Twenty five centimetres of black travertine, formed into a shallow saucer and lined underneath with solid wood, with an opal glass globe hanging in the centre. Dark from above, warm from below, which is the whole trick of this piece.
You only ever see one side at a time. Standing up, it is a dark disc under the ceiling. Sitting down, you see the wood interior lit from within by the globe, and the colour of that reflected light is noticeably warmer than the bulb alone would give you.
Where it earns its place
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Over an island where people sit. The wood lining only pays off when someone is below it looking up, which is exactly what a breakfast bar is for.
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Entrance halls. Wide enough to be the only fitting, and the dark upper face keeps a high ceiling feeling calm.
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Over a low coffee table. Hung deliberately low, it becomes the thing you sit under rather than the thing you walk under.
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Where a pale fitting would vanish. Against off white walls this is the piece that gives the room a full stop.
Real stone, so no two are the same
A saucer this wide is cut from a broad slab, so the pitting and any seams show across the full 25 cm. The wood lining underneath is solid, with its own grain running across the disc, so the two natural materials vary independently. No two will ever pair the same way.
Hanging it
Two hundred centimetres of cable, cut to your drop on the day. Over an island, 80 cm from the worktop to the underside of the saucer, which puts the globe roughly at seated eye height and is where the wood lining does its work. In a hall keep 2.1 m of clearance to the floor. The 12 cm wooden ceiling plate covers a standard rose. Like the other globe fittings in the range, it takes a G9 LED bulb rather than an E27, and the warm white bulb is included. Not dimmable, and it needs a qualified electrician.
