Vintage British machinists light made by E.D.L. Once used in workshops to illuminate a workbench or machinery, these lights are perfect for task lighting on a desk or above a kitchen worktop. With an enamel shade, three steel arms with original worn paint finish and wall plate.
Lighting design in the UK benefitted from a free market. Different companies were working at the same time, designing and producing similar products for the same market. Often with only slight differences in their style, they constantly upgraded and improved their original designs. The products we salvage come from the old industrial heartland of England. This area of the UK was once the boiler room of the British economy - from the potteries of Stoke, through the engineering works of Birmingham, to the wool, textile and cotton mills of Oldham and Manchester.
View all lights from UKWith its original purpose as a machinist's work light, the lamp is designed to be fully articulated at the shade and arm joints, with 180-degree rotation at the wall plate/base. The lamp is suitable for different applications by simply rotating the rear wall plate on installation; the light can be used as either a wall, ceiling or table-mounted work light. The installation card shown here is from our own internal manufacturer's archive and would have been supplied with the products when the product was originally retailed.
Supplied rewired and tested with a new Bayonet (B22) switched lamp holder and traditional twisted black braided cable.
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Diameter:
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165 (shade) mm |
Non-standard delivery (POA). Supplied wired and tested to BS EN60598. IP20 for internal use only. All dimensions and weights are approximate.
Established in 1922 in Staffordshire as a lighting and cable support manufacturer, EDL Lighting is one of the few companies we salvage lighting from still in operation today. Rightly well known for their beautifully engineered task and machinist lights, we have been privileged to salvage many fine examples; lights that have in most cases, outlasted the buildings for which they were originally designed.
View all E.D.L LightsA warm and inviting Arts & Crafts family home in Bedford - featuring industrial and machinist lighting by skinflint.
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Love the lamp - it is just what we needed to set off our new kitchen - will have pride of place over the breakfast bar. Excellent service from the company - was notified that delivery would be late by one day but was kept informed. Many thanks.
- Gordon | Glasgow | UK
Excellent packaging and delivery service.
- Richard | Isle of Wight | UK
I love the light and Cara was fantastic with bulb advice and sending me a copy of the picture of the engine it came from. Great service thanks.
- Marcus | Letchworth | UK
I’ve now purchased five different products over two home refurbishments. Alongside the product, the service, speed and packaging it is spot on. It's only skinflint that make me wish I had another project to work on and a larger property to kit out.
- Matthew | London | UK
