This hemp rope wall light is woven by hand from natural hemp and mounted on wrought iron, which gives a wall a rustic kind of warmth. Its vintage manner, Japanese in inspiration, suits a room built around natural fibres. The E27 LED lamp is included, so the light is warm from the moment it is connected.

A hand-woven hemp rope wall light

Fibre is an unusual material for a light fitting and that is exactly why a hemp rope wall light works: it brings texture to a wall that paint and plaster cannot. The rope is natural hemp, woven by hand, so the weave is regular without being mechanical, and the colour sits between beige and brown where it agrees with almost any warm or neutral palette. A hemp rope wall light is one of the few fittings that softens a room rather than sharpening it. Beneath it the wrought iron frame does the structural work and keeps the fitting honest. Light leaves this hemp rope wall light both upward and downward, so the weave is lit from within and the wall above and below picks up two soft cones; that is a far more interesting result than a single beam, and in a room with a 2.4 m ceiling the vertical stretch is worth having. At 23 cm in diameter and 25 cm high the fitting stays compact enough for a lounge, a dining room, a bedroom or an entrance hall. A hemp rope wall light of this size sits well on its own above a chest of drawers, and in a pair either side of a bed it gives the symmetry that most British bedrooms are looking for. Two of them also halve the brightness each one has to provide. It also holds its own against a lime-plastered or uneven wall, where a sharp-edged fitting would look wrong. Fibre and lime plaster belong to the same family of surfaces.

Specifications of the hemp rope wall light

This hemp rope wall light is supplied with a warm white E27 Edison screw (ES) LED lamp included, which is unusual and genuinely useful: the light is right from the first evening rather than after a trip to the shops. Supply is 220 V alternating current, and the fitting is mounted on the wall using the mounting kit supplied in the box, so nothing further has to be bought to get a hemp rope wall light up. The natural hemp colour, between beige and brown, works with neutral and warm schemes, and the warm lamp reinforces that agreement between the fibre and the light rather than fighting it. With the kit and the lamp both provided, the remaining work is choosing the position and fixing the hemp rope wall light properly, observing the electrical installation rules that apply. No weight is published; hemp rope over an iron frame is light for its size, but the frame still deserves a hollow-wall anchor on plasterboard rather than a screw into the board. Ask your electrician to confirm the fixings for the hemp rope wall light before the backplate goes up, as you would for anything on a hollow wall. Nothing drops below the body, so headroom is never a question, and the fitting projects modestly enough for a hallway.

Living with a hemp rope wall light

In a bedroom, a hemp rope wall light of 23 cm in diameter sits well near a headboard or above a chest of drawers, where it makes a soft, low corner for the end of the day. A hemp rope wall light at that height lights the weave and not the ceiling. Keep it away from a cool light source: a hemp rope wall light with a warm lamp beside a cool downlight will look yellow rather than warm, and the two will argue. For the same reason, if the room has other fittings, bring them towards 2700 K to 3000 K so the whole scheme agrees. Mixed colour temperatures are the commonest fault in a British living room. Dust the weave occasionally with a soft brush rather than a damp cloth, since natural fibre is better kept dry. A hemp rope wall light near a kitchen is better placed away from the hob for the same reason. Fitted at eye level or a little above, the fitting shows its weave; much higher and you see only the frame, which wastes the best part of the fitting.

Woven by hand, mounted on wrought iron and supplied with a warm E27 LED lamp, this hemp rope wall light brings rustic texture, a vintage manner and a Japanese sense of restraint to a wall. The mounting kit is in the box, so there is nothing else to order. That is rarer than it ought to be.

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