Amber Glass Pendant Lights

Amber glass turns every bulb into golden hour. These honey and cognac pendants glow warm even at low brightness, the fixture to pick when a room should feel like evening all day. Twenty fixtures here, fifteen of them hanging pendants and five that sit close to the ceiling, so the guide below starts with which of the two your room can take.

Amber pendant lights and hanging lights

A hanging amber light does its best work where you can see through it. Over a dining table, a kitchen island or a stairwell the glass reads as a warm object in the room rather than a fitting on the ceiling, and the colour is strongest when the bulb sits behind glass you are looking straight at. Shapes here run to globes, bubbles, wavy and cracked glass, rings, discs and capsules. Where headroom is short, the five close-to-ceiling fixtures give the same glass without the drop. If the colour matters more than the finish, the wider glass pendant lights range carries the same shapes in clear, smoke and green, and every suspended fitting in the store sits together. For a cooler tint that works the same way, the pendants in blush and pink glass colour the light rather than just the fixture. If you like the warmth but want metal, cement or stone around the bulb instead of glass, the modern industrial lighting range takes that route.

Amber, cognac and brown glass

Amber is a colour option on these fixtures, not a fixed finish, so it is worth checking the swatch before you order. Across the twenty it is sold as Amber, Amber Glass, Amber Light, Bright Amber, Gold Amber, Amber Honey, Amber Caramel, Cognac and Brown Cognac. Cognac and brown glass sit a shade deeper than honey amber and hold more of the light in, which suits a bedroom or a snug better than a working kitchen. Honey and gold amber pass more light through and stay readable at a distance. Three of these are cut as vintage or retro shapes and two pair the glass with brass, where the metal warms the colour further instead of cooling it.

Sizes, bulbs and hanging height

Twelve of the twenty offer a diameter choice, running from about 12 cm to 44 cm, so the same fixture can suit a bedside or a stairwell depending on which you pick. Over a dining table, aim for a shade roughly a third of the table's width and hang the lowest point 75 to 90 cm above the top; the rule of thumb for matching a diameter to a space has the full table. Bulb colour decides how far the amber goes: a warm bulb deepens it towards caramel, a cooler one keeps it closer to honey, and colour temperature explained puts numbers on the difference. Delivery is 6 to 9 business days.
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FAQ

Is there an amber glass chandelier in this range?

Not in this edit, which is pendants and close-to-ceiling fixtures only. A chandelier spreads several lights from one frame rather than hanging a single shade, and the chandelier range is where those live, including glass ones.

Will an amber pendant make a room look dim?

It changes the colour of the light more than the amount of it. Amber glass warms and softens what passes through, so a room lit only by amber pendants reads cosy rather than bright. Where you need working light as well, pair one with a downlight or a lamp rather than adding more amber.

What is the difference between amber and cognac glass?

Depth of tint. Amber and honey shades pass more light and stay warm and clear; cognac and brown glass are darker, hold more of the light inside the shade and throw a deeper glow.

Do these come in more than one size?

Twelve of the twenty do, with diameters from about 12 cm to 44 cm on the size or diameter dropdown. The rest ship in the one size listed on the product page.