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    How to Make Lampshades
    How to Make Lampshades
    How to Make Lampshades
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    How to Make Lampshades

    By Ruth Collins Allen

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    To those who appreciate the value of artistic lighting both as a means of making a house more homelike and beautiful and for the practical purposes of getting the best possible light in which to read or sew or entertain one's friends, this book is dedicated. It is concerned with the business of making lamp shades, but also attempts to give such general principles of colour, design, and lighting as will aid the reader in the best selection of the lamp which will suit his particular need. Contents Include: Planning your Illumination; General Principles of Design; Colour; Materials for Shades; How to Make Silk Shades; How to Make Parchment Shades; How to Decorate Parchment Shades; How to Prepare and Lacquer Papers; Motifs, and Suggestions for their Application. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateNov 3, 2011
    ISBN9781447492184
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      How to Make Lampshades - Ruth Collins Allen

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      CHAPTER I

      PLANNING YOUR ILLUMINATION

      Have you ever thought of the endless possibilities offered for giving distinction to the furnishing of your home through the use of portable electric lamps? Everybody uses electric lamps nowadays, but how many consider what an important part they play in the decorative scheme of a room? By the mere pressure of a switch the entire atmosphere can be changed. Each lamp is a note of light and color, an invitation to the imagination to plan countless brilliant harmonies with other lamps. But light must not be thought of wholly as an unrelated spot. The illumination of the whole room must be considered. Study the manner in which the rays fall upon the floor, walls and ceiling. Note how they alter the appearance of the furnishings. The effect a lamp has upon its surroundings—except in cases where it is used as a purely decorative note—is usually more important than the lamp itself. Light models the form, colors and objects of a room, accentuating and sometimes even creating its atmosphere.

      The first consideration in planning illumination is, therefore, the location of the furniture, wall-spaces, windows and doors. Proper proportions, agreeable lines and harmonizing color are the results to be sought. A glaring center light, for example, is entirely out of place in a living room where the aim is to create an atmosphere of repose and ease. Nor should some fine old piece of furniture remain obscure in some dark corner, while the Victrola or radio set is displayed in a full blast of light. Your dining room silver will look best in a mellow glow suggestive of old-fashioned candles, while an indirect lamp over the table will diffuse a pleasant radiance over a tempting dinner.

      At first you may not be able to attain the desired results. Taste is acquired by observation and the study of good examples. Look about you in museums, in shops, in the homes of your friends. Try to determine what is good and what is bad in the lighting of their rooms. Compare the shapes and colors of the lamp bases you observe in houses and shops with the vases you have seen in museums. Study the harmonizing of the shades with the bases through examples found

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