Petalume Pendant Light | Nordic Layered Dome LED Ceiling Lamp In Four Bold Modern Shade Colours

A layered dome does something a single shade cannot. Each layer catches the light escaping from the one above it, so the fitting glows in bands rather than presenting one flat lit surface, and the shape gains depth from below where a plain dome would show a bare curve. Seen from a seated position at a table, which is where it will be seen most, that layering is what stops the underside reading as a flat lit disc hanging above your plate.

That layering also controls where the light lands. The Marlow Vane Petalume pushes a warm, balanced pool straight down onto a table while the outer layers stay softly lit, which is what you want over a dining surface. Four colours are offered, with black graphic, white quiet, green cool against timber, and orange the confident retro accent.

Buy it now and hang it lower than instinct suggests, roughly seventy centimetres above a dining table, so the light lands on the table rather than in anybody's eyes across it. This is a hardwired fixture and should be installed by a qualified electrician to local electrical code, with the circuit isolated at the breaker first and the shade left to cool before it is dusted.

• Form: layered dome shade that glows in bands rather than flat
• Colours: black, white, green and vintage orange
• Light: warm balanced pool directed downward onto the surface
• Suits: dining tables, kitchen islands, breakfast bars and living rooms
• Hanging: allow roughly 70 cm above a dining table surface
• Installation: hardwired, fit by a qualified electrician, isolate at the breaker