CHOLULA is a drum-shaped pendant: a wide satin-gold metal ring with vertical rods of clear glass set around it in varying lengths, reaching both above the ring and below it. The whole piece hangs on thin cables from a round gold ceiling cup.
How large it is and how high to hang it
The shade is 35 cm across and the whole fitting, suspension included, is 120 cm high. A 35 cm diameter keeps its proportion over a round table or a top up to roughly 80 cm wide; over a longer table, several pendants in a row look better.
The lower edge of the shade normally sits 70–80 cm above the tabletop: the light then covers the whole surface and the glass rods stay above the eye line of those seated. Compare the 120 cm with your own ceiling — at the usual 250 cm the bottom of the fitting lands about 130 cm above the floor, well clear of a 75 cm tabletop.
Bulbs and light
The pendant has five G9 sockets, each taking a bulb of up to 25 W. No bulbs are included, so five have to be bought — and it is their combined output that decides whether the fitting lights a whole dining room or only the table.
The glass rods are clear, so the bulbs show through them from every side and the glass breaks the light at the edges. How the lit pendant looks therefore depends on the bulb you choose: a frosted one gives a calmer effect, a clear one with a visible filament a harder and more sparkling one. Dimming is possible but needs bulbs marked as dimmable and a dimmer.
Build
The ring and the ceiling cup are metal, in satin gold without a mirror shine. The rods are glass and of differing lengths, which leaves the lower edge of the shade ragged rather than cut off in one line. The fitting is intended for dry interiors only — not for a bathroom and not for a covered spot outdoors.
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