ESME White Opal Glass 5-Light Spider Pendant for Dining Table, Stairwell & Living Room

It hides the bulb completely. The glass is dense enough that you don't see a filament or a bright spot inside, so the whole sphere glows at one even brightness. That's what makes a globe like this comfortable to look straight at, which matters when five of them are hanging at eye level over a stairwell or a table. Switched off it reads as a solid white ball rather than a shade with something in it.

No, and that's deliberate. Five identical spheres read as a repeat. Mixed sizes read as a composition, with the larger globes anchoring the group and the smaller ones filling in around them. It's also what lets you hang them at different heights without the arrangement looking like a mistake.

Three places. Over a long dining table, with the globes strung along its length. Down a stairwell or a double-height entry, staggered so the arrangement is visible from both levels. And across a large open-plan room where a single pendant would disappear. It's less suited to a standard 8-foot ceiling in a small room, because the reach and the drop are the point of the fixture and you'd be using neither.

You decide where each shade drops by screwing a swag hook into the ceiling at that point, and you set each shade's height by how much cord you feed through. Only the canopy connects to the junction box. Both the spacing and the heights are decided during installation, so plan your layout and mark the hook positions before you mount the fixture. Working it out on a ladder with five cords in your hand is the hard way to do it.

No, and that's the main reason to buy a fixture like this. Only the canopy connects to the junction box. Each globe hangs on its own cord that runs out across the ceiling to a swag hook screwed in wherever you want that light to fall. The cords reach up to 157 inches from the canopy, so the group can sit well away from the box that feeds it.

The cords reach up to 157.48 inches (4000 mm) out from the canopy in any direction, and the maximum drop is 86.61 inches (2200 mm). Both are set during installation, so those are the limits rather than fixed measurements. You'll almost never use the full reach, but it's what lets the group spread across a large room or stagger down a stairwell.

Five E26 bulbs, not included, so you can pick your own brightness and colour temperature. Max 15W LED each, and that's the LED rating, not the light output. A 15W LED puts out roughly the same light as a 100W incandescent, so five of them is a lot. Most people run lower-output bulbs or put the fixture on a dimmer. For warm light look for 2700K.

One. All five cords run from a single canopy, so there's no extra wiring or additional junction boxes.

Yes, with an external dimmer switch or dimmable smart bulbs. There's no integrated dimmer in the fixture, so you can use whatever system you already have. Worth doing with five bulbs. If you're on a wall dimmer, make sure it's rated for LED loads.

It's a hardwired fixture that requires installation. If you're replacing an existing ceiling light on the same box, many people handle the wiring themselves. The part worth care is the swag hooks: they screw into the ceiling and need to hit a joist or use an appropriate anchor, because each one carries a glass globe. If you're adding a new box, moving the location, or working at height over a stairwell, use a licensed electrician.

Yes. cUL listed for both Canada and the US, so it passes inspection and won't cause issues with insurance or a home sale. Made in Poland by TK Lighting.

Turn it off and let the bulbs cool first. A dry microfibre cloth handles dust. For marks, a barely damp cloth and a dry buff. Don't spray cleaner directly at the fixture, spray the cloth.

No, it's rated for dry locations only. Keep it out of bathrooms with a shower or tub, and out of anywhere exposed to damp, including covered outdoor areas.

Ships from our Mississauga warehouse. 1 to 3 business days to Eastern Canada, 4 to 6 to Western Canada. Free shipping over $149.

2 years from date of purchase.

30-day returns on uninstalled fixtures. Send it back within 30 days of delivery in its original packaging, uninstalled and unmodified. Once installed, it's no longer eligible for return.