18 Bulb "Sputnik" Lamp - Very Bright!!

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Comment by Liam on February 18, 2014 at 11:24am

Thanks Jonas. I had been thinking about trying to fit a dimmer.

Comment by Jonas Clark-Elliott on February 18, 2014 at 10:43am

Were this mine, I would put it on a dimmer, and dim it down far enough that the filaments just glowed amber. In the US, this general form of fixture has generically become known (though, even as a collector of vintage lighting, I'm not sure they were ever called this when new) as "sputnik" fixtures, after the spiky satellite. Over here, vintage shops charge over a hundred dollars for even the simplest sputnik fixtures of any kind; chrome ones command higher prices!