This travertine wall light takes the form of a split pebble, cut from real travertine in a beige finish. The light escapes as a halo around the stone rather than as a beam. Available singly or in a pack of two, this travertine wall light settles into carefully put-together contemporary rooms without ever announcing itself.

A travertine wall light shaped as a split pebble

The form is the whole idea: a pebble opened along its length, with the light coming out of the split. That halo is what separates this travertine wall light from a conventional shade, because the stone is lit from within its own edge and the wall behind picks up the rest. A travertine wall light built this way is as interesting switched off as switched on. The body is real beige travertine, a material whose tone varies from one piece to the next, so the fitting that arrives is its own. Honed and matt rather than polished, the surface stays quiet, which is what keeps a travertine wall light in beige stone from looking dated. The dimensions are 20 cm in diameter by 16 cm high, a generous gauge that somehow stays compact, and at 20 cm across a travertine wall light of this shape is read as an object rather than as a light fitting. Nothing drops below the body, so the headroom of a 2.4 m room is untouched. Being offered singly or in a pack of two is worth noting, since the most persistent British search in this category is for wall lights either side of a bed or a mirror, and a pair bought together will be closer in tone than two bought months apart.

Specifications of the damp-rated travertine wall light

This travertine wall light is rated for damp locations, which is a valuable quality in a bathroom or on a covered terrace and the reason stone of this kind can go where you would not normally put it. The lampholder is a G4 cap, a compact fitting that takes a lamp of 5 W maximum, incandescent or the LED equivalent. The lamp is not supplied, so the tone and the intensity remain your choice within that limit. At 5 W this travertine wall light gives a supplementary light, closer to candlelight than to a working source, which is exactly right for a room where you want to slow down in the evening and quite wrong as the only light in a kitchen or a study. A travertine wall light of 5 W also accepts a dimmer, not included, to take that soft light lower still. Real stone, metal and integrated wiring make up a fitting that is decorative and built for demanding rooms at the same time. No weight is published; a 20 cm piece of travertine is dense, so match the fixings to the substrate, use a hollow-wall anchor on plasterboard, and ask your electrician to confirm them before the backplate goes up. The size of a travertine wall light at 20 cm does not go unnoticed, but the beige keeps it discreet.

Placing a 20 cm travertine wall light

At 20 cm in diameter each piece takes up visual space, so give it clear plaster and resist hanging anything close. Empty wall is part of the composition rather than a waste of it. Above a console, a chest of drawers or one side of a bed a travertine wall light of this diameter is well placed, and in a pack of two it reads as a pair rather than a repetition. Choose a warm 5 W lamp so the light stays soft on the beige stone; a cool lamp at the same output will make the travertine look grey and lose the halo entirely. Think about dimming with a compatible dimmer, not included, if you want to move from a dinner-table brightness down to a night light. In a bathroom, the damp rating allows a travertine wall light near a mirror, with the position settled against the zones. On a covered terrace or a porch the same fitting carries a natural scheme outdoors, and the split pebble form looks as deliberate against brick as it does against plaster. Few stone fittings are rated to go outside at all.

With this travertine wall light shaped as a split pebble, you are choosing real beige stone, integrated wiring and a damp-location rating. Order a warm G4 lamp inside the 5 W limit, take the pack of two if the wall has two sides so the stone matches, and leave the stone room to be seen. A pair reads as a composition, where one reads as an object.

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