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<div style="direction: ltr;">Based on the link you provided, the drops seem to be cut crystal. If so, they probably would not be tinted green. Perhaps the green light of the lustre lamp itself is refracted through the clear crystal and thus pools<span id="ms-outlook-ios-cursor"></span>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Vara Neverow</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf <vwoolf@lists.osu.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 1, 2021 4:55:00 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] "Green" lustres</font>
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“As he reached the landing he saw that the ballroom doors were open and all<br>
the lustres lit.” (ch. XLVI, “The Custom of the Country” by Henry James)<br>
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“The pointed fingers of glass hang downwards. The light slides down the<br>
glass, and drops a pool of green. All day long the ten fingers of the lustre<br>
drop green upon the marble. The feathers of parakeets--their harsh<br>
cries--sharp blades of palm trees--green, too; green needles glittering in<br>
the sun. But the hard glass drips on to the marble; the pools hover above<br>
the desert sand; the camels lurch through them; the pools settle on the<br>
marble; rushes edge them; weeds clog them; here and there a white blossom;<br>
the frog flops over; at night the stars are set there unbroken. Evening<br>
comes, and the shadow sweeps the green over the mantelpiece; the ruffled<br>
surface of ocean. No ships come; the aimless waves sway beneath the empty<br>
sky. It's night; the needles drip blots of blue. The green's out.”<br>
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If you don’t know what a lustre is, you’ve got no hope of understanding what’s<br>
going on in “Green”. I presume the image is of a lustre on a marble<br>
mantelpiece, which is where they tended to be placed. I have been searching<br>
online for images – they nearly all appear rather revolting to me – and I <br>
can’t seem<br>
to see any with green fingers (also referred to as "drops"), and I’m not <br>
sure I can count up to 10:<br>
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