Elstead Flambeau Swirl Table Lamp – Bone White / Black, Parchment Shade, 99 cm E27

Elstead Flambeau Swirl – a sculpted spiral on a textured black cube

Swirl is a table lamp with proportions that cannot be mistaken for anything else: 99 cm tall with a shade 21.6 cm across. That is the silhouette of a buffet lamp — tall, narrow, meant for a chest of drawers, a console or a sideboard, where it marks a vertical rather than lighting a work surface. The base is a black cube with a pronounced, rough texture; above it, on a slender stem, sits a sculpted spiral element in antique white. That element gave the collection its name.

Cast resin, steel and parchment

The manufacturer lists three materials: steel, resin and parchment. The spiral element and the base are cast resin — a technique that reproduces the texture of stone or raw concrete at a far lower weight than the original (the whole lamp weighs 2.9 kg). Steel forms the load-bearing structure. The shade is made of parchment in antique white: a material with a visible, uneven grain that glows warmly and unevenly once lit, quite unlike smooth fabric.

A portable lamp with an inline switch

Swirl is a portable fitting powered from a socket — the manufacturer classes its power source as a plug, and the switch sits on the cable. It therefore needs no work on the installation: a socket nearby is enough. The lamp is protection class I, which with a plugged lead means a socket with an earth pin is required.

One E27 socket, 60 W maximum

The fitting takes a single E27 lamp of up to 60 W; the source is not included. The manufacturer states compatibility with dimmable lamps — the lamp itself has no dimming circuit, so control requires a dimmable bulb and a compatible dimmer. Elstead recommends its own Litec E27 A60 lamp (8 W, 800 lm, 3000 K, dimmable) for this fitting, which is a useful pointer: a warm tone and a moderate output suit a parchment shade best.

Where to put it

A height of 99 cm rules out a desk or a bedside table — this is a lamp for a chest of drawers, a hall console, a dining-room sideboard, or a pair placed symmetrically beside a fireplace or a mirror. With so narrow a shade the light falls mainly up and down in a tight band, so Swirl works as an accent and a piece of the scheme rather than as a room's main light source.

The Swirl collection

Swirl is a Flambeau collection, distributed by Elstead Lighting, in which the same sculpted motif recurs across different fitting types and finishes. This table version pairs bone white with black; other finishes exist in the family. The manufacturer gives a 2-year guarantee.

Specification

• Type: table lamp (portable, plug-in), 1 light point
• Lampholder: E27, max 60 W (bulb not included)
• Dimensions: height 99.1 cm | diameter 21.6 cm
• Shade: parchment, antique white
• Materials: steel, cast resin, parchment
• Finish: bone white and black (textured base)
• Supply: 220–240 V / 50 Hz, lead with plug, inline switch
• Protection class: I | Location: interior
• Dimming: compatible with dimmable lamps (no circuit of its own)
• Weight: 2.9 kg net / 4.06 kg gross | Carton: 30 × 30 × 82 cm
• Guarantee: 2 years | Brand: Flambeau (Elstead Lighting)
• Manufacturer code: FB-SWIRL-TL | EAN 5024005020196