Modern Striped Glass Pendant Light | Brass and Ribbed Glass Shade Ceiling Lamp For Kitchens

Ribbed glass is a deliberate alternative to clear. Clear glass shows the bulb, which means the filament is the brightest point in the room and your eye goes straight to it. Ribs diffuse and refract, so the whole shade lights up rather than the bulb inside it, and you get glare control without losing the material.

Brass is the other half of the pairing, and it matters that it is brass rather than brass coloured. Real brass warms in tone as it ages and takes a patina, so the fitting settles into a room over years rather than looking newest on day one and slightly wrong thereafter. Against ribbed glass it reads warm rather than industrial. Clean the ribs with a soft brush rather than a cloth, because a cloth skips the grooves and leaves dust sitting in them.

Hang it over a kitchen island, a dining table, a breakfast bar, or a hallway, singly or in a run. Over a table, a row of two or three smaller pendants generally reads better than one large fitting. Electrical installation should be carried out by a qualified electrician in line with local wiring regulations, with the supply isolated first. Buy it now.

• Ribbed glass diffuses the bulb and controls glare
• Whole shade lights rather than the filament alone
• Brass warms and patinas rather than staying static
• Warm rather than industrial against the ribbed glass
• Suits islands, dining tables, and breakfast bars
• Installation by a qualified electrician