What illumination was suggested for a 1945 home dining room from my book Teach Yourself Building ELECTRICITY, and what luxury appliance was also recommended?
Possibly a multi-lamp pendant fitting, or chandelier.
A number of lamps each of low power give a much more pleasant light than a single lamp of higher power.
Five lamps each of 40 watts, or something similar.
Versions existed in either wood or bright metal, some intended for lamp shades and others intended for bare lamps of the more decorative styles. Candle lamps, Gothic lamps, and other decorative types needed no lamp shades.
Fluorescent lighting was still rather new and little used in the home, but a minority did fit a concealed fluorescent lamp so as to give an indirect light reflected from the ceiling.
The luxury appliance might have been an electrically heated hot plate to keep food hot, or even a heated cupboard on wheels. Known these days as a "hostess trolley" though that brand may not have been yet invented.
Possibly a multi-lamp pendant fitting, or chandelier.
A number of lamps each of low power give a much more pleasant light than a single lamp of higher power.
Five lamps each of 40 watts, or something similar.
Versions existed in either wood or bright metal, some intended for lamp shades and others intended for bare lamps of the more decorative styles. Candle lamps, Gothic lamps, and other decorative types needed no lamp shades.
Fluorescent lighting was still rather new and little used in the home, but a minority did fit a concealed fluorescent lamp so as to give an indirect light reflected from the ceiling.
The luxury appliance might have been an electrically heated hot plate to keep food hot, or even a heated cupboard on wheels. Known these days as a "hostess trolley" though that brand may not have been yet invented.
