. American homes and gardens. ations necessary to French prints pieced together with narrow galloons of giltmake them useful under present conditions. The old de- or silver and the entire shade then lined with some light signers were men of keenjudgment and perceptionwhere form and line wereconcerned. Their lamps andcandlesticks were very care-fully studied and just enoughdecoration was used tocreate the artistic effectwhich the trained eye of thedesigner saw was candelabra and lampswere often fitted with prismsof glass, either plainly cutor adorned with designsmore or less elab
. American homes and gardens. ations necessary to French prints pieced together with narrow galloons of giltmake them useful under present conditions. The old de- or silver and the entire shade then lined with some light signers were men of keenjudgment and perceptionwhere form and line wereconcerned. Their lamps andcandlesticks were very care-fully studied and just enoughdecoration was used tocreate the artistic effectwhich the trained eye of thedesigner saw was candelabra and lampswere often fitted with prismsof glass, either plainly cutor adorned with designsmore or less elaborate, butquite as often lamps were de-signed without these prisms,and many a fine old lamp orset of girandoles has beenspoiled by the unwise addi-tion of these prisms wheretheir use was never again their lampswere almost always usedwith cut glass shades orglobes, sometimes very rich-ly decorated, and designedto allow for the projection ofthe lamp chimney a fewinches above the shade togive the correct balance of. Antiques as lighting fixtures are appropriate for a room of this sort colored fabric to reflect thelight. Larger candlestickswhich are usually placedupon the floor are often pro-vided with an imitation, inwood or porcelain, of a tallcandle, at the end of whichis placed an electric bulb ofground glass similar in shapeto the flame of a tall candlesticks,which are usually of wood ormetal, gilded or silvered, areplaced at either side of man-tels or doors or in otherplaces where their formalcharacter is in keeping withthe rest of the brackets or wall lightsof Italian design are alsoused for electric are sometimes ofmetal, but more frequentlyof wood or compositioncarved or modeled, andelaborately colored and gild-ed, and fitted with imitationcandles or small bead cov-ered bulbs. It is very diffi-cult to obtain more than oneor two of these bracket lights April, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 121
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