Aurora Iridescent Disc Murano Glass Chandelier

I · The shift

Iridescence, explained.

Iridescence is not a colour. It's an optical property — the way certain surfaces refract incoming light at different angles, producing a shift of colours across the spectrum as the viewer moves. The wings of Morpho butterflies do this. The interior of an abalone shell does this. In hand-blown glass, iridescence is achieved by applying metallic vapour to the surface while the glass is still hot from the furnace — a thin coating of tin or titanium bonds to the outer skin of the disc, creating the angle-dependent optical effect.

Each Aurora disc combines its underlying colour with this iridescent surface. From directly below, you see the underlying tone — blue, green, orange, pink, white, or clear — with subtle rainbow shimmer at the edges. From an angle, walking around the room, the iridescent shift becomes more pronounced: green notes appearing on the blue disc, gold across the pink, indigo across the clear. It is designed to be looked at more than once — the fixture behaves differently in the morning than at sunset, differently from the seat at the head of the table than from the doorway.

II · The spectrum

Six tones, six rooms.

Clear

The versatile

Translucent clear glass with iridescent surface. The fixture is present but never dictates the room's palette. Correct for interiors that want Murano craft without adding tinted glass.

Blue

Ocean · editorial

Deep translucent ocean blue. Reads as considered architectural colour rather than pale coastal. Correct for coastal-modern and editorial cool-toned interiors.

Green

Olive · botanical

Translucent olive green. Reads as warm-botanical rather than lawn-green. Correct for interiors with warm wood, cream palettes, or a botanical accent.

Orange

Rare · bold accent

Vibrant sunset-orange — the rare colour few chandeliers choose. Correct for interiors that want a warm colour anchor — modern-bold, Italian villa, contemporary rooms with confident personality.

Pink

Rose · feminine

Soft rose-pink with iridescent shift. Correct for romantic-modern, feminine primary bedrooms, dressing rooms, and any space where warm colour is welcome.

White

Rare · minimalist

Milk-white translucent glass with iridescent shimmer. Correct for minimalist, Scandinavian-inspired, or all-white interiors where colour would compete.

III · The pair

The Aurora and its sister.

The Aurora is one of two iridescent-disc Murano fixtures in our collection. Its sister is the Rosalia, a single-colour rose-pink chandelier at 19.7-inch scale, designed specifically for boudoirs, primary bedrooms, and romantic-feminine interiors that want a considered single-tone accent. The Aurora is broader in its offering — six colours, slightly smaller at 17.7-inch scale, priced accessibly at $799 versus the Rosalia's $999.

Choose the Aurora if you want the iridescent-disc form but need a specific colour to work with your interior; if the room is a dining room, living room, or foyer rather than a bedroom; or if the compact size is what fits the ceiling clearance. Choose the Rosalia if the room is a bedroom or dressing room asking for a romantic-pink accent specifically, and if the larger scale reads correctly to the ceiling and room proportion. Both fixtures share the same Murano-tradition iridescent-glass technique and polished-nickel frame — the difference is scope, scale, and price.

IV · The scale

Single-size, deliberately compact.

The Aurora is produced in a single size — 17.7 inches in diameter, 18.5 inches in height. The proportion is deliberate: substantial enough to anchor a medium dining table, foyer, or living room accent; compact enough to work in rooms with standard 8- to 9-foot ceilings, and small enough that colour statement doesn't overwhelm the room.

Standard 11.8-inch chain, adjustable. Custom longer chain lengths available at no extra charge — write to support@stuberlighting.com with ceiling-to-floor measurement and desired hanging height. For rooms larger than the Aurora suits, consider the Rosalia (Pink, 19.7") or the Verona (Colourful, 23.6").

V · The craft

Considered, throughout.

Bulbs included.

The Aurora ships with its complete set of E12 warm-white LED bulbs. 2700K warm-white is chosen deliberately: it's the temperature at which the coloured glass reads warmest and the iridescent shift produces the most saturated colour play. Dimmable-compatible if you swap to dimmable E12 LEDs and pair with a triac wall dimmer — Edison-style bulbs are also compatible for a warmer, more vintage-industrial reading.

Nickel, not gold.

The polished nickel frame is a deliberate design decision — cooler-toned than gold, and calibrated to let the coloured disc be the visual event rather than competing with a warm-toned frame. Nickel is also more architecturally versatile: it fits alongside stainless-steel kitchen hardware, brushed-metal fixtures, and modern Scandinavian palettes where a warm-gold frame would read anachronistic.

Adjustable chain.

Standard 11.8-inch adjustable drop chain. Custom lengths available at no extra charge for reasonable extensions — particularly useful for double-height foyer installations, vaulted-ceiling rooms, or lofts. Write to service@stuberlighting.com before ordering with your ceiling-to-floor measurement.

Individual variation.

Each disc is hand-blown and hand-finished with iridescent metallic-vapour treatment, one at a time — subtle variations in pigment intensity, iridescent depth, and surface pattern remain by design. Your Aurora will be subtly different from photographs and from every other Aurora produced. Machine-pressed uniformity would signal a different production method entirely.

VI · Where it belongs

Rooms with a colour to match.