A travertine drum pushed through a flat wooden brim, 20 cm across. The stone sits proud above the brim and drops below it, so from the side you see three distinct layers and from below you see only stone and a ring of light.
The brim is not decorative. It catches the sideways light before it reaches the room and sends it back down, which is why this piece feels brighter underneath than its bulb rating suggests while staying dark at eye level.
Where it earns its place
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Over a dining table. The brim shields the source completely from a seated position, so nobody at the table looks into a bulb.
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Living rooms. Hung over a low table it gives a defined pool without lighting the whole room, which is what an evening room wants.
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Restaurants and bars. The exact behaviour that hospitality lighting is designed for, in a domestic size.
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Black or cream. Against the walnut brim the black version reads almost as one dark object; the cream version keeps the three layers visible.
Real stone, so no two are the same
The drum shows a full 12 cm band of the block below the brim, and that is the part you look at. Black travertine flecks pale; cream travertine bands warm. The wood is solid, not veneered, so the brim has its own grain running across the piece and no two of those match either.
Hanging it
Two hundred centimetres of cable, trimmed on the day. The brim is the widest part at 20 cm, so measure clearance from that, not from the stone. Over a table, 78 to 82 cm from the tabletop to the underside. The 12 cm wooden ceiling plate covers a standard rose. Warm white E27 LED bulb included. Not dimmable, and a qualified electrician should wire it in.
