NOVEL CANDLE SHADES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14931, 2 March 1912, Page 6 (Supplement)

NOVEL CANDLE SHADES.

Bute and green are not adapted for dinner-table candle shades, as they represent colours which cast unbecoming shadows, but on the other hand, pink, crimson, and yellow in all their numerous shades, as well as shot effects look well bv any light.

Sets of daintily-coloured shades can easily bo made at home, so that there may be no monotony .in the decorations for everyday use. Wire frames can be obtained from any of the art-needlework shops, and sets of various shapes may be chosen, either round, square, or octagonal.

These should be plainly covered with prettily coloured silk, after which almost any kind of trimming may bo applique. Chiffon or tiny satin rosebuds can be sewn upon silk after the manner .of an Adams frieze, whilst the edges of the shades should bo bordered with crystal bead fringe. .

Lace is very often applique ' upon the coloured silk, whilst an edging of Valenciennes or Malines lace soltens the light satisfactorily. Where square or octagonal shades are concerned, these should ba covered in the same fashion, and ornamental with tiny Wedgwood figures cut out of white paper. Thcso may be pasted in the centre of each section, whilst the edges should be bound with thin silk cord of the same colour as the silk, or dull gold galon may be used with equal success.

Very dainty 'results can be obtained with soft chine silk, printed with a tiny rosebud pattern, the shade being lined with the thinnest of pale pink silk, while a crystal bead fringe forms a border.

Old gold, shot with pink, represents a good choice of colouring at the moment. Very fine gold tissue should be used as tho foundation, ninon being laid over the top, and an edging of gold beads sewn on to tho border all round. To make these fringes of beads and bugles is a comparatively easy matter. Surgical silk is the best to use in stringing the beads, each length being attached to a narrow galon, and the latter sewn round the edge of tho shade.

Where white silk or ninon is concerned, a softened effect is gained by lining it with rose-pink and ornamenting the edge with a fringe of crystal beads or single glass pendant drops.