Stage Lighting

• The DMOZ Open Directory Project, which hosted "Shopping Antiques_and_Collectibles: Lighting" among other excellent resources, has shut down its operation. However, links to the resources can still be accessed as of April, 2017 at a mirror site.

• History of the Arc Lamp. From the Edison Tech Center. See also their home page.

• European Gas Flame Association. Superb illustrations of early gas lamps, burners, meters, radiators, etc. With both English and French text.

• Glossary of Lighting Terminology

• Regency Series Antique Copper Lights Gaslight reproductions. Good resource for scenic artists.

• Gaslights.com Gas light reproductions. Good resource for scenic artists.

• Lightbulbs, Lighting and Lamps. A short, semi-scholarly review of the development of lightbulbs, with numerous links to the inventors.

• Sirlampsalot Publications, a commercial site. The home page contains links to antique lamp catalogs and ephemera. [This site has changed greatly over the years but there are still some good illustrations of antique lamps to be found here. JRW, 2/11/13]

• Genuine Antique Lighting, a commercial pictorial resource for old lighting fixtures. Especially useful for designers.

• Stage Lighting Bibliography and Lighting Design Source. "LightingDesignSource is a resource for lighting design students at the University of Virginia." Not recently updated, but an excellent bibliographic and information resource.