Dernier & Hamlyn

Dernier & Hamlyn is one of the few companies that designs and manufactures fittings in the UK. Our factory in London is home to a team of specialist designers and artisans who produce pendants, chandeliers and other lighting individually made to meet designers' specific requirements for luxury residences and hotels, superyachts and restaurants. The company was established in 1888 and, while we are proud of our heritage and the unique experience and expertise our team has built up over the years, our focus is very much on the future and using new techniques and materials alongside the traditional to produce beautiful custom-made lighting to meet designers' requirements on time and on budget.

Our brochure provides an overview of the services our team offers and showcases just a few of the thousands of bespoke lighting projects we have worked on for hotels, bars and restaurants, luxury residences, commercial properties, heritage buildings and superyachts. We hope you enjoy looking at what we do as much as we enjoy manufacturing it.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts is a well worn phrase but one that perfectly describes us at Dernier & Hamlyn. Our team is made up of all sorts of people with a range of experience and skills. We are extremely proud of the many different talents possessed by our design and production schemes that enable us to produce a variety of products, all at the very highest quality. Together we overcome lighting challenges by hard work, imagination and a century of know-how. We train our craftsmen over many years, primarily by enabling them to work alongside the more experienced members of the team who carry over their capabilities to the next generation.