Windows Made Of Oystershells

Windows Made of Oystershells.

In the Philippines the windows of the houses of the better class, the villas in the suburbs and the country mansions are made of oyster-shells---those wonderful transparent pearl-like shells of the Oriental seas which admit light, but not the glare of the sun, illuminating the interior with the soft radiance of a cathedral. A great window filled with these sprays of pearl shows the color of ten thousand rainbows.