AtD translation: quartershade

[Erik T. Burns]

it's probably the one panel of a four-panel lampshade / sconce, maybe
something like this:
https://i.etsystatic.com/8360430/r/il/f06f59/1835347898/il_570xN.1835347898_vr39.jpg


On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 9:06 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> P533.5-9   Kit threaded his way out into the Grand Salon, wallpapered in
> aniline teal and a bright though sour orange, to appearances floral in
> theme, though few would insist on it, lit by hundreds of modern-looking
> sconces, each quartershade of Congo ivory scraped thin as paper to let its
> electric bulb shine through . . .
>
> What is "quartershade"?
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