Light passes through a dematerializing mass cascading toward the ground drop by drop like a hanging limestone stalactite. Each band of crystals is layered below its predecessor, stratifying an increasingly transparent sheath down to the last pendant, seemingly frozen in the ultimate moment of skilful exploit, just in time to skim the floor.

Created in 1993 by Milanese architects Ivan Lolli and Mario Memmoli, the Italian lighting design brand Lolli e Memmoli produce meticulously handcrafted lighting pieces. Their collection designs give a sense of lightness and a modern aesthetic to the traditionally heavyweight chandelier design. Like the glowing silhouettes of couture dresses, each of Lolli e Memmoli’s light pieces features detailed meshes of hand-cut Bohemian crystals sewn together around thin and seamless structures.