A combined ceiling fan and light fitting having a plurality of fan blades (1, 2, 3, 4), wherein: each blade (1, 2, 3, 4) is pivotally mounted so as to be pivotable about an upright pivot axis of the blade between a stowed position and a deployed position; each blade (1, 2, 3, 4) when in its stowed position lies within a specified radius from an upright fan rotation axis and above a light fitting portion and has an air moving portion that in the deployed position of the blade extends beyond said specified radius; and each blade (1, 2, 3, 4) is generally elongate and arcuate when seen in plan view and in its stowed position extends peripherally within said specified radius between its pivot axis and a tip end of the blade and partially overlies a neighbouring one of the blades in its own stowed position; characterized in that: (a) each blade (1, 2, 3, 4) initially rises in height above a datum height with increasing distance along the blade from its pivot axis end so that the blade when in its stowed position overlies the pivot axis end of the neighbouring blade in its own stowed position and (b) with increasing distance from a pivot-axis end of the air moving portion towards the tip end of the blade the leading edge of the air moving portion first increases in height above the said datum height and then turns downwardly whereby to limit the height of the tip end above the datum height. each blade (1, 2, 3, 4) is pivotally mounted so as to be pivotable about an upright pivot axis of the blade between a stowed position and a deployed position; each blade (1, 2, 3, 4) when in its stowed position lies within a specified radius from an upright fan rotation axis and above a light fitting portion and has an air moving portion that in the deployed position of the blade extends beyond said specified radius; and each blade (1, 2, 3, 4) is generally elongate and arcuate when seen in plan view and in its stowed position extends peripherally within said specified radius between its pivot axis and a tip end of the blade and partially overlies a neighbouring one of the blades in its own stowed position; characterized in that: (a) each blade (1, 2, 3, 4) initially rises in height above a datum height with increasing distance along the blade from its pivot axis end so that the blade when in its stowed position overlies the pivot axis end of the neighbouring blade in its own stowed position and (b) with increasing distance from a pivot-axis end of the air moving portion towards the tip end of the blade the leading edge of the air moving portion first increases in height above the said datum height and then turns downwardly whereby to limit the height of the tip end above the datum height. (a) each blade (1, 2, 3, 4) initially rises in height above a datum height with increasing distance along the blade from its pivot axis end so that the blade when in its stowed position overlies the pivot axis end of the neighbouring blade in its own stowed position and (b) with increasing distance from a pivot-axis end of the air moving portion towards the tip end of the blade the leading edge of the air moving portion first increases in height above the said datum height and then turns downwardly whereby to limit the height of the tip end above the datum height.