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Gerald Thurston Lightolier Lampshade Repair
The top wire of this Gerald Thurston Lightolier lampshade detached from the shade. I cleaned the wire and reattached it to the lampshade cover.
Lampshade Liner Repairs, Midwestern, USA
These lampshades have been restored with new fabric liners. The lampshades trims are the original trims. Antique lampshades, or most any lamp, have lampshades specific to the lamp. Often the cover fabric is in good condition but the liners are brittle. These shades can be restored with a liner repair. Often people buy […]
Contemporary Chandelier Shade Restoration, Repair
The beautiful display chandelier was purchased from a lighting store. When the chandelier was delivered to the customer, a couple of the styrene shades were damaged. Even though this is a new purchase, the shades were not available for reorder. Kindly, the lighting store referred the customer to Lampshade Restoration for repair. These particular […]
Lampshade Sport Jersey, Thor Motocross Race Jersey
You probably are wondering what Lampshade and Motocross could possibly have in common. My son raced Motocross since 1997. Over the years we went through dozens of jerseys. Besides outgrowing them, they would get stained and torn over night! A while back I asked him to bring a couple of his old jerseys over. […]
Vintage Victorian Crown Lampshade Restore, Repair, Akron, OH
This lace / fringed vintage victorian crown lampshade sat in a cold, damp garage for probably years. The frame is beautiful and the original cover orientation was so well done. The lace crown and lace drop cuff was so pretty lit, the only right thing to do was to reproduce the original idea. The […]
Uno Candlelight Shades Restored, OHIO
The uno fitting on these candlelight shades fit a small gooseneck desk lamp. The shades have been restored with an ivory textured cover and silk charmeuse liners.
Vintage Drum Lampshade Restored, Repaired, Ohio
This vintage red and old gold trim was removed from the original shade and used on the new lampshade cover. I was able to clean it very delicately with a lint roller. The old gold trim was in great condition and easily cleaned, but the red velvet part of the trim was fragile and had […]
Quality Pleated Classic Lampshade Repairs! New Jersey
Quality pleated Classic Lampshades. Stiffel! I restore lampshades and Stiffle Lampshade Covers are beautiful fabric. I have restored Stiffel MUSLIN, or SHANTUNG Mushroom Pleated and LINEN Knife Pleated Lampshade LINERS ONLY! I can appreciated quality fabric covers. Liners deteriorates due to the intensive light exposure. I have seen an onslaught of mock fabric pleated […]
Antique Candlelight Lampshade Repair, Cleveland, Ohio
Fabric deteriorates over time. This pair of antique candlelight shades had to be restored to be able to use the antique gooseneck desktop lamp. The two candlelight shades have an uno fitting. Both shades fit a small lamp with two gooseneck fittings for the shades. The uno fitting screws onto the […]