Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1917 — TO STENCIL PAPER SHADES [ARTICLE]

TO STENCIL PAPER SHADES

They Can Be Painted In Designs and Stripes to Match General Decorative Scheme. The girl who stencils will recognize in her <oiled stencil paper a possibility for magipg one of the new paper lamp shades. The oiling of the board of paper makes it translucent. They can be painted in designs and stripes to match the general decorative scheme. Used in the natural old-gold color they are equally lovely, especially if the base of the lamp is of a solid bright color. Another way to treat the paper shade is to paste cut-out designs from cretonne on the paper and paint in the background with black enamel thinned out as much as possible. This method makes the ’’ght shine through the colored designs and leaves the background opaque. Such a shade should not be used, however, where there is only one lamp in the room and where plenty of light is needed. A clever way of mellowing the light from these more decidedly designed paper shades is to cover the outside with a layer of delicate gauze in a deep cream or rose color. This will not interfere with the effect of the design, but will prove to give a much softer lighting effect than the plain shade. <