Spider Chandelier with Cables You Position Yourself

A spider chandelier is one ceiling plate with a set of long cables running out of it. Each cable ends in a bare socket. You decide where the bulbs hang, so the fixture takes the shape of the room rather than a fixed frame. Everything is black, including the plate, the cables and the sockets. Choose 10, 12 cables, in lengths of 47.2 in, 59.1 in or 78.7 in. Bulbs are not included.

A normal chandelier decides where the bulbs go. This one hands that back to you. One plate on the ceiling feeds a set of long black cables, and each one ends in a bare socket. Loop them wide over a long table or gather them tight into a cluster. The fixture ends up shaped by the room. Cable counts run from three to fourteen, in three lengths.

You Decide the Layout

The cables are long enough to reach well beyond the plate.

Hooks in the ceiling let you set the spread and the drop of each one.

Nothing is fixed, so the arrangement can change later.

Each cable runs from the central plate to its own socket.

Hooks or clips in the ceiling set where each one turns.

The longer the cable, the wider you can spread the arrangement.

A symmetrical spread reads as a chandelier.

An uneven spread reads as a cluster and suits a corner better.

Because nothing is welded, the layout is not fixed when you fit it.

You can change it later without buying anything else.

How Many Cables

Three to six suits a small table or a bedroom corner.

Ten to fourteen is a room filling fixture for a long table or a stairwell.

Three cables suit a small table or a bedside corner.

Five and six work over a normal dining table.

Eight is the version shown in most of the supplied photographs.

Ten to fourteen is a large fixture and needs real ceiling height.

Prices step up sharply with the cable count.

The 78.7 in cables give the most freedom over where bulbs land.

The 47.2 in cables keep the whole arrangement tighter and higher.

Bare Bulbs and Black Cable

Every part is black, so the cables read as lines rather than objects.

No bulbs are supplied, and the bulb you pick sets the whole character.

Every part is black, including the plate, the cables and the sockets.

That keeps the cables reading as lines rather than as objects.

No bulbs are supplied, so the lamp choice sets the whole look.

Large filament globes are what the supplied photographs show.

Smaller lamps make the fixture read as lighter and less industrial.

It weighs 4.5 lb before any bulbs are fitted.

Fix the plate properly, because the load hangs from that one point.

It runs on 90 to 240 volts, which covers the US mains supply.

It is not dimmable as supplied, so use a wall dimmer if you want that.