The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-22
LUXURIOUS LAMP SHADES.

BiIIows of Chiffon and Blossom wreathed
Gauzs Through Which tho Lamplisht
SITS.
Now that lamp shades have become
quite necessities in every we'll furnished
homo, much more attention is paid &c
the small details OF each than was the
case when they first came into fashion,
says the London Queen" There is as
much thought given to the shape Of the
crown as to the shade itself. The pref
test are composed of four or six up.
standing pieces, which bend over grace.
fully at the top like fern fronds. They
stand very high. sometimes seven inches
or nine inches, and are entirely de-
tached from each other. The newest
crown we have seen has four Of these
pieces rounded at the top aud narrow
ing inwards, with apretty curve towards
the collar.
Whilst yellow and pink are the pop
ular colore, others are not infrequently
used. Crimson Is always liked, and
eau dc mil silk, with white lace draper.
les, make an exquisite shade for draw.
ing room. A white shade 10 delightful
for occasional use. II Is quite worth
while to have ono for at homo days, as
it gives "dressy" look to room but,
during the winter months, at least, It is
hardly suitable for every day wear and
tear. Shades made OF white silk and
covered with filmy lace and clematis
sprays look extremely well on the din
ner table, aud lend themselves to the
successful carrying out OF white floral
decoration.
A striking effect is obtained with a
bright gold silk shade, covered with
very light black lace and groups of yell
low peoples. Appliques OF lace are
sometimes seen on the silk coverings OF
the framework. These are shaped In
long points, starting from the edge OF
the shade upward.
Heiiotrope and white erepes, in COM
bination with large heliotrope peoples,
make pretty shades. Even sky-blue
silk shade 10 occasionally seen; but 1t
would suit but very few rooms, and can
hardly be recommended, as it does not
cast becoming light around.
Ribbon bows have given way almost
entirely to flowers. It Is strange there
should be such rage now for artificial
flowers on shades when we remember
that only short time back it would
have been thought sign of downright
yulgarity to deck anything in our rooms
with them. Now they crop up in all
sorts OF places, browning even tho tea
cosies on our afternoon tea trays.
The new shades for electric light arc
most dainty. One OF these is shaped as
a shell, and Ia made Of the palest she'll
pink tinted silk, covered with white
lace, whilst q spray Of pink chestnut
blossoms spreads ouswards from the
centre. Another can be best described
as a six.sided vase, composed OF pink
silk wound about with rose stems, q
light shower OF pale yellow and pink
roses falling at one side.
For candle shades, the large begonia
leaf in gauze, with the great humble bee
setting on It, which took first rank last
season, Is still liked, but 1t will doubt.
less be superseded by the skeletonized
loaf which is most cieverly reproduced
in colored gauze. Where the stem
would be in nature, the leaf lie gathered
into plaits, and from this fullness rises
a small group OF flowers. White satin
poppies with black centres are backed
with a pale green skeletonized leaf;
against pale rcd leaf stand out shaded
rcd chrysanthemums and the same flow.
ers. but OF q pink tint, nestle amongst
the folds of blush pink leaf. Every
green skeletonized leaf, against the tiny
vein OF the leaves appears to have been
reproduced in this cobwsbby material,
aud the delicate effect in the pale shadea
is really admirable.
On some shades various trimmings
are soen. For instance, O shade OF in:
describable shape, covered with gold
silk. is trimmed with thick silk cord.
There are four separate sections in this
shade, rounded at one end. pointed at
the other. The points arc placed out
wards, and from the edge OF the shade,
and are surrounded with trill, over
which fall loops Of cord. This Is the
only decoration beyond two or three
punches OF single dahlias.
A shade OF fluted yellow silk, with
irill OF pinked.out silk, has second
frill OF striped gauze. Being cut on the
cross and doubled the pattern becomes
a kind OF irregular plaid, which looks
light and pretty. A soft putting sur.
rounds the crown, and the collar con-
sists Of heavily sequined band.
An ideal shade for wedding recep.
ton 10 OF cream silk, with drapery Of
soft silk simply patterned, and this is
caught up with gold gimp, which Is
festooned and Topped about the shade.
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