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Lighting ”
the Un-lightable
ESSAY BY FALCON
For the better part of a decade we have been
trying to recreate Hurrell's use of light. While we
understood the theory, we hadn't the tools.
"What would George case, the beautiful Vic- And that is exactly why I
Hurrell do?" I asked torian furniture, every- enjoy working there. In-
myself as I stood in thing about Belmont is tellectually, artistically,
the entryway to the beautiful. technically, working at
Gentlemen's Parlor And Belmont is a difficult Belmont pushes me.
at Belmont. place to work. Large win- For at least eight years,
dows, polished wood- I have worked there and
Belmont, located in Re- en floors and paneled some of my best work
idsville, NC, is always floors, glass top tables has been created at Bel-
beautiful in the after- and so much more make mont.
noon, even on a rainy working at Belmont dif- I offered Marquaysa Bat-
day. The light from the ficult. tle the opportunity to
leaded glass windows workineithertheLadies'
above the grand stair-
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