About
Dugdill is a British company specialising in modular lighting for domestic, industrial, and institutional environments.
The brand and its designs are reintroduced from the original models produced by John Dugdill & Co., a leading English industrial lighting manufacturer of the early 20th century.
Built for permanence, Dugdill lamps are made to endure and evolve across generations.
History
John Dugdill was born in 1861 in Failsworth, on the outskirts of Manchester. An engineer and inventor, he designed a single-cylinder steam engine for generating electricity in the 1890s, now on display at the Manchester Science Museum.
In the early 1900s, he began registering patents relating to electrical engineering in Britain, America, and Europe.
He developed the first Dugdill lamp — a self-supporting, movable, and extensible structure. It combined functional modularity with durability.
From the 1910s, Dugdill lamps were produced to illuminate desks, piano stands, living rooms, and libraries. The design remained anchored in industrial construction even as it entered domestic use.
John Dugdill passed away in 1929. Production continued under John Dugdill & Co. Ltd, which supplied lamps to industry and private homes into the 1940s. It was officially dissolved in 1975.
The Dugdill brand faded into obscurity — but the lamps themselves continued to endure across Britain and beyond.
It was revived in 2024.
Revival
The Dugdill lamp is built and assembled in Britain.
Each component is machined for structure, endurance, and exactness. The original modular construction has been preserved and refined with modern engineering. Bases, arms, shades, and joints are fully mechanical — designed to be assembled, disassembled, extended, or reconfigured without loss of integrity.
The Dugdill lamp focuses light where required.
It is not reimagined.
It is returned.
Placements
Contact
Placement and private orders for the Dugdill lamp will open in 2025.
Dugdill lamps will be available for private purchase without restriction.
Public placements (hotels, restaurants, clubs, institutions) are conditional on alignment with Dugdill’s structural principles: permanence, restraint, form over performance.
We reserve the right to review and approve public placements to protect the integrity of the form.
Enquiries can be made via the form alongside or by email: info@dugdill-lamp.co.uk.
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The development of the Dugdill Lamp has not been finalised. Written and visual depictions of the Lamp may vary from production models and are subject to change without notice.