Three spheres on one cable: a turned wooden ball, a travertine sphere, and an opal glass globe underneath. Each one slightly larger than the one above it, so the whole thing reads as a single form falling from the ceiling rather than as a fitting with parts.
The glass globe is the only light source you can see, which is the point. It throws light in every direction at once, and the stone above stops the ceiling from being flooded, so you get the softness of a bare globe without the glare of one.
Where it earns its place
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Over a round dining table. A round shape above a round table is the oldest answer there is and it still works.
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Bedside. One each side, hung to just above headboard height. The globe gives enough light to read by and enough to leave on.
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Living room corners. At 11 cm wide it takes almost no visual space, so it can go where a floor lamp would have been in the way.
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Oak or walnut. Only the top ball changes, but it sits directly against the stone, so it changes the temperature of the whole stack.
Real stone, so no two are the same
A travertine sphere is the hardest shape to cut from this stone because the pores open in every direction as the surface curves. Yours will have its own scatter of them, and lit from below they cast tiny shadows across the surface. The macro shows exactly that.
Hanging it
The cable is 170 cm and is shortened on site. Measure to the bottom of the glass, remembering that the stack is 23 cm tall from the wooden ball down. Over a table, 80 cm from the surface to the base of the globe keeps it out of your eyeline while seated. Like the other globe fittings in the range, this one takes a G9 LED bulb rather than the E27 used on the shaded pieces, and the warm white bulb is in the box. Not dimmable, and it wants a qualified electrician.
