{"id":769,"date":"2012-12-28T13:36:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T13:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/?p=769"},"modified":"2013-01-04T20:12:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T20:12:28","slug":"light-and-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/light-and-colour\/uncategorized\/","title":{"rendered":"Light and colour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1903 lampshade panel for Hill House, Helensburgh (V&A T.66-1953)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
At the darkest time of year, it’s interesting to think about how much of a luxury artificial lighting was until the late nineteenth century, and the way that different forms of  lighting affected fashionable dress and interiors. Candles, oil lamps and gas lights all create a golden glow which would make medium-toned fabrics look richer. The flicker of candles would highlight surface trimmings – and jewellery of course. The electric bulbs introduced from the 1880s gave a clearer light which was thought to be unflatteringly harsh for women’s complexions (given that makeup was not normally worn). However they allowed subtle pastel shades – especially pale yellow – to be more widely used. ‘Electroliers’ presented designers with new opportunities, inluding the use of fabric shades rather than the non-flammable glass globes used for gas. Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s stark all-white interiors were softened by textiles designed by his wife Margaret Macdonald – including lampshades  with delicate applique and beaded braid.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1903 lampshade panel for Hill House, Helensburgh (V&A T.66-1953) At the darkest time of year, it’s interesting to think about how much of a luxury artificial lighting was until the late nineteenth century, and the way that different forms of  lighting affected … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":782,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}