The Lighting of Dreamwold Hall 
Organ Lamp 
Could any¬ 
thing fulfil its 
purpose better 
than the little 
bronze by Lou- 
chet that at the 
same time is an 
inkstand, a pa¬ 
per weight and 
a writing lamp 
shaded by the 
cluster of blos¬ 
soms held in the 
hands of the 
dainty figure 
that gives the 
clou? 1 h e 
base is of very 
dark bronze, al¬ 
most black,this 
bronze grad- 
Hall Bracket and Old Brass Plate 
ually growing lighter and more golden in 
color until the head and shoulders of the 
figure are almost illumined in the daylight, 
while at night the head catches just enough 
of reflected light to give the charm of mystery. 
Perhaps more beautiful 
still is the Pandora’s box by 
a Parisian modeller, its grace 
and drapery suggesting that 
it was done as by an ancient 
Greek working under mod¬ 
ern conditions. The box 
itself is of gold, and the 
light within shines through 
tinted alabaster, that in the 
daylight shows the trees on 
the box against a light sky, 
while at night they stand 
silhouetted bare and black 
against a sky illumined by 
the harvest moon. So the 
box shows a sunlight scene 
by day and a moonlight 
scene at night. 
The turtle-back reading 
lamp by Tiffany, shows 
what seem to be two rough 
iridescent turtles set in a 
green bronze frame that re¬ 
calls Pompeii in color. Clustered around the 
base are a set of jewels that reflect back the 
light hidden under the turtles. The shade 
can be turned at any angle so as to throw 
light on a book or a vertical sheet of music. 
Similar turtle backs have 
been skillfully used in the 
small hall brackets that hang 
like fairy lanterns against 
the curly-grained, almost 
black woodwork. 
In a well-designed house 
no detail or fixture must be 
too prominent, too insistent, 
while the house itself should 
be one consistent scheme 
rather than the succession of 
historical styles now so com¬ 
mon. What can be more 
illogical than the Louis 
XVI. library, the Louis 
XV. den, the Louis XIV. 
billiard room, all more or 
less historically correct, and 
all apishly stupid. 
Originality in design did 
not die with the monarchs 
of France. The same na¬ 
tion that leads all others in 
“ Pandora’s Box ” 
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