There’s a reason banker’s lamps have been around for more than a century. They feature a simple design that’s easy to operate and maintain while being remarkably reliable. Over the years, that simple ...

When the U.S. government began printing paper money in 1861, it used green ink to prevent counterfeiters from reproducing the bills with the period’s black-and-white photography. In 1909, when ...

I still think of this reading room. It was on the bottom floor of the campus library at my New England liberal arts college, a lovingly faithful replica of the school's original reading room.

Desk lamps have come a long way from the traditional-style tabletop banker’s lamps (although those lights are timeless and we won’t hear a bad word about them). Nowadays, many of the best desk lamps ...

Apart from a desk, a decent chair and a computer to work on, the home workspace doesn’t need much else, but there are few stranger sights than a desk without a lamp. Romanticized from their ...

What is the best banker’s lamp? Banker’s lamps were invented over a century ago to soften the harsh light of the lightbulbs of that time. They are versatile, stylish and employ attractive lampshades ...