Ortus
Mid-Century Modern Lighting, Handcrafted in Birmingham
Smoked glass plates encase a central opal sphere, casting a soft ambient glow with rhythmic shadows and reflections. Ortus brings symmetry and quiet drama to any space.
The Ortus Collection
Ortus is Grafton Bell's most optically distinctive mid-century lighting collection — a layered arrangement of smoked glass plates around a central opal sphere, designed as much for the light it casts as for the object itself. The shadows it throws are part of the design, and the reflections are intentional. Available as a statement pendant, wall light, or table light, in chrome, satin nickel, or black textured finishes. Shop the Ortus collection of mid-century lighting, handmade in our Birmingham workshop, below.
FROM £1,100 EX VAT
A compact architectural statement inspired by mid-century design. Smoked glass plates layer around a central opal sphere, casting a soft ambient glow with rhythmic shadows and reflections. Both sculptural and functional, Ortus brings symmetry and quiet drama to any space.
This product is made to order. Lead times are estimated at 8—12 Weeks.
FROM £960 EX VAT
A compact architectural statement inspired by mid-century design. Smoked glass plates layer around a central opal sphere, casting a soft ambient glow with rhythmic shadows and reflections. Both sculptural and functional, Ortus brings symmetry and quiet drama to any space.
This product is made to order. Lead times are estimated at 8—12 Weeks.
FROM £975 EX VAT
A compact architectural statement inspired by mid-century design. Smoked glass plates layer around a central opal sphere, casting a soft ambient glow with rhythmic shadows and reflections. Both sculptural and functional, Ortus brings symmetry and quiet drama to any space.
This product is made to order. Lead times are estimated at 8—12 Weeks.
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FROM £975 EX VAT
A compact architectural statement inspired by mid-century design. Smoked glass plates layer around a central opal sphere, casting a soft ambient glow with rhythmic shadows and reflections. Both sculptural and functional, Ortus brings symmetry and quiet drama to any space.
This product is made to order. Lead times are estimated at 8—12 Weeks.
Mid-Century Lighting for Architectural Interiors
The best mid-century modern lighting was never simply about the fixture; it was about what happened when the light was switched on. Ortus is built on that principle. Drawn from the classic forms of the mid-century period, the smoked glass plates don't just diffuse light, they layer it, creating rhythmic patterns of shadow and reflection that shift with the time of day and the angle of view. The Ortus mid-century modern lighting collection has a quiet presence that architects and interior designers return to for commercial premises and luxury residential spaces where atmosphere is the brief.
If you would like to learn more about the Ortus collection or any of Grafton Bell’s statement architectural lights, get in touch with our team. Exploring the wider Grafton Bell range? Discover the Bastion collection — cast aluminium lighting with an architectural edge — and the Cupolla collection — hand-spun statement lighting of mid-century precision, all handmade in Birmingham, UK.