Scalinata 7 Light Cube Alabaster Cluster Chandelier - Brass

Scalinata takes its name from the staircase, and the arrangement explains why. Seven cube shades of natural Spanish alabaster hang as a compact cluster that turns as it steps down, each on its own fine cable from a round brass canopy, so the group descends through the space instead of sitting level. Every shade is a true cube with crisp vertical corners, and the two faces visible at any one angle take the light differently, which is what gives the cluster its depth.

The canopy is 300mm across and each alabaster cube is 120mm. That figure is the fixing footprint on the ceiling, not the size of the fitting, which spreads and drops beyond it once the cables are set. Seven shades is the smallest Scalinata, which makes it the one that works over a kitchen island, in a stair return or above a round dining table where a thirty six light cascade would overwhelm the room. Cable lengths are decided at installation, and because the cables are fine and pale the cubes appear to float free of the ceiling rather than hang from it.

Each cube is cut from natural Spanish alabaster and the veining runs differently through every one, so no two shades in the cluster match. The canopy and the small caps at the top of each cable are brass. Lamping is G9 and bulbs are supplied separately, which lets you choose the output and colour temperature that suit the room. Rated IP20 for interior use. The round canopy also runs to nine, twelve and eighteen shades, and the square canopies fall as a wider diagonal cascade in eighteen, twenty five and thirty six.

What shape are the shades?

They are cubes. At a glance the cluster can read as a row of cylinders, but each shade has square faces and crisp vertical corners, and the two faces you see from any position catch the light at different strengths.

What bulbs does it take?

The lamping is G9 and bulbs are supplied separately, so you can choose the wattage and colour temperature that suit the room.

Is 300mm the size of the fitting?

No. That is the round brass canopy, which is the fixing footprint on the ceiling. The seven shades spread and drop beyond it once the cable lengths are set.

How does the cluster differ from the cascade?

The round canopies hold the cubes as a compact cluster that turns as it drops, which suits a narrow fixing point. The square canopies fall as a long diagonal cascade across a wider span.

Which Scalinata suits a smaller room?

This one. Seven shades on a 300mm canopy is the smallest in the range; the nine, twelve and eighteen light clusters step up from here, and the square cascades are larger again.