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THE WINDOW AS A BACKGROUND 
Admitting light and air to a room is the obvious 
function of a window. Its trim and panes also 
serve to frame the view. But there is still a third 
use, and in this it proves to be a decorative factor 
in any room—by day it serves as a background. 
The light coming through a window throws into 
silhouette those objects placed on the sill—a piece 
of pottery, a bowl of flowers, a pewter jug. In this 
room, in a remodeled Connecticut farmhouse, a 
range of casements stands above a series of 
built-in drawers and cupboards. The sill is 
covered with blue tiles. T. II. Ellett, architect 
