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Art piece yes, vintage look yes, but i dont think it really copies something that existed in the past - why would anybody stick lightbulbs on the fan blades even in 1920's ?

But if you are interested with other creations in lighting feel free to explore around the gallery

Mixture of an old fan and the remains of a 3 way ceiling fitting, along with some old copper pipe thrown in for good measure. Might be good as a feature, but not really going to do much other than break bulbs.

However it rises the question how they made the contact to the lamps - if this spins at all

I doubt the thing rotate at all.
To me it look made as a light fixture, designed as a joke), to grab an attention for something really weird.
I personally love such thing, it is crazy joke, but still functional item (in this case a desk lamp)...

guys,it's not my fan,it's a picture i found in my google image search,i do agree with yall are saying

I could asume it have brushes and slip ring setup on rotating shaft
lot of rotating signs with florescent lamps or bulbs use brush and slipring stet up too. not common now as in the past.
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I am not sure that a contact would be needed. How about tapping into the rotor winding (which is otherwise shorted) ?

If that thing rotate, it could do so only very slowly. Otherwise the centrifugal forces would tear the filaments into pieces, not mentioned the rotor imbalance...

Indeed, if that thing is supposed to rotate only slowly, wound rotor would take care of the energy transfer into the bulbs. And if the rotor would be three phase, but the stator only single phase, it would cause nice effect: As the thing would rotate, lamps would light up and dim down, as the related rotor winding angle would change it's alignment...

Amazing, though unable to push air! I love it!

Definitely an one of a kind.

I expect it would create a light breeze


BG

@BG101

Hahaha very funny !!!