Anwen Two-Tone Glass Tube Chandelier
Anwen Two-Tone Glass Tube Chandelier
The craftsmanshipThe Art Glass DifferenceWhy hand-cast art glass beats molded glass & resin, the many shapes our artisans create, and how to spot the real thing. ▦ Material comparison ✦ One craft, many shapes 🔍 Spot genuine glass Open
Hand-cast art glass vs. molded glass vs. resin
Three materials look similar in a thumbnail — but live very differently on your wall. Here's how our hand-cast art glass compares.
| Our Hand-Cast Art Glass | Molded / Pressed Glass | Resin / Acrylic Imitation | |
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| How it's made | Hand-cast & shaped by artisans, one piece at a time | Machine-pressed in a fixed mold, mass-produced | Liquid resin poured into a mold, mass-produced |
| Texture & pattern | Unique crackle texture — no two tubes alike | Identical, repeating pattern on every unit | Flat, "printed-on" look; texture feels superficial |
| Light quality | Deep, layered glow; light refracts through real glass | Even but flat; little depth or movement | Dull, slightly cloudy; can look plasticky when lit |
| Feel & weight | Substantial, cool, solid in the hand | Solid but uniform | Noticeably light, warm, hollow-feeling |
| Color over time | Color is in the glass — won't fade or yellow | Stable color | Can yellow or cloud with heat & UV over time |
| Heat tolerance | High — glass handles bulb heat well | High | Lower — can warp or discolor near heat |
| Character | A one-of-a-kind work of glass art | A functional, uniform fixture | A budget look-alike |
The takeaway: hand-cast art glass costs more to make, but it's the only one that gives you genuine depth of light, individual character, and lasting color — the qualities that make a fixture feel like art rather than hardware.
One craft, many shapes
Every piece begins the same way — molten glass, hand-cast and shaped by our artisans. From that single craft comes a whole family of forms, each catching and releasing light in its own way.
Looking for a different shape, size, or color in this art glass? We offer full customization — just reach out and our designers will help.
How to spot genuine art glass
Online photos can make resin and glass look alike. Here's how to tell the difference once it's in your home — every point below describes our fixtures.
Pick it up
Real glass is cool and substantial. Resin feels warm, light, and hollow. Our tubes have real weight — many customers say the heavy box was their first clue it's genuine.
Look at the texture
Hand-cast crackle texture has true depth you can feel with a fingertip. Resin texture looks like it's printed on a flat surface.
Turn on the light
Glass refracts light into a layered, moving glow. Resin tends to look flat, dull, or slightly cloudy when lit.
Compare two pieces
No two hand-cast tubes are exactly identical. If every piece looks machine-perfect and matched, it's molded — not artisan glass.
Our promise: every fixture is genuine hand-cast art glass. Slight variation between pieces isn't a flaw — it's proof it was made by hand.
Made To Order
Love the design but need it tailored to your space? We offer comprehensive customization solutions — dimensions, surface finishes, chain lengths, and more. Simply tell us your requirements, and we'll take care of the rest.
Share Your Idea
Message us online and get a fast response to your brief.
Expert Consultation
Our designers advise on size, finish, and proportion for your room.
We Craft It
Made to spec and inspected before it ships.
Sea glass and frost, alternating all the way around.
The Anwen Two-Tone Glass Tube Chandelier alternates two hand-blown glasses through four descending tiers — one frosted white and opaque, the next aqua and finely textured. Forty-six tubes in all, each hooked individually onto a gold-tone frame.
That alternation is what makes the colour livable. From across the room the two average into a single pale blue-white mass; up close they separate into two distinct materials, and lit, the frosted tubes glow evenly while the aqua ones carry light down their length and catch in the grain. Part of our hand-blown glass tube series. The same tubes turn up in a red glass tube wall sconce when the wall needs the colour instead of the ceiling, and fall in one long column in the smoked striped waterfall chandelier for a stairwell or a double-height entry.
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Two Glasses, AlternatingOne tube frosted white and opaque, the next aqua and clear enough to show its grain — trading places all the way around every tier. Colour as a suggestion rather than a statement.
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46 Hand-Blown TubesEvery tube is blown by hand and the bark-deep grain worked in while the glass is still molten, so the texture sits in the material rather than on the surface.
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Two Kinds of Light at OnceThe frosted tubes hold light and glow evenly; the aqua ones carry it down their length and let it catch in the grain — a warm diffused body with cooler verticals threaded through it.
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Four Tiers, Stepping InwardEach row sits tighter than the one above, gathering the mass to a point. One form from across the room; dozens of separate tubes from underneath.
Dimensions & Placement
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Over a Dining TableBest above a round table 30–36″ (76–91 cm) across, or a rectangular table up to 40″ (100 cm) wide. Hang the lowest tube about 30–36″ (75–90 cm) above the tabletop — low enough to light the table, high enough to see across it.
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Entry Hall & LandingSuits a single-height entry with ceilings of 9–11 ft (2.7–3.3 m). Keep at least 7 ft (2.1 m) of clearance from the floor in any walkway, and centre it over the space rather than over the door.
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Bedroom & Living RoomSized for rooms of roughly 10 × 13 ft (3 × 4 m) — add your room's length and width in feet and read the sum as inches. Centre it over the bed or the seating area rather than the geometric middle of the room.
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Stairwell LandingWorks over a landing or a modest stairwell where it is seen from one level. Mount it over the open void, not directly above the treads, and ask for extra chain before it ships if the drop is long.
A simple guide: allow about 2.5–3″ of drop for every foot of ceiling height. In a standard 9 ft room, that puts the bottom of the fixture roughly 7–7.5 ft from the floor. Over a dining table you can hang it lower — 30–36″ above the tabletop — because nobody walks beneath it. The chain shortens on site by removing links, so the final height is set during installation.
