Were you as taken with the cloth pendant lights hanging in Pocketbook Hudson as we were? (See our recent review on Upstate New York’s most recent hotel here.) Monastic-like and minimalist, the pendants seem just panels of light-weight fabric curtained over metal rods, creating a soft filtered radiance when the light is switched on.
What is its provenance? And where can we discover it?
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The Sighting
Above: The light, in spite of its fragile look, makes an effect even in this Wallet loft with a double-height ceiling. Photograph by Sean Davidson. Above: The interiors at Wallet are eclectic– a mashup of minimalism, Shaker affects, and industrial style– and the light fits perfectly into this mix. Photograph by Adrian Gaut. Above: The fabric light
is a soft counterpoint to
took into production for Flos in the 1970s. The Teli lights are no longer made, so if you’re in the market for one, you’ll have to source vintage. Pictured is a Teli pendant light presently for sale on 1stdibs for$ 8,977. It determines 25.6 inches high and 15.75 inches large.< img style ="margin-bottom:16 px; max-width:100 %; height: vehicle"width ="733"height="auto"loading ="lazy "class="wp-image-1561949 size-post-content"src ="http://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/somerset-house-teli-pendant-light-castiglioni-733x1100.jpg"alt ="The Editors Cut Our Tried and Real Ikea Finds Budget Edition picture 1"/ > Above: We spotted vintage Teli lights at some of our preferred shops, consisting of Somerset Home, which offered this special striped version. From the website:”Teli was born to exploit the quality of soft filtering light of Raflon, a new polyethylene fiber which was made by a subsidiary of Kartell and utilized for product packaging. Produced in white lacquered metal with a chromed metal structure and polyethylene material lampshade.”This design(now offered) was $3,400.
Above: Béton Brut is offering a vintage Teli for ₤ 5,500. We likewise discovered the light on Etsy, where one merchant is selling it for $4,839.
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