One of the reasons why the! French room looks bigger than the English is because of the number of mirrors it contains, All staurant and shops are eked out with mirrors, and doors, tables, ard partitions are made of mirror. ' The new art has by no means swept away the mirror. On the contrary. this means of duplication is regard as a legitimate method of givin both light and decorative effect The mirror is used very much in Lighting itself. Sometimes it, is merely a reflector. Sometimes a big circle of mirror, about a foot wide, is suspended from the ceiling th' the reflecting side-downwards. On the non-reflecting side electric light bulbs are placed. The mitroc therefore serves as a shade to the lit, and, in addition, the light at ack gives it a deep, steely tone which is most original. ' Mirrors are aho used on screens, as much for} jeolouring as for reflection. A good many silver and gold screens have) deen made lately, some worked in metals and some merely painted in geld and silver Cubist designs. The mirror sometimes takes the place of the silver, and may form a trians ox irregular figure on the scree! the rest of which is in gold. There are screens made entirely of little panes of mirror fastened together with square gold nails like 18th-century doors. These mirrors are '50 constructed that the room is repeated in them as many times a3 there are panes.
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