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Published: January 2014 · Updated: July 2026 · by arch. Dan Dumitriu · FD.STIL

The shape and silhouette of the luminaire

Once you've chosen what to light, you choose what with. The silhouettes below are the basic vocabulary of any lighting plan — and all of them exist, in brass, in the workshop's collections.

Light fitting for hallway and foyer

Hall and foyer fittings

They welcome guests and lead them further into the house. Ceiling lights or chain-hung lamps are used — for hallways, entrances, stairs and corridors.

Chandelier for general light

Chandeliers

They add sparkle and style to the living room, providing general light for dining rooms, bedrooms, foyers or above a piano. Drawn with shades, they also give task light above a games table or a desk.

Available with warm (3000K) or neutral (4000K) LED sources; with a dimmer they change intensity to match activity and mood.

Pendant hung above the table

Pendants

They give general or task light. Fitted with a shade or globe, they hang above tables — dining, games, kitchen. Above a nightstand they save the space a table lamp would take.

Ceiling light for general light

Ceiling lights

The practical general light of traffic areas: foyers, bedrooms, corridors, bathrooms, kitchens. Available with LED or decorative vintage sources.

Wall sconce

Sconces

They give general or accent light. Most are drawn as a pair to the chandelier, to supplement light in adjoining spaces and keep the ensemble unified — in bedrooms, dining rooms, corridors.

Strip of light at the mirror

The strip of light

Softly glowing globes, as in theatre dressing rooms — the ideal task light at the mirror, for make-up and grooming.

Portable table lamp

Portable lamps

Task and accent light that moves where needed: table lamps and floor lamps in any style, plus the small ones — clip-on, adjustable, piano lamps — for precise needs.

Spotlights on a track

Track spotlights

General, task and accent light in one flexible system: they tilt, rotate and re-aim whenever the room's scheme changes. Pendants and chandeliers can also hang from the track.

Concealed ceiling light

Concealed light

Installed in the ceiling, it gives task or accent light anywhere in the house — and outdoors, in covered porches. Ideal for low ceilings: fixed, adjustable or wall-washing spotlights with LED sources.

Light under furniture

Light under furniture

Task and accent light at close range: under kitchen cabinets it lights the worktop, in display cases it flatters treasured objects, in workshops it puts light right at hand.

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