The same footprint as the Denham and the opposite character. Where that one is cut with straight sides and a sharp lower edge, the Pembury is rounded over on every face, so the stone reads as pillowed rather than machined and the light rolls off the underside instead of stopping at a rim.
If you have put the two side by side and cannot decide, it comes down to the rest of the room. Straight sides suit framed joinery and square tiles. This one suits plaster, linen and furniture with rounded corners.
Where it earns its place
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Rooms with nothing square in them. Curved sofas, round tables, arched doorways. The rounded profile agrees with all of it.
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Above a round dining table. A soft shade over a soft table is one of the few times matching shapes actually works.
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Living rooms. Wide enough to sit alone over a coffee table without needing a second fitting.
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Lime plaster walls. Rounded stone against a hand finished wall is the whole wabi-sabi argument in one object.
Real stone, so no two are the same
Rounding the edges exposes the block on three planes at once, so the banding wraps rather than sitting in flat lines. Some pieces come through nearly uniform, others carry a clear seam over the shoulder. Yours will not be an exact match for the photographs. The macro in the gallery is life size.
Hanging it
The cable arrives at 200 cm and is cut to length on the day. Because the shade has no hard edge, it is more forgiving than the Denham if it ends up slightly off centre over a table, which is worth knowing in a room where the ceiling rose is not where you would have put it. Warm white E27 LED bulb supplied. Not dimmable.
