In an evolving exploration of ornamentation, material, and form, the new Petra Lighting Collection introduces the Petra Fluted Egg to the Roman and Williams Guild Original Designs lighting collection in one profound material: alabaster.Â
Designed by Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, this new pendant combines familiar vocabularies: the RWGOD foundational Globe Collection’s glass Egg shade, now reimagined in hand-carved, rippled alabaster, a material that has recently captivated the designers (see the undulating shades of the Rotonde Sconce and Dahlia Table Lamp). The Petra Fluted Egg’s waved shade recalls alabaster’s sea water origins, evoking the beauty of light passing through water—a theme first presented in glass Seed Pendants in Aubergine and Opaline earlier this year.