Filament Beauty

One of my favorite buildings in downtown B’ham is the Alabama Power building (1925), because it’s so decorative:

Alabama Power Building, B'ham AL

Looking up from right there:
Alabama Power Building, B'ham AL

Favorite part: those old-style filament bulbs:

Alabama Power Building, B'ham AL

Alabama Power Building, B'ham AL

It was hard to get a good picture of the filament, but it’s gorgeous:
Alabama Power Building, B'ham AL

Filament bulbs have been for sale in the Rejuvenation catalog (if you like vintage lighting then…) forever, and they’re being carried by Restoration Hardware now too.  In love with their quad loop tungsten filament bulb with the glass tip.

Plumen makes fluorescent bulbs that are actually beautiful, too.

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