In their search for soft, romantic lighting schemes, women are discarding the parchment shade for table and reading lamps.
Newer and more feminine are shades made from dress materials, satin, velvet, taffeta, shantung silk, tulle and muslin, In all cases the design of the shade must closely follow the line and character of the lamp, Blistered taffeta, the nearest approach in a material to the pattern and texture of crackled pottery, has been made into a pale peach shade by Lord William Taylour, It matches a pottery vase lamp.
Accordion pleated tulle gives a classical effect in a wide lamp shade accompanying a Greek pottery lamp. Peach pink satin is arranged in a crinoline, weighted with three padded rolls round the hem.
Replacing the pleated paper shades of last year are velvet ones in pastel tones of peach, low and green, which are giv pleated effect by necklaces of big nigger brown satin-covered beads, arranged so that a bead comes between each fold of the material, Slightly ruffled muslin has been used by Lady Patricia Ward for bedside lamp-shades. Other novelties are lamps mounted on cork weights used for fishermen's nets, with coarse string shades over linen, It has been said that there are only threeagesfora woman: young, young for her age, and dead, Looking around Shanghai we find this applies exactly, for where are the frankly middle-
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