Dylan and Jean here again from Ladies and Gentlemen…
We know we should be replacing all of our bulbs with compact fluorescents, but we can't help but be enticed by the glorious forms of vintage incandescents…the intricate filaments, the beautifully diverse shapes, the packaging...
Our bulb love began when we came across these unique projector bulbs (complete with original packaging too…). Until we come up with some awesome way to use them (maybe a giant hanging lamp!), they're piled up in our glass bowl for simple display.
We gathered some cute everyday light bulbs with great packaging for our L&G Vintage Shop. Come see!
Also check out these links.
Gaze:
Bulb Collector
Bulb Museum
Illustrated bulb history
Buy (repros):
Tube Depot
House of Antique Hardware
Niche Modern Lighting
Thanks for reading!!
Jean&Dylan
ladiesandgentlemenhome.blogspot.com
wwwladiesandgentlemen.etsy.com
13 comments:
GREAT info! Thanks so much!
My grandpa gave me some packages of his old flashbulbs from the 50s/60s. I display some of them in a shadowbox type frame. The filament is so lovely to look at and the boxes are wondeful too.
There's something about light bulbs that I find so pretty!
I love the new layout of the blog! Congrats guys!
Wow, they are so beautiful! I love your new look :)
This post reminds me of my trip to Seattle for Christmas. The Anthropologie there had a big string of vintage lightbulbs across their ceiling for Christmas. It was pretty great.
Also it has to be said that the makeover is fabulous.
diggin the new look! Thanks for all the great posts! Keep it up and looking forward to a new year.
never noticed how beautiful light bulbs can be.
My favourite lightbulb is this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crunchcandy/2469035270 it's a giant!
really fantastic I love them all in a bowl it is delicate but hard and would make a fantastic table display
Your blog is so cool! Thank you!-stace
When I was studying studio art at James Madison University in 94, we were allowed to raid a warehouse full of old stuff for a theatre production we were putting on. Along with old pole vaulting mats and other various curiosities, I found boxes and boxes full of these projector bulbs, and fell in love with them. That was 15 years ago and I didn't end up keeping them, sigh.
I love lights globes... I used to keep all my old ones... to make with one day ... But I don't know how they disapeared... Someone in this house didn't understand...
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