Indirect Lighting Fashionable We have used electric light for 8 considerable time, as time goes.
the life of an individual; but we have only just begun to touch the fringe of the possibilities this ing medium possesses, or to realize the difference between lighting by electricity and lighting by any of the methods which preceded Yet for n long time we forced the electric bulb into the semblance. of candles, whose Kindness it cane not imitate unless shaded wi cionsness it is mercifully i brackets designed for most unfortunately designed ae that: into the same kind of tainers as the ai! lamp; and even, times, into an utterly' inadequate mimicry of torches.
Tt is agreeable to find that decorators and designers are now treating electricity as a lighting: medium which stands by itself.
The result is that we are getting lighting effects which are infinitely. more charming than the major of those which preceded them; and much more in keeping with modern furniture and decoration, Indirect lighting is often the most successful in decorative effect un producing that feeling of restfulners which is so desirable in a living-room.
It is advisable to consider the colouring of the walls and ceilings very carefully if you decide to use this form of illuminant and are not completely oblivious to the total of your quarterly lighting Will. Cer tain colours absorb far more Tight than others. it should be remember.
A well-known expert uses black glass to shield strip lights set close to lighteoloured walls and ceilings with excellent effect, and he has recently designed a' very simple lighting fixture which can be used on_a table or against a wall.
The tube of light in this ease set behind a circle of plate lass with an inner circle of frosted glass, and the tasse, necessary when it is used for a table lamp, is another circle, but this time of black glass. A nickel-plated ball-and-socket joint makes the light adjustable to any angle.
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