Menlo

Description

The Menlo is a near look-alike of the kinds of fixtures that were very common in industrial and utilitarian settings prior to the introduction of the tungsten-filament bulb, when it took multiple exposed carbon-filament bulbs to create any significant amount of illumination. Despite its industrial origins, today it serves as a warm addition to kitchens, dining rooms, and other shared spaces.

Early lighting designers came up with some clever concepts to get a lot of light out of a single pendant. Popularly known as “cluster” fixtures, most manufacturers offered variations on the theme of multiple exposed sockets in a compact cluster with a large reflector shade.