From the perspective and comparing surrounding items, they seem to be about 20" square. If you were to set them on the islands in the photos, they take up about half the space or more.

You didn't mention if you have an island, you should compare the amount of space your selection takes up over the island with that of the inspiration photos. You can also mock up your selection with paper just to make sure before ordering.

Go with the larger if you are looking for major statement.

Ok, math was never my strong suit, which is why I married a math person, but I would say that based on the first inspiration picture those fixtures are roughly the size of your first choice. If you were to place them on the ground by the island I would say they would be close to the same height as the island, assuming it's 36 inches high (that would be the entire height of the fixture but not including the chain). I think the ceilings in the first photo are 10 foot ceilings though, I'm not really sure, but to me they appear to be 10 foot ceilings.

In photo number 2 the ceilings appear even taller to me, but I am not great with eyeballing things, but based on the door height and the additional 4 or 5 feet above it I would say maybe 12' tall ceilings? The lights in picture number 2 appear wider, and more square so I would guess 24" or 30" wide x 30 or 36" tall (including the metalwork on top).

In the bottom picture the ceilings look to be about 9 feet I would say and I think those fixtures are pretty close to the smaller light you are looking to purchase.

Based on my pure conjecture about all of the above dimensions, I would say stick with the smaller of the two choices you have. I think they will still be very dramatic without overpowering your space since you have 9' ceilings. If you take your ceiling height of 108" and subtract the taller light you like at 44.75" you will only have 63.25 inches left and that doesn't include any chain so they would hang really low and be overwhelming I would think. The smaller light will allow you 73" left over and will allow you to have some chain similar to the amount hanging in the last photo.

I hope it's not so late that I'm totally out of it with this! Maybe I should go ask my husband...the math person!

Good luck!

Kat :)

I think definitely the smaller of those two, but that might even be too large. Can you make a fake lantern and play with it? Build a little box or even a piece of cardboard and see what height seems best?

Check out www.shadesoflight.com for several lanterns that might mimic your inspiration photos. There is a pagoda lantern that I love plus at least 3-4 others.

Is the 35 inch long unit 35 inches including the swag(chain)? If so, I think it will be fine. If not, I think that 35 inches is a bit too long. With a ceiling height of 9 feet, a 3 foot long lamp plus swag is going to mean that people above 5'3 or so are going to be banging their heads. Granted the lights will be in the center of a 60" wide island, so the bumps will be infrequent, but even if they don't hit them, there is still going to be an interruption in the sight line. I think that you should try to keep things above 72". Nice choice though - they'll work well !

thanks everyone... yeah, i'm thinking the larger is definitely way too tall. i'll keep looking. and when i find more i will subject you to further inspection. please check back!

All of the fixtures in the photos look to be mounted with at least 3' clearance above the island, leaving a clear line of sight. I don't think the height of the fixture should be more than 2' given that you will need at least 1' of chain. Scale is going to make or break your situation & IMO you'd need a much taller ceiling to carry off fixtures that are this tall. Just my 2 cents.

I'd go with the smaller pendants. We were thinkging of something similar for our island, 2 of these:

http://www.potterybarn.com/products/p11325/index.cfm?pkey=call%2Dchandeliers%2Dpendants

We are still tweaking our plan, but our island will be about 10 feet long, and we'll have 10 ft. ceilings, but even with that, I'm concerned that 2 of these fixtures would be too big.
The other thing I was concerned about, and I see that you are looking at fixtures with square cages as well, is that the cages will rotate so that the square cages will not be perfectly square and lined up all the time. Is that going to drive me crazy? To have these out of line square lights? I noticed that in the photos these lights are always perfectly lined up. Will they stay in place like that?

I have the 6 light version of your Savoy House sample lantern. It is big. The door in the photo is 4'x8' and the lantern still looks big to me. I would go smaller, especially if you're hanging two. Just my opinion.