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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1924
Page
6
A essay on lamp shade making and proper lamp bases. It urges careful selection of floor lamp types three kinds and stresses harmony with room color. It cautions against makeshift bases and advises on lining colors to influence glow while noting bulb visibility concerns.
An essay extols music’s role in American homes, urging parents to integrate listening with literature and art. It advocates affordable phonographs and pianos, culturally varied tunes from northern Europe, and children’s engagement with pictures and stories to teach music. It warns against jazz overload and praises furniture integrated talking machines and period cabinet styles.
The article discusses lamp design trends favoring neutral shade shades paired with vivid colored bases in table lamps. It notes the shift away from strong base colors and the role of lighting in highlighting room decor, including glass or porcelain vase bases and electric candle-like fixtures.
An article by Elsi argues linoleum moves beyond kitchen use into all rooms from bedrooms to hallways. It praises durability ease of cleaning and versatility for decor with patterns enabling coordinated color schemes for various interiors.
Dainty frames best suit water color works and emphasize the medium’s delicacy. Use slim plain mouldings or narrow gold frames with a coordinating mat in cream gray buff or gold to enhance color harmony. For sunny garden scenes a darker mat and frame suggest a gateway to a fairy garden, while still life with dark backgrounds may forego a mat or use a subtle gold one.
Henry Weston surveys American furniture from colonial rustic to modern sun porch trends. He traces rugged early pieces, the mission shift, and the embrace of reed and fiber furniture that blends comfort, durability, and adaptable finishes for refined homes.
A guide notes that a shade mainly shapes decor by color and light. It suggests parchment or heavy water paper, ~1 inch spread, metal clamps optional, fits socket closely, with gold galloon edges and subtle henna to yellow tones fading upward.
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