The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-04
LAMPS FOR COtNTRY HOMES.
Adapted to Their Special Uses and Suited
to Their Surroundings.

10 TneIr surroundings.
lamps for country homes?' said an
inquirer, repeating, within the store, the
words he had just read on a sign in the win
dow. Isn't lamp lamp anywhere?" he
continued. Don't we use the same sorts
Of lamps in the country that We do in the
city2'
by no MEANS said tho lamp man. "In
these days Of comfort and luxury and re-
fnement We use lamps that are suitable to
our environment. whatever that may be,
and there are plenty Of lamps that are es-
pecially designed for use in.country homes,
either for purposes Of utility or for the
sake Of harmony with their surroundings,
or for both.
lamps. When people 60 into the country
they want to get away from the ornateness
OF the city. But simplicity does not exclude
beauty, and country lamps must be OF good
materials, substantial and well wrought.
There are. to be sure plenty Of country
homes in which gas or electricity is used,
but there are also many others including
so-called lamps which may be really homes
Of great comfort, situated where there lie no
gas or electricity. and so one standard
country lamp Is the bracket lamp, which is
made fast to the wall, where 1t Is out Of the
way Of children, as 1t would be also Of
dancers.
Such bracket lamps are used, for in
stance. in dining rooms, and We keep them
Of various materials and in various sizes
and designs, and We make them To order
when desired.
Hero. for example, is ono Of q number
Of bracket lamps that We have lately made
to go into log house built Of logs cut from
his own forest at the owners camp In the
woods. In appearance, as you zee, these
lamps are Of iron, but they are really OF
brass. with an iron finish
in shape they are like a globe very
much fattened at the poles, and wholly
without ornanentation. The bracket arm.
holding the lamp, "a perfectly simple,
straight, round and solid and the fiat cross
piece at the end of the arm where it is at
tao he'd to the wall, is equally simple.
these lamps will be firmly screwed
to logs in the walls OF the rooms in which
they are placed. to be quite in keeping
with them in strength and solidity and in
simplicity Of appearance. But they will
be at the same time far from unpleasing
to the eye.
And then, OF course, there are for country
houses hanging lamps of various sorts,
to be suspended from ceilings, and there
are for country homes hand lamps Of
various designs, and made Of brass or
bronze and in various styles OF finish.
"A candlestick for country Use is one
made with jointed standard, which can
be used standing upright on its base in the
ordinary fashion. or can be made into a
bracket holder. A hole in ore side OF the
edge OF the base makes = possible to hang
tn on hook in the wall or on porch, the
lower part Of the standard projecting then
horizontally, while the upper part Is ad-
justed to rise vertically from the end of
the projecting arm. A glass shade pro-
tects the candle flame.
simple and attractive one made of pottery,
with shield on one side, to which the
handle Ia attached. There are row used
in country homes many simple glass candle
sticks Of Colonial design, which save the
carrying Of silver oandlestioks to the coun-
try, and which may easily be more ap-
propriate to their country SURROUNDINGS
4For shades for standing lamps used in
country homes we sell some made Of grass
cloth. generous In size and bright in color
ing. And we sell simple, pretty shades Of
s ~oas vtS paper I'M p%ak i15sp pans
And we sell what we call poster shades,
this being a shade with pictured paper
panels For glass shades we sell, for ooun-
try homes, not deco rated shades. but shades
OF solid colors, either dark green, a color
that are Of a>soft gray in color when un-
lighted, lighting up with greenish tint.
And then. Of course we sell lanterns
suitable to suspend by chains to light the
yeranda or porch and we sell the big re-
the stable, or the carriage or the boat
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