Nordic Vintage Layered Pendant Lamp | Modern Retro Hanging Light In Three Shade Colourways

A layered shade lights differently from a single one. Each ring catches the glow escaping from the one above it, so from below the fitting reads as a series of bright and softer bands rather than one flat lit surface, and none of the source is ever visible from a seated position at a table, which is where a pendant is looked at most and where most of them glare.

That is the reason to hang it low. At thirty four and a half centimetres across by fourteen and a half deep it has the width to carry a dining table on its own, and dropped to roughly seventy centimetres above the surface the layering is seen properly rather than being lost against the ceiling.

Buy it now and pick both the shade and the wire. Orange is the confident retro option, green is cooler and works over timber, and white keeps the fitting quiet. Black or white wire is offered with a matching ceiling plate, which is the detail most listings ignore entirely and then leave you to solve after delivery. It takes an E27 bulb which is not included. This is a hardwired fixture and should be fitted by a qualified electrician.

• Shade: multi layered round metal, 34.5 cm across by 14.5 cm deep
• Colours: orange, green or white
• Wire: black or white, supplied with a matching ceiling plate
• Bulb: E27, not included
• Hanging: allow roughly 70 cm above a dining table surface
• Installation: hardwired, fit by a qualified electrician, isolate at the breaker