Specification
- MaterialMetal Frame · Hand-blown Glass
- FinishGold
- Glass coloursAqua and frosted white, alternating
- Glass pieces46 hand-blown tubes
- Dimensions∅ 22.8″ × H 19.7″ (Dia 58 × H 50 cm), excluding chain
- Light sourceLED or Edison bulb — warm white 2700K recommended
- Bulb type7 × E12 / E14 (bulbs not included)
- Voltage110V–240V available
- CertificationUL / CE / SAA
- Suspension59″ Chain — shortened on site by removing links
- Power typeHardwired — professional installation recommended
- ApplicationDining room · bedroom · living room · entry hall · landing
- Customized serviceYou can easily customize the size, finish color, number of light sources, and hanging wire & chain length. Simplify the customization process and communicate directly with our designers online.
Please feel free to contact us by email if you have any questions.
Our email: support@korewolamp.com
What Makes It Special
Most coloured lighting asks you to commit: you pick blue, and the room has a blue light in it. Here the two glasses alternate all the way around every tier — one frosted white and opaque, the next aqua and clear enough to show the grain running down its length. Neither dominates, and the pairing is what makes the colour wearable in a room you actually live in.
Stand back and the alternation blurs — the tiers resolve into a single pale blue-white mass, closer to sea glass than to a coloured fixture. Step underneath and it separates again into forty-six distinct tubes, each with its own grain and its own depth of tint. Two different pieces depending on where you stand.
Nothing is glued or sealed into a housing. Every tube hangs from its own small hook along a gold-tone frame, tier by tier, which is why the rows carry a natural give that a moulded fixture never has — and why a single damaged tube can be replaced on its own rather than returning the whole chandelier.
Colour, Without the Commitment
Pale blue-white from the doorway. Two different glasses up close.
Nearly everyone loves a coloured chandelier in a photograph and hesitates over one in their own house. The reason is fair enough. Colour overhead is a commitment — it is in the room every day, in every photograph you take of that room, and there is no discreet way to change your mind about it.
So this one does not ask you to commit. The two glasses alternate — one tube frosted white and opaque, the next aqua and clear enough to show the grain running down its length, trading places all the way around each of the four tiers, forty-six tubes in all. Neither one wins. From the doorway they average into a single pale blue-white mass, closer to sea glass than to a coloured fixture; walk up to it and the illusion comes apart into two distinct materials.
Lit, the two do different work. The frosted tubes hold the light and glow evenly; the aqua ones carry it down their own length and let it catch in the texture, so what fills the room is a warm diffused body with cooler verticals threaded through it. You get the colour. The room never becomes the blue room.
In Daylight, Unlit
Pale sea glass against a white ceiling — quiet enough that it doesn't announce itself, present enough to be the thing you look at when the room is empty.
Dinners That Run Late
Seen across a table the tiers blur into one soft mass, and the light lands warm on faces with a cool thread running through it. Nobody comments on it. Everybody stays longer.
Standing Right Underneath
Look straight up and it separates — forty-six tubes, each with its own grain and its own depth of tint, hung one by one. The detail nobody sees from the sofa.
Blue from the doorway, two glasses from underneath — and never the blue room.
Before You Order
Everything you might want to know about the two glasses, the colour, the light, and getting it on your ceiling.
01Will it make my whole room look blue?
No — and the alternation is exactly why. Only half the tubes are aqua; the other half are frosted white and opaque, and it is the frosted ones that carry most of the light into the room. What you get is warm light with a cool thread running through it, not a blue wash.
The colour lives in the fixture rather than in the room. Look up and you see aqua; look at your walls and you don't. A fixture made entirely of blue glass would behave very differently — that is the trade this design was built to avoid.
02Why two different glasses instead of one?
Two reasons, and they reinforce each other. Visually, alternating the tubes lets the two average out at a distance — from the doorway the four tiers resolve into a single pale blue-white mass, closer to sea glass than to a coloured fixture. Step underneath and they separate again into two distinct materials.
Optically, the two glasses do different jobs. The frosted tubes are opaque and diffuse light evenly, giving the fixture its soft body. The aqua tubes are clear enough to carry light down their own length and let it catch in the grain, adding brighter, cooler verticals. One glass alone would give you one or the other.
03Is the glass really hand-blown?
04Will mine look exactly like the photos?
05How bright is it? Will it glare?
Seven bulbs on a 22.8 in fixture is a generous ratio, so this is a genuine room light rather than an accent piece — fitted with warm-white LEDs it will comfortably carry a dining room or a bedroom on its own.
It will not glare. The bulbs sit behind the top tier and stay out of sight from any angle below, and light reaches the room through diffusing frosted glass rather than directly. In a kitchen or over a work surface you will still want task lighting, as with any decorative fixture.
06What bulbs does it use, and can it be dimmed?
07What size room does it suit?
08How high should I hang it?
09Can I install it on a sloped or vaulted ceiling?
Yes — a chain-hung chandelier is the easiest type to do it with. Because the whole fixture hangs from a single point, it stays perfectly level no matter what angle the ceiling above it sits at. Nothing about the tiers needs adjusting.
The only part to handle is the canopy where it meets the ceiling. A standard canopy sits flush on a shallow pitch only; anything steeper needs a sloped-ceiling adapter, an angled kit that lets the canopy sit flat against the slope while the chain still hangs plumb. Most are rated to around 45°. Tell us the pitch before you order and we will confirm whether one is needed and supply it.
10Is it difficult to install?
11Can I customise the size, colour, or chain length?
12Will the glass arrive safely, and what if a tube breaks?
13How do I clean it?
Still have a question? Our team is happy to help before you order.