The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 127
e almosphere. This obnoxious white light isuncomplimentary alike to individuals andtheir surroundings. It reveals every wrin-kle, emphasizes each facial blemish, andmakes ones features appear old. pallid, andunrelaxed. An amber light, on the eontrary. is warm, soft, and inviting, It isrestful to… … plished gracefully by enclosing the offend-ing illuminants within amher shades ofglass, silk, or paper. These can be obtainedto conform with any decorative treatment.Lighting globes of ground or etchedglass are undesirable; their good effect byday is marred by their spotty, glaring ap-pearance at…
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