3-core vintage cotton-covered cable is available from lots of places.
I got some from this place, not too far away from me -
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Lamp fittings
Feb 19, 2026
Last reply: 4 months ago
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The cable fits tightly into a slot machined into the wooden arms. No other retention mechanism on the low voltage side. I used insulated crimp connectors rather than cram in a terminal strip. They had fitted cable retainers inside the metal base so the incomer is pretty secure.
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