The Monteal PE1 is a 250mm single open-lantern pendant a black ironframe with a gold satin crown one E27 globe to 25W, notsupplied, 450mm high on a 2,000mm suspension.

The globe is completely exposed, and no source said a wordabout which one to buy. This is an open lantern: aframe with nothing in it. There is no shade, no glass and nodiffuser the globe hangs in open air inside a tapering cage.

So the globe you choose IS the fitting. Get it right:

• Buy a decorative LED filament a globe (G95/G125) orST64 shape. An open lantern is designed around a handsome visiblelamp, and that is what makes it read as a lantern rather than an empty frame.
• A bare white capsule will look unfinished, and at night it isthe only thing anyone sees.
• Warm 2700K against the gold satin crown, cool whitereads green.
• Expect glare, and hang accordingly. With no diffuser at all, the source isvisible from every angle: hang it above eye level, or over a table where people lookdown rather than across at it.
• Any LED will do for heat unlike the sealed lanterns in this catalogue,an open frame needs no enclosed rating.

Ask us and we will match one.

The open frame what it is actually for

An open lantern does something a shaded pendant cannot: itlights the room in every direction at once, and itoccupies space without blocking sight.

• Over a table, you see through it to the person opposite the frame reads as a drawn outline, not a solid object.
• In an entry or a stairwell, it givespresence without mass, which is exactly what a narrow space wants.
• The tapering silhouette and the gold satin crown are what stop itbeing purely industrial the crown catches light at the top and gives the black frame a warmedge.

The trade is glare, and the globe choice, and those are the twothings to get right.

The single, and the family

Monteal is made in three sizes, and this is the single. At250mm wide by 450mm high it is a tall, narrow lantern and that proportion is what makes it workin multiples:

• A row of three over a kitchen island narrow lanterns spaced along a benchread as rhythm, where one wide fitting reads as a lid.
• A pair either side of something, or over a long table.
• Singly in an entry or at a hallway end.
• Staggered in a stairwell, on adjustable drops.

If you are hanging several, buy the globes together on open lanterns, where every filament is on show, a mismatch between them isfar more obvious than it would be behind glass.

It dims, with the right globe andneither our record nor the page’s specification table mentioned dimming at all. Thereis nothing in an open frame holding one E27 to prevent it.

On this fitting, dimming is not optional it is the answer to the glare. Avisible filament at full is bright to look at; taken to 30 or 40 per cent it becomes the warmglowing element the lantern is designed around, and the fitting stops being a light andstarts being an object. Ask us to match a dimmable filament to your dimmer.

Two notes on our own data.

• Our copy calls the range Montreal while the product, the SKU and thecollection are all Monteal. Monteal is the name. If youhave been searching for a Montreal pendant, this is it.
• Our record flags it as a colour-changing fitting. It cannot be it is aniron frame holding a screw-in globe, with no LED, no driver and no control ofany kind.

2.5kg, canopy 120 25mm,ClassI earth required,IP20 indoor and dry locations only, in iron.

Where it works

• Over kitchen islands and long tables, in rows of two or three.
• Entries, hallway ends and stairwells presence without mass.
• Industrial, modern and warm-contemporary interiors.
• The globe is fully exposed buy a decorative filament, and hang it above eye level.
• Fit a dimmable globe. On an open lantern, dimming is the answer to glare.

Specifying it

250mm wide by 450mm high, canopy120 25mm, suspension 2,000mm,2.5kg, in iron black with a gold satin crown. OneE27 globe to 25W, NOT supplied and fully VISIBLE;dimming is globe dependent. 240V,ClassI earth required,IP20 indoor and dry locations only. Warranty is three years, as a replacementwarranty.

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Questions

What globe should I buy?

A decorative LED filament a globe (G95/G125) or ST64 shape in warm 2700K. This is an open lantern with no shade, glass or diffuser, so the globe you choose is the fitting: it is designed around a handsome visible lamp. A bare white capsule will look unfinished, and at night it is the only thing anyone sees. No source gave any guidance at all.

Will it glare?

Yes, with no diffuser the source is visible from every angle so hang it above eye level, or over a table where people look down rather than across at it. And fit a dimmable globe: taken to 30 or 40 per cent, a filament becomes the warm glowing element the lantern is designed around, and the fitting stops being a light and starts being an object.

Can I dim it?

Yes, with a dimmable globe and neither our record nor the pages table mentioned dimming at all. There is nothing in an open frame holding one E27 to prevent it. On this fitting dimming is not optional; it is the answer to the glare.

Is it called Monteal or Montreal?

Monteal. Our copy calls the range Montreal while the product, the SKU and the collection all say Monteal. If you have been searching for a Montreal pendant, this is it.

Does it change colour?

No, and our record is wrong to flag it as colour changing. It is an iron frame holding a screw-in globe, with no LED, no driver and no control of any kind.

One or several?

At 250mm wide and 450 high it is a tall narrow lantern, which is what makes it work in multiples a row of three over a kitchen island reads as rhythm where one wide fitting reads as a lid. If you hang several, buy the globes together: on open lanterns, where every filament is on show, a mismatch is far more obvious than it would be behind glass.

What does an open frame give me that a shade does not?

It lights the room in every direction at once, and occupies space without blocking sight over a table you see through it to the person opposite, and in an entry or stairwell it gives presence without mass. The tapering silhouette and gold satin crown are what stop it being purely industrial.