January, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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green. This is also an inexpensive lamp, thoroughly effective. 

 Electric lamps are very different to those used for oil. The 

 fifth illustration shows a lamp designed for a room furnished 

 in Mission style. Brown oak and green glass are the ma- 

 terials employed for 

 this simple little 

 lamp. The cutting 

 of brass for lamp 

 shades is made use of 

 in a great variety of 

 ways. The sixth il- 

 lustration shows 

 brass metal shade cut 

 with a saw and riv- 

 eted together. The 

 lamp and shade are 

 both made of brass in 

 a dull Roman finish. 

 An innovation in 

 shades is the use of 

 Japanese baskets, and 

 the brown wicker 

 ware harmonizes 

 particularly well 

 with the dark brown 

 oak of the Mission 

 lamp, while the silk 

 lining can be selected 

 to go with the color 

 of the walls and fur- 

 niture covering. 



There is some- 

 thing very charming about candle light, especially for the 

 dining table, and a great many kinds can be seen every sea- 

 son among the new shades. These always seem expensive 

 for such perishable articles, and should present an oppor- 

 tunity for deft fingers to make them at home. The large 

 lamp shade is quite expensive, and yet if made at home would 

 practically cost one-third of the price. It is really surprising 

 how easy it is to make a lamp shade if only a good model 

 has been seen first. The illustration of a French lamp shade 

 (No. 7) is made over a good quality of cream silk. The 

 three medallions with which it is embellished are printed on 

 the silk, and can be bought at the stores where lamp shades 

 are a specialty. This is outlined with a fine gold lace, and 

 the circle is finished off with a silk flower and fringe trim- 

 mings, which can be bought by the yard. This is made in 

 pink and green, the same colors being carried out in the 

 silk fringe at the top and bottom of the lamp shade. The 



5 — Electric Lamp in the Mission Style 



alternate panels have a tassel decoration which is somewhat 

 of a novelty. The gold lace is also introduced between the 

 silk tassel fringe and the bead fringe. Such a shade could 

 not be bought for less than fifteen dollars, and yet it could 

 be made at home for five dollars. 



The group of candle shades (No. 8), showing two with 

 the bead fringe now so universally used, could, any of them, 



6 — Lamp with Shade of Cut Brass 



be made at home. The French silk one is very similar to 

 the large lamp shade just described, except that it is decorated 

 with a water-color floral painting. Ribbon embroidery is one 

 of the new materials introduced into the making of candle 

 shades. The panel shade is of cream silk with a simple 

 decoration in ribbon embroidery. A neat little silk gimp 

 outlines each panel, while the shade is completed with a 

 pretty beaded fringe. 



There is something very charming about a heavy lace 



7 A French Lamp Shade of Paper Over Silk 



8 — Three New Candle Shades 



shade. One is made with cream lace stretched over heavy 

 corded yellow silk, which is edged top and bottom with a 

 cream silk gimp of bead fringe matching the silk lining. The 

 same idea can be carried out by using an open Japanese 

 brocaded silk and makes a lamp shade very Eastern in ap- 

 pearance. Several of the new lace shades have the flowers 

 stained pink or yellow, while the leaves are tinted green. 



