It comes with 2 new 11.8 inch tube led glass light bulbs, so it lights throughout the cylinder glass shade (regular light bulbs will just light it on top) depending on room and location sometimes it looks clear and others it sort of give off an amber glow. It measures 26-1/2 inches long and the glass shade is 6 inches wide and 14 inches long. It's a swag lamp that plugs into a regular outlet, not hard wired to the ceiling.