Cylinder Pendant Light | Japanese Style Walnut And Brass Hanging Lamp In Two Timber Finishes

Japanese lighting design is built around restraint, and this Marlow Vane pendant follows it closely. A plain cylinder in timber with brass detailing, fifteen centimetres across and twenty deep, hung on a slim drop. There is nothing decorative on it at all, which is precisely why it holds up in a dining room or an entryway year after year.

The cylinder shape does something useful as well as looking calm. It throws a tight column of light straight down rather than spilling sideways, which makes it excellent over a table, a console or a stair landing where you want a defined pool rather than a general wash. Hung in a row of three, those columns read as a deliberate rhythm.

Buy it now and pick the tone before the light. Walnut is the darker timber and suits deeper interiors, while the original wood finish keeps things pale and Scandinavian. Warm light flatters timber and food, white light is sharper. This is a hardwired fixture and should be installed by a qualified electrician to local electrical code, with the circuit isolated at the breaker before any work begins. Dust the timber and the brass with a soft dry cloth once the fitting has cooled.

• Form: plain cylinder shade, 15 cm wide by 20 cm deep
• Materials: timber shade with brass detailing
• Finishes: walnut or original natural wood
• Light: white light or warm light
• Suits: dining tables, entryways, console tables and stair landings
• Installation: hardwired, fit by a qualified electrician, isolate at the breaker