Iron Hallway Ceiling Light – Glass Shade in Green, White or Orange

A ceiling light for a hallway, with a glass shade in Green, White or Orange held on an iron frame. Hallway fixtures face a constraint others do not: they are passed directly beneath many times a day, so they have to sit close to the ceiling and be comfortable to look up at from a few feet away.

Iron and glass is the durable combination for a fixture in a corridor, where doors swing, bags are carried past and the fitting gets knocked far more often than one in a room. Iron takes the impact and the mounting; glass takes the light and wipes clean of the dust a hallway moves around constantly. The colored shades tint that light, which in a windowless hallway is the difference between a corridor that feels warm and one that feels institutional.

It suits a hallway, a landing or a small entry. Orange warms a corridor with no daylight, White keeps it neutral and bright, and Green is the one chosen when the hallway is meant to be a room in its own right.

• Shade: Glass
• Frame: Iron
• Colors: Green, White, Orange
• Form: Ceiling light