Lighting the Home of Today A Lamps and Living Rooms
A late 19th or early 20th century feature extols electric lighting as both practical and decorative. It traces the evolution from functional light to artistic lamp design, stressing proper light distribution, varied lamp types for every room, and how fixtures integrate with furniture and architecture to enhance home ambience. It notes large lamp manufactories in Chicago and the broad display of lamps in city stores.
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Chicago
Be Pk Cor
Doverport
Lamps and shade ideas for stylish home lighting
The article discusses choosing attractive lamps by day or night focusing on light, color, shape, and materials. It favors simple, light reflecting designs with umbrella shapes and frames of fan fuses, suggesting blue green purple tones and yellow orange tan for readability and appeal. It notes that small damask panels, wrought iron or wood bases with gold black accents pair well with decorative shades, and pottery jars or iron bases suit lamps. warns against indiscriminate top patterns and emphasizes contrast between shade and base.
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Copyright
American Homes Bureau
Lighting the Porch Lamps and Home Decoration
Modern lamps play a key role in the outdoor and indoor life of American homes. Porches sun parlors and lamps are described as essential to a complete decorative plan with sturdy wire frames parchment and georgette shades and options for DIY shade decoration, linking lamp choice to overall home comfort and prosperity.
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American Homes Bureau
Beauty in Glass Shades for Electric Lighting
New glass shades and reflectors for lamps, wall fixtures, and chandeliers extend color and design options while preserving diffusion and illumination. Glass shades, from bare globes to decorative covers, rest on globes, temper light to a soft glow, are washable, durable, and suit Colonial style fixtures. They enhance dining, dressing, halls, and living rooms with spot color and practical illumination.
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Copyright
American Homes Bureau
Quality in Home Furnish Ings Standards and Demand
Quality in home furnishings is pursued as a virtue earned through study and steady detail work. The text argues quality cannot be bought on bargain counters, as demand outstrips supply and discerning buyers seek it rather than being sold.
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Mt. American Homes Bureau
Famous Country Life Tapestries Highlight Eight Panel Story
A survey traces the famed Country Life tapestries from France and Flanders, narrating the life of Gombaut and Macee through eight panels. It notes prints in the French Bibliotheque Nationale, related versions for the less affluent, and the influence on art and literature including references linking Moliere.
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Gorbaut
Macee
Geries
France
Flanders
Bibliotheque Nationale
Ipst
Jehan LeClerc
Paris
Museum of
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Leclere
Achille Tibinal
Iss
le Hrime Chater du Laune
Sar Mandy
Muzeun
Duke de A MeMerase
Tapisiers
Ready Made Fabric Scheme Promises Varied Textiles
Development in fabric making shows a ready made scheme built on a realis farce year old idea. A master stripe damask forms the base with a rose cream and green stripe and darker accents. The pattern repeats on rose and screen grounds with two related fabrics, offering a sunfast guarantee. The system allows single use or combined pieces to avoid monotony in furnishing. Copyright American Homes Bureau.
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Acreen
Artistic Use of Wall Paper Emerges as Room’s Silent Foundation
A period piece on wallpaper as background in interior design discusses color psychology and texture. It explains how bold patterns can dominate a room if used carelessly, notes color effects on perceived space, and outlines techniques to alter room proportions with horizontal divisions, dado, cornice, and texture to achieve desired ambience.
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Josephine
America
American Homes Bureau
Artistic wallpaper decisions shape room character
The article explains how color, texture, and pattern choices from bold yellows to Adam, damask, and tapestry papers influence mood and harmony. It links wall coverings to furniture style, ceiling features, and window details, advising careful matching with draperies and art for formal and intimate rooms.
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Adam
Wallpaper and Painted Furniture Find Room Harmony
The article discusses using wallpaper to adjust room proportions and soften wood tones. It notes patterns like vertical stripes and chintz can shape spaces, and highlights trends in painted furniture from Austrian peasant style to Louis XV and XVI varieties, pairing them with bold wallpaper and textured finishes.
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Tyrol
Wax Finish For Hardwood Floors And Finishing Advice
Practical guide on floor wax finishing for hardwood floors covering wax application, base coats with shellac or varnish, oil turpentine mixtures, polishing methods, cleaning routines, and the use of durable floor paints to achieve glossy durable surfaces with care instructions for new and previously finished floors. It notes coverage rates, preparation steps, and maintenance tips for longevity.
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American Homes Bureau
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