The Fidel is a 390mm table lamp on a marble base with apivoting spun metal shade black or white marble with anantique gold frame one E27 globe to 25W, not supplied, on1.8metres of flex.

Please check the warranty with us before you buy.Our sources disagree: the page and product record say three years, and themanufacturer’s datasheet marks this a clearance item with a one-year warranty. Wehave seen genuine clearance terms in this range before, so this isnot simply a typing error.

Rather than promise you something we may not be able to honour, or undersell it,we will confirm the term with Telbix before your order is placed. Ask us.

It plugs into a power point. The page said itmust be installed by a licensed electrician. It has1.8metres of flex and is ClassII double insulated.Removed.

The shade pivots this is a directional lamp

The Fidel’s spun metal shade sits on a pivot at the top of its tube, so you canaim it. That makes it a genuinely different object from the table lamps around it inthis catalogue: most are ambient, throwing light up and down through a fabric drum.The Fidel is an accent and task light point itat a page, at a picture, at a wall, or down onto a console and it does that one jobproperly.

It also means the light is directional and fairly tight. If you want a lamp thatfills a corner with a soft glow, this is not it.

The marble base is doing the engineering

A lamp with a shade that pivots off-centre has areal tipping problem: the moment you aim it sideways, the weight goes with it. Themarble base is what solves that stone is dense enough tohold a 130mm base steady against an off-axis shade in a way a metal base of thesame size could not.

It is also real marble, with veining that runs through the piece, sono two bases are identical and unusually for this catalogue,our record says so correctly.

Black or white marble, against antique gold

The antique gold frame is the constant; the marble changes the characterentirely. Black marble with gold is high contrast and formal the base reads as a solid dark block and the gold traces a line out of it.White marble with gold is lighter and warmer, and the veining showsmuch more, because there is more surface to see it against.

390mm tall, 100mm shade, 130mm base

Compact, and deliberately so this is a lamp for aconsole, a desk corner, a shelf or a bedside where you want lightsomewhere specific rather than everywhere.

The shade is only 100mm across. That is smallfor an E27 holder, so check the globe before you buy it: astandard A60 globe is 60mm across and 110mm long and will sit proud ofthe shade. A compact or golf-ball LED is the right choice here.Ask us and we will match one.

Dimming depends on the globe our record carries no value; the datasheetsays globe dependent. On a plug-in lamp that needs an inline or plug-in dimmer.

Where it works

• Consoles, desks and shelves aimed at something specific.
• Bedsides, angled onto a book rather than into the room.
• Lighting a picture or a wall from a surface.
• Directional, not ambient it will not fill a corner.
• 100mm shade use a compact globe, not a standard A60.

Specifying it

390mm overall height, shade 100mm, base130mm, flex 1,800mm, inmarble and metal, antique gold with black or white marble.Weight is not recorded ask us. OneE27 globe to 25W, not supplied use a compact globe; dimming is globe dependent and needs an inlineor plug-in dimmer. 240V, plug-in no electrician required,ClassII double insulated,IP20 indoor and dry locations only. Warranty term to be confirmed our sources say one year (clearance) and threeyears; ask us before ordering.

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Questions

What is the warranty?

We are confirming it. The page and product record say three years; the manufacturers datasheet marks this a clearance item with a one-year warranty, and we have seen genuine clearance terms in this range before. Rather than promise something we may not be able to honour, or undersell it, we will confirm with Telbix before your order is placed.

Do I need an electrician?

No. It has 1.8 metres of flex and is double insulated fit a globe and plug it in. Our page said otherwise, which was wrong.

Does the shade really move?

Yes the spun metal shade sits on a pivot at the top of its tube, so you can aim it at a page, a picture, a wall, or down onto a console. Most table lamps here are ambient; this one is an accent and task light.

Will it fill a corner with light?

No. It is directional and fairly tight that is the trade for being aimable. If you want a soft glow across a corner, choose a fabric-shaded lamp instead.

Why a marble base?

Engineering as much as looks. A shade that pivots off-centre has a real tipping problem the moment you aim it sideways the weight goes with it. Stone is dense enough to hold a 130mm base steady where a metal base the same size could not.

What globe should I fit?

A compact or golf-ball LED, not a standard A60. The shade is only 100mm across and a standard A60 globe is 60mm wide and 110mm long it will sit proud of the shade. Ask us and we will match one.

Black or white marble?

Black with gold is high contrast and formal a solid dark block with a gold line out of it. White with gold is lighter and warmer, and the veining shows much more because there is more surface to see it against.