The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-07
LUXURIOUS LAMPSHADES.
How Some Striking Effects May Be
Produced.

Produced.
Now that lampshades have become quite
necessities in every well-furnished home,
much more attention is paid to the small
details Of each than was the case when
they first came into fashion. says the Lon
don Queen. There is as much thought
given TO the shape of the crown as to the
shade itself. The prettiest are composed
of four or six outstanding pieces, which
bend over gracefully at the top like fern
fronds. They stand very high, sometimes
seven inches or nine inches, and are en-
tirely detached from each other. The
newest crown we have seen has four of
these pieces. rounded at the top and mar
rowing inward. with pretty curve toward
the collar.
While yellow and pink are the popular
colors Others are not infrequently used.
Crimson is always liked, and eau de nil
silk, with white lace draperies, makes an
exquisite shade for a drawing room. &
white shade Is delightful for occasional
use. 1t is quite worth while to have one
for at-home days, as it gives a dressy look
to a room; but, during the winter months,
at least, it Is hardly suitable for everyday
wear and tear. Shades made of white
silk and covered with flmy lace and Gle
mats sprays look extremely well on the
dinner table, and lend themselves to the
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decoration.
A striking effect is gained with bright
gold silk shade, covered with very light
black lace and groups of yellow 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.
HeliOtrope and white crepes, in combi-
nation with large heliotrope poppies, make
pretty shades. Even sky blue silk shade
is occasionally seen but it would suit but
very few rooms. and can hardly be recon-
mended, as IL does not cast a becoming
light around.
Ribbon bows have given way almost en-
tirely to flowers. 1t is strange there should
be such rage now for artificial flowers
on shades when we remember that only a
short time back it would have been
thought a sign of downright vulgarty to
deck anything in our rooms with them.
Now they crop up in all sorts Of places
browning even the tea c0sies on our after
noon teatravs.
The new shades for electric light are
most dainty. One OF these is shaped as a
she'll. and is made of the palest she'll pink
tinted silk. covered with white lace, whilst
a spray of pink chestnut blossoms spreads
outward from the center Another can be
best described as a siX-slded vase, COM
posed OF pink silk wound about with rose
stems, light shower of pale yellow and
pink roses falling at one side.
For candle shades. the large begonia leaf
in gauZe, with the great bumblebee set
Ting on it, which took first rank last sea-
son. is still liked, but it will doubtless be
superseded by the skeletonZed leaf which
Is most cleverly reproduced in cOloTed
gauZe. Where the steam would be in ma
ture. the leaf Is gathered into Dlaits, and
from this fullness rises a small group of
flowers. White satin peoples with black
centerS are backed with a pale green
skeletonized leaf. Against pale red leaf
stand out shaded red chrYsanthemums,
and the same flowers, but of pink tint.
nestle among the folds Of blush pink
leaf. Every green skeletoniZed leaf
against tiny vein of the leaves appears
to have been reproduced in this cobwebby
material and the delicate effect in The
pale shades is really admirable.
On some shades various trimmings are
seen. For instance. shade of indescrib-
able shape, covered with gold silk, is
trimmed with thick silk cord. There are
four separate sections in this shade. round.
ed at one end. pointed at the other. The
points are placed outward and from the
edge of the shade, and are surrounded
with frill, over which fall loops of cord.
This is the only decoration beyond two or
three punches of single dahlias.
A shade OF fiuted yellow silk, with frill
of picked-out silk, has second frill of
striped ganze. Being cut on the cross and
doubled, the pattern becomes kind of ir
regular ! laid, which looks Highland pretty
a SOFT pulling surrounds the crown, and
the collar consists Of heavily seouined
band.
An ideal shade for a wedding reception
Is of cream silk, with drapery OF soft
silk simply patterned, and this is caught
up with gold gimp. which is festooned and
looped about the shade.-Chicago Times,