Tendano Desk Aluminum Lamp

The piece

Spring-Balanced Articulated Arm · Aluminum Body · Plug-In · Three Sizes

A spring-balanced articulated desk lamp built around a multi-joint aluminum arm that pivots, extends, and angles to direct light precisely where you need it. The conical aluminum shade tilts independently at the arm's tip, holding any position via friction joint without re-tightening.

Available in three heights — desk-scale, table-scale, and small-floor-scale — each with a weighted aluminum base and 59" plug cord. Plug-in installation, no electrician required. Suited to home offices, design studios, reading corners, workshops, and any task-light application.

Features

Spring-Balanced Arm

Articulated arm pivots and holds position via internal springs — set and forget.

Independent Shade Tilt

Conical shade pivots at the arm's tip — direct light precisely without moving the arm.

Plug-In, No Electrician

59" cord plugs into any standard outlet — set up in minutes.

Sizes — Choose at Checkout

Desk Scale ∅ 14.5 × H 35 cm ∅ 5.7" × H 13.8" For desks & bedside

Table Scale ∅ 14.5 × H 50 cm ∅ 5.7" × H 19.7" For console & sideboards

Floor Scale ∅ 14.5 × H 72 cm ∅ 5.7" × H 28.3" For low-floor task lighting

Dimensions Detail

All sizes share the same arm-shade diameter (14.5 cm / 5.7"). Only the arm length and overall height differ. The base diameter is 21 cm / 8.3" across all sizes.

Specifications

SKU	RDT-095403
Materials	Aluminum body, arm, and shade · Internal balance springs · Weighted aluminum base
Base Diameter	21 cm / 8.3"
Light Source	E26 / E27 standard socket · Bulb not included · User-replaceable
Recommended Bulb	LED E26/E27, max 25W · Warm white 3000K recommended
Color Temperature	Determined by your chosen bulb · Warm white 3000K recommended
Dimming	Compatible if a dimmable bulb and plug-in dimmer are installed
Voltage	AC 110–240V · Universal
Power Supply	Plug-in · 59" (≈1.5 m) cord with inline switch
Articulation	Multi-joint spring-balanced arm · Independent shade tilt
Mounting	Free-standing · Plugs into standard outlet · No hardwiring required
Best For	Home office desks · Reading corners · Design studios · Bedside · Workshops · Architectural drawing

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FAQ

Which size suits my use? +

The Desk Scale (35 cm) sits at typical desk-lamp height — fits home offices, study desks, and bedside tables. The Table Scale (50 cm) is for console tables, sideboards, and reading-corner side tables. The Floor Scale (72 cm) is a small-floor task lamp — sits low to the floor for over-armchair reading or beside a sofa.

How does the arm hold position? +

Internal springs counter-balance the arm at every angle — set the arm where you want it and it stays there without re-tightening. The shade also tilts independently at the arm's tip via a friction joint. This is the same articulated mechanism used in classic professional task lamps.

Do I need an electrician? +

No — this is a plug-in lamp. The 59" cord plugs into any standard wall outlet via the inline switch. No hardwiring, no junction box, no electrician needed.

What bulb does it take? +

One E26 (North America) or E27 (EU/UK/AU) standard-base bulb up to 25W. We recommend a warm white (3000K) LED for residential ambiance, or a brighter daylight LED for architectural drawing or precision task work. Bulb not included.

Is it dimmable? +

The lamp itself doesn't dim, but it becomes dimmable when paired with a dimmable LED bulb and a plug-in dimmer module (sold separately). Wall dimmers don't apply to plug-in fixtures.

Care & delivery

Looking after it

Dust with a soft dry cloth. Stone, plated and painted finishes dislike solvents and abrasives, so keep both away from them; glass takes a lint-free cloth and a little glass cleaner. Solid brass is left unlacquered on most pieces and will warm and darken with handling, which is the material behaving as it should rather than a fault. Switch a fixture off and let it cool before cleaning it.

Who makes it

This piece is manufactured for Elio Marchetti by Radilum, our production partner for the collection.

We are a lighting house rather than a factory. We select the pieces, specify the finishes and the stone, and hold the relationship with the maker, and we would rather tell you that plainly than leave it unsaid. Questions about the manufacture of a specific fixture are welcome and we will answer them.

Delivery

Allow 28 to 43 business days from order to arrival, roughly six to nine weeks. Most of the collection is made to order, so that time covers the piece being built in the finish and size you chose, checked, packed and shipped. The same window applies wherever you are.

Shipping is free to Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, with no minimum order.

Returns

You have ten days from receiving a piece to have it on its way back to us, under way inside those ten days rather than simply flagged with us on the tenth. Return postage on a change of mind is yours, there is no restocking fee, and the outcome is a refund to your original payment method rather than store credit. Made to order pieces return on the same terms as stock. Contact us before sending anything back.

Damaged or faulty on arrival

Separate from an ordinary return, and a longer window: twenty days from receipt to report it. Tell us before you send anything, keep the packaging until we have answered, and photographs of both the fault and the box help. Where a piece is faulty, damaged in transit or not what you ordered, we cover the return postage.

Installation

Any hardwired fixture should go in with a licensed electrician. Where a piece has particular requirements, a sloped ceiling, a chain that can be shortened, a specific socket, they are listed further up this page.

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