Orbit
Frequently Asked Questions
The Orbit Collection is a pendant family defined by its framing: each shade hangs inside a slim metal ring — Brushed Brass or Brushed Nickel — that encircles the form. It comes in two shapes: 13.5-inch capsule pendants (Silk Gray and Cream) whose pill-shaped shades glow within oval rings, and 15-inch dome pendants (Forest Green and Cream) that float a half-dome inside a full circle. Every fixture is manufactured and assembled in the USA.
Composition. The 13.5-inch capsules are enclosed and lantern-like — a glowing pill inside an oval ring, self-contained from every angle — which suits entries, landings, and corners where the fixture is seen in the round. The 15-inch domes are more open: a half-dome floating inside a full circle with light spilling below, which suits table and island duty. Both carry the family's brass or nickel ring; the choice is enclosure versus openness.
Match the room's existing metals and temperature: Brushed Brass pairs with warm rooms — wood tones, cream, deep greens like the Forest Green dome — and coordinates with the catalog's brass-accented Martin sconces. Brushed Nickel suits cooler palettes, gray-and-white rooms, and stainless-adjacent kitchens. Pick one metal and hold it through the room; the ring is the fixture's most visible detail, and mixed metals at this scale read accidental rather than eclectic.
The capsules suit positions seen in the round — entries, stair landings, bedroom corners, reading nooks — where the enclosed, lantern-like form rewards a full view. The domes suit surfaces: a single over a round table, a pair over an island, where light spills usefully below the ring. At 13.5 and 15 inches, both scales carry a room without dominating it. Check each fixture's overall drop on its listing against your ceiling height.
The shades stay soft — Silk Gray and Cream on the capsules, Forest Green and Cream on the domes — so the brass and nickel rings can lead. Forest Green with Brushed Brass is the collection's standout pairing, the classic deep-green-and-warm-metal combination; the Cream versions in either metal keep the same geometry quiet for calmer rooms. Each product listing confirms the exact shade-and-ring pairing for that fixture.
The catalog's other refined and brass-accented pieces: the Martin adjustable sconces share Orbit's Brushed Brass detailing for a matched wall-and-ceiling scheme, and the Julia drum family shares its polished, furniture-grade register — a Julia linear fixture over the table with an Orbit capsule at the entry reads as one vocabulary. Around them, plain fixtures in matching shade tones handle the supporting spots without competing with the rings.