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20th Century LightingPage 2

Uplighters, spotlights and dimmers were used to create different moods in the living room. From the 1960s, the most enduringly popular lamp shape was the simple paper globe.

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Showhouse, built by Wates Group, Sydenham Hill, c.1961; photograph.

© Photo by kind permission of Wates Group