The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26
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Beautiful New Designs Tor Electric Light Fix
tures Made In This Country.

beautiful New Designs Tor Electric Light Fix
tures Made In This Country.
Som Of the new fixtures for electric lighting
are slnsulsrly beautiful. combining grace and
delicacy Of design with strength and fine work
manship. In the department Of hall lights
alone there are many styles to choose from.
each seemingly prettier than tho last that was
examined. A unique hall fixture is of bent
cathedral glass, opening out like a flower from
the dubious stem, tho lily-shaped petals edged
with gilt curling over at the tips in the most
iower-liko way imaginable. Tho tubing and
setting are of old brass, and the flower leaves
are Of opaline glass. The making of this opal
inc glass was reckoned among tho lost arts. but
clever modern a~rtiicers have contrived an imi-
tation as beautiful as the original ever was. a
glass Of the milky transparency of the opal and
giving out fires and scintillating lights with
each change of view.
A novel fixture Is made of this rich-hued glass
and twisted silver wire. The shape Is long and
slender. and the workmanship is Of lace.like
dolicacy. Tho glass is cut into oval medallions.
which sparkle and glow according to the light,
and the miniature pieces are linked together
with wires, SO deftly twisted as to resemble
strings of pearls. This fixture has an expression
Of Its own. The effect Is Oriental. and it is in
tended to swing in the centre of some Moorish
smoking room, or in O studio or lady's bower
where the other appointments and furnishings
will be in keeping.
glass in clusters Of tiny gems, each clamped In
Its individual setting like the jewels in a ring.
d daGss e,e cables Of eo Id'S si !IHteffbnefi e oy sii s't tSas S Ses
been Dipped Into a bath Of gold and afterward
that an artistic effect is secured.
Old EnElish styles in candelabra and fixtures
for electric lights are now much in vogue The
wells time have been take, as a model, and
electric brackets, composed Of three branches
shown in leading houses. Those composed OF
three branches oil have the middle light ar
b banSss f q sS ssii is Is 6 Ss s' to fs AS sn s smiirssp iSs
wall and u tubing runs out from this to the
three upturning branches; These branches are
olden times. Zach has the saucer for catching
the drippings, and shutters are somewhere rep
either in old lustreless brass or FURNISHED gilt.
Heraldic designs. crests. and armorial bearings
costly wall fittings with hno effect.
This Is all imported work, l suppose re-
marked a shopper carelessly: She had been
XVI. wall bracket.
"Done right oyer in Brooklyn. or rather in
thing Of unusual beauty, anything, that requires
this line, at least, our American makers are quite
up to the European standard
Are these flowers and leaves and little curl;
ing stems and tendrIls all made in one piece r.
asked the lady. "They look So"
Each spray e made separately" was the re.
completed the branch is welded together. Tho
the particular part that he especially knows
see. Look %a ssth e1 ribSon that fsstens Il that Tn Cluster s9G
of 9th. brass s. ErHpss and die, fow We s,;, il flows as nat
ii had no idea that they could do such e1-
quisite work In an American foundry said the
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The wall fixtures. designed after the First and
Second Empire models, arc rich and elegant.
form as to forbid almost the idea Of their being
ford styles, as well as those more chaste and
formal, are shown in bewildering variety, al
though the difference in the respective periods
A unique fixture. in o%xxydized silver. Is formed
OF winding serpents. The full;grained ear OF
tain original designs. and Gothic globes shade
the glare Of the too brilliant electric light.
design. but the opaline glass is to be preferred.
s SsrS%'e every BIT t Of f0t the Sri lila a siyf and d intensity nis% srs,
Of the light. Some Of the most deslra9 lie cleo
room are Of wrought iron in old Dutch and Elem.
lsh design. They are substantial, odd-looking
fixtures and tnlI Of suggestion Of the times and
FURNISHED to resemble silver or steel; OCCASION
ally 1t is made even brighter. and a CLINT Of rus
ness; When treated in this way i is used
for the . roses; T%osettes, and tasst the orna,
old feudal types. 1t is charming. however.
in its unrelieved sombreness, fashioned into
die devices. In every case the etched glass
globes are made to conform to the charac'
ter OF tho decoration, and II candles are
affected, they are of a rich bronze instead of the
pure white of the ordinary candle. Fashion
runs much to the use Of make.believe candles in
fined and distinguished than the latter day sub
%stitutes, so the form of the candle Is preserved,
even II the substance that gives light is of an
other sort. When the dainty orange color. rose
pink, lavender, or ruby-tinted shades are ad
justed over the glass globes, the
effect is the same as though waNen lights. such
as our ancestors used, burned in their sockets