling plate 10 cm. The warm white E27 LED bulb is in the box. Not dimmable, and a qualified electrician should wire it in.
