Journal of electricity, power, and gas . tion porcelain or enameled metal candles with frostedcandelabra lamps to imitate the flame. The relationship of Colonial designs can of coursebe traced directly to England and other countriesand in fact there apparently is nothing strictly orig-inal in decoration, as the ornaments of each suc-cessive period obtain their origin from the perioddirectly previous. However, additions and elabora-tions being added from time to time gradually changethe lines until the resemblance of a few centuries be-fore is lost. We find in the Colonial design, a beading, co
Journal of electricity, power, and gas . tion porcelain or enameled metal candles with frostedcandelabra lamps to imitate the flame. The relationship of Colonial designs can of coursebe traced directly to England and other countriesand in fact there apparently is nothing strictly orig-inal in decoration, as the ornaments of each suc-cessive period obtain their origin from the perioddirectly previous. However, additions and elabora-tions being added from time to time gradually changethe lines until the resemblance of a few centuries be-fore is lost. We find in the Colonial design, a beading, com-monly known as Colonial bead, which was used in Gre-cian architecture several centuries B. C, and the crys-tal pendant, the use of which is traced back as far asthe 17th century.
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