These Porcelain hanging pendant lamps come with 3 meters of lovely nuetral cotton cable and dark bronze fittings, with a plug at the end. They can be plugged into a socket and hung from a hook in the ceiling , slung over a rail or even taken into the garden on a dry night for exquisite outside dining lanterns! ( they are not wired for outside so only for dry nights ) also can be wired into the ceiling directly by an approved electrician.