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  • 40W Straight-sided Carbon-filament 1890 Bulb
  • Item # C1940
  • Standard Base
  • price
    $18

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If you're looking to create warm low-light ambiance in your dining room or bedroom, you can't do better than our 40W Straight-sided Carbon-filament 1890 Bulb. Try it behind Satin frosted-glass shades on a Duniway or Elmwood.

Tip: Install upright or upside down. Bulb can fail if pointed horizontally or at an angle.

Carbon-filament light bulbs debuted in the 1890s and lit the way until 1912, when bright and powerful tungsten-filament bulbs transformed the industry.

Painted bulbs, introduced in the 1920s, added a decorative touch to tungsten bulbs and the exposed-bulb fixtures popular at the time.