Modern Nordic Glass Globe Pendant Light | Amber, Smoke Grey or Clear Glass Hanging Ceiling Lamp

A glass globe is the pendant shape that never dates, because a sphere carries no styling to go out of fashion. What changes the character is the glass itself. Amber warms everything under it and flatters timber and food, smoke grey is cooler and more architectural, and clear keeps the source visible for a sharper, more graphic look.

At fifteen centimetres across it is deliberately small, which matters more than it sounds. A single small globe over a bedside is right, and three or five hung at staggered heights over an island or a dining table read as a composition where one large shade would simply be a shade hanging on its own. Small globes group in a way big ones never manage. The cord adjusts up to one hundred centimetres, which is enough drop for most rooms without shortening.

Buy it now and think in clusters rather than singles if it is going over a table. Hang it roughly seventy centimetres above a dining surface. It takes an E14 bulb which is not included and suits a room of three to five square metres. This is a hardwired fixture and should be installed by a qualified electrician to local electrical code with the circuit isolated first.

• Shade: high transmission glass globe, 15 cm diameter, 25 cm high
• Colours: amber, smoke grey or clear, in warm or cold white
• Cord: adjustable up to 100 cm, with a 10 cm canopy
• Bulb: E14, not included, 90 to 260 V
• Tip: hang three or five at staggered heights over an island
• Installation: hardwired, fit by a qualified electrician, isolate at the breaker