Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
ABLAZE WITH COLOR
SHADES AND GLOBES ARE OF
OPAQUE OR CATHEDRAL GLASS.
In Ground Glass Globes Are Loaded
With Jewels-Cut Glass
Standards.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
The prevailing craze for jeweled effects
has invaded even the housefurnishings and
bric-a-brac. AS a result the lamps of the
hour and their near relatives, the chande-
lier and electrolier, are for decorative pur-
poses only. In the fashionably appointed
home he who would read must seek some
garnet, furnished in old-fashioned style. The
new shades for lamps of every kind are
things to look at, not to reflect light for
reading.
The favorite combination between lamp
and shade seems to be Venetian iron and
opaque glass, the latter laid in MOSAIC or
loaded with jewels. So remarkable are the
jeweled effects used this season that all the
leading jewelers. and goldsmiths are hand
ling lamp shades.
A Tiffany model shows a standard of
venetian iron to simulate a gnarled grape
vine, around the top of which is circle
of small electric lights. Above this spreads
veritable arbor of grape leaves and vines,
done in a iligree of Venetian iron. From
the arbor falls almost like a fringe, the
shade proper, which is composed of loaded
cathedral glass in the natural colorings of
grapes, white and green, CALIFORNIA;, the
small pink Delawares, the Malaga and the
Concord At a distance each grape seems to
stand out individually, but on closer exam
ination it proves to be solid shade, built
For bachelors den there Is offered a
combination smoking set and lamp. The
ash tray encircles a small lemon tree, built
IN venetian iron, with four ripe lemons in
opaque glass, each screening small light
The whole measures about a foot and a
half or two feet in height.
Another electrolier or table lamp shows
a cherry tree, and each of the glass cher
ries holds tiny bulb, the fruit being ar
ranged in groups of three, just as 1t is on
the natural tree.
Table lamps, as a whole. incline to the
urn shapes, and the duh brass standard Is
lamp Is of dull brass, overlaid with lotus
leaves and blooms in Venetian iron. The
shade for this Is Of ground glass with
jewels.
Peacock Eyes.
A standard in Venetian iron has globe
OF ground glass, inlaid with peacock eyes,
Still another brass bowl, overlaid with the
Venetian iron, has globe shaped like
great greenish-white tulip. striking IL
brary lamp is Of the dull BRASS inlaid with
highly polished brass, showing Arabian dec
orations. The shade follows oriental lines
and Is built of Opaque glass, in six tints
of yellow, with deep fringe Of gold beads
A tall cut-glass standard built on colonial
lines, Is topped by a peculiar shade of
Opaque glass. set on gold rack, from
which hangs a deep fringe of beads, cut to
simulate rhinestones.
superb lamp IN two shades of copper
shows an inlaid design of bats. This has
a shade in copper colored silk, with beads
in oriental colors.
The ruby lamps, which were so popular
last year, appear this season in a new guise.
Instead of being mounted on wrought iron,
the standard is of metal, dull brass or cop
per. and the urn is OVERLAND with a fill
gree of the metal. The globe Is of opaque
ruby glass, loaded with Venetian designs
in metal.
The most gorgeous lamp shades follow
Louis lines. They are built of very heavy
silk, overlaid with what looks like filigrea
of hammered metal brass or gold. The i'm
perial eagle design is most effective, and
The favorite combination is brass or gold
over red or emerald green These have
bullion or very heavy silk fringe in gold.
They are initiated in cheaper grade of
silk, overlaid with raised figures of papier
mache gilded. They come in sizes varying
from eight inches to three feet, and are
used for both library and piano lamps.