Torchere Lamps, Torcheres In addition to the practical construction facts the housewife should not neglect the value of fixtures in the furnishing and decorative scheme of the room. Torcheres or floor lamps serve splendidly as reading lights since they may be moved about and are adjustable to any desired height. Very often there seem to be no proper place where the wall surface can be broken with side fixtures. That is a condition that torcheres adequately meet. In the case of a scenic paper where a side bracket would distinctly mar the effect, four torcheres may be placed at feasible points where the brackets would come, leaving the wall paper intact. Torcheres of wood suitable for the bedroom come in slender, delicate lines painted black with gold on the turnings. Used with a bell-shaped shade of gold silk edged with purple and black, an attractive, decorative, lighting arrangement is created. Torcheres of wrought iron rubbed with gold, with a suspended shade of deep crimson silk edged with green and black, will be found to be an unusual treatment for entrance hall arrangement. Copies of Venetian lanterns on polychrome wooden standards look well in an English or Italian living-room, especially when they are placed on either side of the mantel. Next Page: Period Lighting Fixtures. | 