The Steampunk Home

I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Royal Master Sealight

What's not to like? Hand crank to position the head, louvers to further direct the light, filament bulb, telescopic base... oh yeah, and it's a "reproduction of a 19th-century British marine light used to transmit Morse code."

from Restoration Hardware. $1525. (Thanks, Baldur!)

3 comments:

BaldurMarch 16, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I was completely dazzled by this lamp when I saw it at RH. Thank you for spreading the word at 'the Steampunk Home'.
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Catherinette RingsMarch 17, 2009 at 3:02 AM
Stunning Lamp . Never seen that before .
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NexxoMarch 17, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Need!

Unfortunately I live in the UK... but fortunately, you can pick up a restored original for about £675,-- here: http://www.moorfieldsv.co.uk/
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