This style is a favorite and many old oil lamps, pewter or brass candlestick or even old stone jars may be wired. The important thing is to have them of the right height for the place in which they are put: eighteen to twenty inches for decorative effects as here –higher for reading depending on the table used. The lamp illustrated here is typical of early oil lamps. The fluted brass column with a base of marble supports a glass bowl. The shade may be of silk, parchment or Clair de Lune.
Pin up lamp sidelights
There are useful as well as inexpensive and are suitable on any type of wall in informal rooms –over a desk, on each side of a mantel or where occasion demands if the cord is plugged into the baseboard and is not too much in evidence. With proper bulb and shade they give effective light. Although sidelights are not used now so much as formerly, they may be placed above the mantel shelf and in narrow spaces between windows for general illumination, replacing chandelier. But this is a day of lamps –anything else seems dated.
Floor lamp –ceiling light
Both are good for general illumination. Choose a lamp to suit your type of room. It should give direct light for reading and bridge. A modern, standard lamp for bridge is illustrated. Adjust to suit your self and your convenience. Except for fine chandeliers in large rooms, cove lighting or spot lights in the ceiling have replaced the fixtures of the past. Old fashioned fixtures should be removed and the outlet used for a modern spot light or is capped and hidden.
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