The Lavis WB is a 100mm wall light with a tapered ivory fabric shade, innickel matt, antique gold or black one E14 globe to 25W, not supplied,235mm high and 0.6kg.

It weighs 600 grams. That is what makes it useful. Forcomparison: the Mosari wall light is 0.36kg, the Brevan 0.8, the Virell crystal twin 1.43, thegypsum Mazal 1.6.

At 0.6kg the Lavis goes into plasterboard with an ordinaryanchor no noggin, no backing, no structural question which opens up positionsa heavier fitting cannot use:

• Either side of a bed, on a narrow strip of wall with nothing behind it.
• Along a hallway, repeated, at 140mm projection notsomething you walk into.
• Up a staircase, where a deep or heavy fitting is a hazard.
• In a rented or lightly built wall, where you would rather not open anything up.

No width is recorded in our data or on the page. Thedatasheet says 100mm; our record carried only the height, and the page’sdimensions gave height, backplate and projection.

On a fitting most people buy in pairs, either side of a bed, the width is exactlywhat decides the spacing and the setting-out. We have published the datasheet’s100mm; ask us to confirm it before your electrician marks thewall.

A tapered fabric shade and why that suits a bedside

The shade is fabric and tapered, in ivory, and ona wall light that combination does specific work:

• Opaque fabric means the globe is completely hidden and light goesup and down, not sideways so at eye height beside a bed thereis no glare at all, which is the single most important property a bedside wall lightcan have.
• The taper narrows towards the top, which throws more lightdownward than a straight cylinder would onto a book, a bedside table or the floor of ahallway, rather than onto the ceiling.
• Ivory warms the light slightly on its way through, so even a neutral globe readssofter than it would behind white.

Three finishes, one shade

All three pair the same ivory shade with a different metal, so thelight is identical and only the frame changes:

• Nickel matt cool, quiet and modern. It recedes against a light wall.
• Antique gold warm and traditional, sitting with timber and brasshardware. With an ivory shade it is the softest of the three.
• Black matt graphic. A dark stem under a pale shade, which reads as adeliberate contrast rather than a fitting trying to disappear.

One globe, and it dims

One E14 to 25W, not supplied. E14 is the small screw base,SES a candle or golf-ball globe. Nothing shows through the fabric, sobrightness and warmth are the only decisions. Usewarm 2700K; against antique gold especially, cool white readsgreen, and behind ivory it looks grey.

It dims, with the right globe. Our record saysNo; the datasheet and the page both sayglobe dependent, and they are right there is nothing in a fitting holding oneE14 to prevent it.

Beside a bed, that is most of the point of a wall light: at full it is areading light, low it is a night light you can leave on. If you arefitting a pair, buy the two globes together and let us match them toyour dimmer two mismatched globes either side of a bed are obvious every evening.

ClassI earth required, hard-wired, so alicensed electrician installs it; IP20 indoor and dry locations only, sonot a bathroom. Backplate 80mm, projection140mm, in iron and fabric.

Where it works

• Either side of a bed no glare, and it dims to a night light.
• Hallways and staircases, repeated 140mm projection.
• Plasterboard walls with nothing behind them 0.6kg.
• Confirm the width with us before the wall is marked.
• IP20 not a bathroom.

Specifying it

100mm wide (per the datasheet confirm with us) by 235mm high,projection 140mm, backplate 80mm,0.6kg, in iron and ivory fabric, nickel matt, antique gold orblack. One E14 (SES) globe to 25W, not supplied;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 fixing does it need?

Nothing special at 0.6kg it goes into plasterboard with an ordinary anchor. For comparison, the Virell crystal twin is 1.43kg and the gypsum Mazal 1.6. That opens up positions a heavier fitting cannot use: a narrow strip of wall beside a bed with nothing behind it, a staircase, or a lightly built wall you would rather not open up.

How wide is it?

The datasheet says 100mm; our record carried only the height and the page gave height, backplate and projection but no width. On a fitting most people buy in pairs either side of a bed, the width is what decides the spacing ask us to confirm before your electrician marks the wall.

Is it suitable beside a bed?

It is one of the better choices here. The opaque tapered fabric shade hides the globe completely and throws light up and down rather than sideways, so there is no glare at eye height and the taper puts more of it downward, onto a book or the bedside table.

Can I dim it?

With the right globe. Our record says No; the datasheet and page both say globe dependent, and they are right. Beside a bed that is most of the point of a wall light: at full a reading light, low a night light you can leave on. If you are fitting a pair, buy the two globes together mismatched globes either side of a bed are obvious every evening.

What globe should I fit?

One E14 the small screw base, SES in warm 2700K. Nothing shows through the fabric, so brightness and warmth are the only decisions; against antique gold especially, cool white reads green, and behind ivory it looks grey.

Which finish should I choose?

All three pair the same ivory shade with a different metal, so the light is identical. Nickel matt is cool and quiet and recedes against a light wall. Antique gold is warm and traditional and the softest of the three with ivory. Black matt is graphic a dark stem under a pale shade, a deliberate contrast rather than a fitting trying to disappear.

Can it go in a bathroom?

No IP20, indoor and dry locations only.