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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
70
A
lamp,
or
a
wall
fixture,
or
a
chandelier,
or
a
candlestick,
must
be
beautiful
in
itself--beautiful
by
sunlight,--if
it
is
really
successful.
The
soft
glow
of
night
light
may
make
commonplace
things
beautiful,
but
the
final
test
of
a
fixture
is
its
effect
in
relation
to
the
other
furnishings
of
the
room
in
sunlight.
The
picture
on
page
118
shows
the
proper
placing
of
wall
fixtures
when
a
large
picture
is
the
chief
point
of
interest.
These
wall
fixtures
are
particularly
interesting
because
they
are
in
the
style
of
the
Adam
mirrors
that
hang
on
the
recessed
wall
spaces
flanking
the
chimney
wall.
This
photograph
is
a
lesson
in
the
placing
of
objects
of
art.
The
large
painting
is
beautifully
spaced
between
the
line
of
the
mantel
shelf
and
the
lower
line
of
the
cornice.
The
wall
fixtures
are
correctly
placed,
and
anyone
can
see
why
they
would
be
distressingly
out
of
key
if
they
were
nearer
the
picture,
or
nearer
the
line
of
the
chimney
wall.
The
picture
was
considered
as
an
important
part
of
the
chimney-piece
before
the
openings
for
the
fixtures
were
made.
Another
good
lamp
is
shown
on
the
small
table
in
this
picture.
There
is
really
a
reading-lamp
beside
a
comfortable
couch,
which
cannot
be
seen
in
the
picture.
This
lamp,
like
the
one
in
the
drawing-room,
is
made
from
a
porcelain
vase,
with
a
shirred
silk
shade
on
a
wire
frame.
An
electric
light
cord
is
run
through
a
hole
bored
for
it.
If
electricity
were
not
available,
an
oil
receptacle
of
brass
could
be
fitted
into
the
vase
and
the
beauty
of
the
lamp
would
be
the
same.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
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