Maytoni BELLA DIA750-TT50-WG Chandelier gold 8 × E14 60 W Ø50 cm height 85–174 cm

BELLA is an eight-arm chandelier in gilded metal, 50 cm across, hung on a 102.6 cm chain. It belongs to Maytoni's Royal Classic collection – a line kept in a classical idiom, with no permanently built-in LED elements.

Eight E14 candles

Eight E14 sockets rated to 60 W each is an arrangement from the era of incandescent chandeliers, and it is exactly what gives this fitting its character: the light comes from eight separate points set around a circle, not from one module. The result is a soft, multiple shadow – the same one a candelabrum produces – instead of a single hard cast.

Lamps are not supplied, and here that is a decision about appearance rather than just about numbers. A chandelier of this form looks best with E14 candle lamps in a clear envelope, filament ones for preference; frosted globes will work but flatten the effect. Eight 5–7 W E14 LEDs come to roughly 4000–5600 lumens at 40–56 W – the output of a living room's main lighting at a tenth of the running cost of eight sixty-watt bulbs.

Height adjustment: 85–174 cm

The chain allows the total drop to be set between 85 and 174 cm by removing links. Nearly a metre of range is a lot of freedom: in a room of standard height the chandelier hangs high and works as general lighting; over a table it comes down so that its lower edge sits about 75–85 cm above the surface. The body itself is 65 cm tall, the canopy Ø9.3 cm.

Installation: 6.2 kg on a hook

This is the most important installation note. The chandelier weighs 6.22 kg net and hangs from a chain, so it loads a single point. A concrete slab takes a solid hook with an anchor; in a suspended plasterboard ceiling it must not be fixed to the board itself – you have to catch the supporting structure or set a separate hook in the slab above.

The fitting is protection class I, so it needs an earth conductor – worth checking before buying on older two-core wiring. The fitting itself is not dimmable; brightness control is possible only through dimmable E14 lamps combined with a dimmer in the installation. IP20 confines it to dry interiors. The manufacturer gives a 5-year warranty.

Specification

• Manufacturer: Maytoni, Royal Classic collection, Bella series
• Reference: DIA750-TT50-WG (short code 74162), EAN 4260361980519
• Type: chandelier, 8 light points
• Sockets: 8 × E14, maximum 60 W per point
• Lamps included: no
• Dimmable: no (possible via dimmable lamps and a dimmer)
• Supply: 220–240 V AC
• Protection class: I
• Ingress protection: IP20 (dry interiors)
• Diameter: 50 cm; body height: 65 cm
• Overall height: adjustable 85–174 cm; chain length 102.6 cm
• Canopy: Ø9.3 cm, height 6.5 cm
• Material: metal, gold finish
• Weight net / gross: 6.22 kg / 8.18 kg
• Warranty: 5 years