Marlow and Reade Uffington Slimline LED Picture Light 750mm

A 22mm deep bar rather than a hood, close enough to the frame that it disappears when you stand square to the picture. The optic pushes the light down and forward instead of spilling it onto the wall above. Sold singly.

Made from solid brass in Birmingham with the LED board and driver built in, so there is no transformer to hide in the ceiling void. The board is specified at CRI 95 or better, which matters more on a painting than brightness does: a low CRI source flattens reds and greys and makes an oil look muddy. Every length is on the same 2700K bin so a wall of them matches.

Specification

• Height 45mm, width 750mm, projection from the wall 95mm
• Materials: extruded brass bar, 22mm deep, with a fixed optic
• Finish: solid brass in your chosen finish
• Lamp: warm white LED, 2700K, CRI 97, 6 to 22W by length
• Supply: hardwired, or plug in with the optional cord set, 220 to 240V
• Switching: no integral switch, wired to a wall switch or a trailing edge dimmer
• Rating: IP20, for dry indoor rooms
• Backplate: concealed, fixes to the wall or to the frame
• Suitable for pictures 950mm to 1200mm wide
• Colour temperature: 2700K warm white, fixed
• Dimming: trailing edge, down to 5 per cent
• Weight: approximately 3.5 kilograms
• Rated life: 50,000 hours
• Sold singly

Fitting

This is a hardwired fitting and should be installed by a qualified electrician working to BS 7671. It arrives with a standard round backplate and fixing screws. Wall plugs are not supplied because the right fixing depends on whether you are going into brick, block, plasterboard or lath and plaster. At roughly 3.5 kilograms it needs a proper fixing. Use the supplied screws into masonry, or a heavy duty plasterboard anchor rated well above the weight of the light. It can be fixed to the wall above the picture or screwed to the top rail of the frame itself, and both sets of fixings are in the box.