Illumination items: Home lighting contest in France

A new spirit of decorative art is today permeating France. As in other fields, it found striking expression in the design and use of lighting fixtures at the International Exposition of Decorative Arts held last year in Paris. The ornamentation and the lighting of a room are inseparable. Recognizing this, artists and decorators often use light as the determining element in their decorative schemes and have produced wonderful and beautiful results. There are many householders, however, who cannot employ talented artists for this purpose but who, nevertheless, value such pleasing and effective lighting. To put it within their reach, the Societe pour le Perfectionnement de Teclairage and the Compagnie des Lampes are promoting a contest to develop lighting fixtures of a type suited to the average French home. Prizes amounting to 50,000 francs will be awarded.