Quintiesse TWYLA Rattan Pendant Lamp Burnished Gold E27 30.5 cm

TWYLA is a pendant lamp with a handwoven natural rattan shade set on a steel frame in a Burnished Gold finish. The shade has an hourglass shape cinched at the waist, measures 30.5 cm across and 45.7 cm high, and the weave is open — the lamp inside is visible through the wall of the shade.

How high to hang it

The fitting hangs on a chain ending in a rod, and the drop adjusts between 57.7 and 179.7 cm. The height is fixed at installation, so it is worth working out beforehand: over a table the bottom edge of a shade usually sits 70-80 cm above the top, and over a walkway higher, to keep the headroom clear.

The lamp weighs 2.08 kg net, and the 35.5 x 35.5 x 55 cm carton weighs 4.44 kg. The manufacturer specifies a hard-wired connection — this is not a plug-in fitting. Protection class I means an earth conductor has to be brought to the terminals.

Which lamp it needs

There is one E27 lampholder, rated for a lamp of up to 40 W. No lamp is supplied and there is no built-in LED module, so colour and brightness are yours to choose. The manufacturer recommends a long tubular lamp — through the open weave the shape of the lamp itself is visible and becomes part of how the fitting looks.

The fitting has no dimming electronics of its own: dimming works only with a lamp described as dimmable and a dimmer in the circuit.

Build and where the design comes from

The shade is hand-woven from natural rattan; the frame and the ceiling plate are steel. The open weave does not shut the light in, it cuts across it — the pattern of the weave appears on the ceiling and the walls.

The design comes from the Hinkley brand and is carried in Europe by Quintiesse, part of the Elstead group. The Twyla family also has the same shape in black (QN-TWYLA-1P-BK).