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FROM 
Hou s 
& Garden 
CANDLES TO INCANDESCENCE 
The Simple Rules for the Use of Varied Lighting Fixtures 
— Their Placing in the Room and Shading 
H. D. EBERLEIN and ABBOT McCLURE 
ARTIFICIAL 
lighting is one 
of the most impor¬ 
tant things we have 
to think of both 
with reference to 
decorative results 
and on account of 
physical comfort 
and convenience. 
The lighting 
(which means both 
the light and the 
light fixtures) may 
either make or mar 
the effect of a room, 
even when its deco¬ 
rative appointment 
is in other respects 
imjjeccablc. The task of arranging and light¬ 
ing a room is comparable to composing a pic¬ 
ture with its due disposition of light and 
shadow—a delicate task demanding discretion. 
And yet, despite the vital importance of sat¬ 
isfactory artificial lighting, there are many 
households where it seems to be ignored in 
inverse ratio to its importance, of course with 
deplorable results. Delicate as the task may 
be, nevertheless bad lighting (again we include 
both the light and the fi.xtures) is quite inex¬ 
cusable. The remedy is merely the use of plain, 
native common-sense. What to do and what 
not to do can be settled by a few simple prin¬ 
ciples that any one blessed with ordinary in¬ 
telligence can apply. 
The whole subject falls naturally into two 
divisions: 
(1) fixed lighting, whose arrangement con¬ 
stitutes a part of the fi.xed decorations and is 
architectural rather than otherwise, although a 
proper connection must be observed between 
lighting fixtures and furniture, just as a like 
consistency must be maintained between the 
furnishings and their architectural background; 
(2) portable lighting, which belongs wholly 
in the realm of furnishing. 
The former is largely determined by the 
arcliitectural character of the background, first 
as regards pattern, material and scale of the 
equipment; second, as regards the placement of 
For a drawing room, a 
two-light black and silver 
bracket, $30 
lighting appliances. The latter admits of 
almost unlimited latitude in placement, in the 
selection of divers types of appliance, and in the 
choice of illuminating media. 
Whether the lights be fixed or portable, cer¬ 
tain general principles obtain. Under ordinary 
circumstances. 
blazing glare is 
painful to the 
eyes, as well as 
ugly, and is dis¬ 
astrous to the 
aspect of any 
room, even though 
it be well fur¬ 
nished, unless the 
furnishing has 
been theatrically 
calculated to be 
viewed only in a 
glare. A number 
Empire glass and 
gilt brass jorm this 
candelabra 
The use of tall wrought iron candelabra is shown in this apartment where the contour of the candelabra and their colors—polychrome and gilt — 
are in period harmony with the old chests and background of the room. W. Lawrence Bottomley, architect 
