Ribbelle Glass Pendant Light | Elegant Ribbed Glass Hanging Lamp For Dining Rooms and Bars

Ribbing on a glass shade is a functional detail before it is a decorative one. Smooth glass shows the bulb as a bright point, which is uncomfortable to sit under and to look at. Vertical ribs refract that point across the surface, so the whole shade lights evenly and the source disappears into it.

What you gain aesthetically is texture that changes with the viewing angle. From directly below the ribs read as a radial pattern, from the side as vertical lines, and as you move around a room the shade shifts rather than presenting one fixed face. Plain glass does none of that. Clean the ribs with a soft brush rather than a cloth, since a cloth rides over the grooves and leaves dust sitting down in them. Fit a clear bulb, because ribbed glass needs a defined source behind it to produce the refraction it is bought for.

Hang it over a dining table, a kitchen island, a breakfast bar, or a hallway. Ribbed shades group well in matched runs, since the pattern repeating reads as deliberate. Clean with a soft cloth, working along the ribs rather than across them. Electrical installation should be carried out by a qualified electrician. Buy it now.

• Ribs refract the bulb across the whole shade
• Even glow with no uncomfortable bright point
• Texture shifts with the viewing angle
• Groups well in matched runs
• Clean along the ribs rather than across them
• Installation by a qualified electrician