The top wire of this Gerald Thurston Lightolier lampshade detached from the shade.
Gerald Thurston Lightolier Repair
I cleaned the wire and reattached it to the lampshade cover.
Gerald Thurston Lightolier Lampshade Repair
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 an antique lamp and when they get it home, the liner is brittle. Just something as simple as picking up the shade, and your fingers go right through the liner fabric. Any liner will get brittle and shred from light exposure and time. The new light bulbs will add many years to the restored shades.
It is always best to pick up any lampshade by the top spider wire.
The following are liner repairs, but with different fabrics.
Bell Lampshades Liners Restored with Silk
Bell with Pleated Cuff Lampshade Liner Repair
Saving our Lighting Heritage Two at a Time!
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.
Contemporary Chandelier with Restored Bulb Shield Shades
These particular chandeliers are very modern. They have a very clean, tailored look. The six shades attached to the chandelier are called bulb shields. The material used for these shades is a fabric laminated styrene.
The original shades were a muslin styrene. My customer chose to restore the bulb shield shades with ecru shantung. The newly restored chandelier shades with the shantung finish had such a rich elegant look. Excellent choice!
Original Muslin Chandelier Shield Shade
Restored Chandelier Shield Shade with Shantung Finish
The chandelier is absolutely gorgeous.
Chandelier with Restored Shield Shades
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!
Thor Motocross Sport Jersey Lampshade
A while back I asked him to bring a couple of his old jerseys over. I didn’t care what condition they were in, just that they were his retired racing jerseys. I recently had a chance to make him a personalized custom jersey lampshade. I washed it but did not want to lose the authenticity of the jersey being out there on the track. The dirt imbedded in the jersey is part of the charm of the lampshade.
Thor MX Motocross Jersey Sleeve – Lampshade
Any sport jersey could be used to create a personalized lampshade. Dirt and grass stains enhance the beauty of the shade.
My absolute favorite angle of the lampshade is, of course, his name and number!
Motocross Racing Jersey Lampshade
My son was just 7 when he started racing and he has grown to be one of the finest young men I know. Most parents don’t get a chance to see in writing, a child’s appreciation for their time and effort. I am extremely fortunate to have gotten that opportunity. Attached is a post my son put on a “motocross” forum. Thank you Cory!
http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Motocross-Lampshade,1266945
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.
Original Vintage Lace Victorian Crown Lampshade
The wire frame was rusted and need to be completely restored. The twill wrapping around the wire was the only thing holding this wire together. The weld on the frame was detached in six places. So, this restore was more than I ever imagined.
Victorian Crown Lampshade Wire Repaired, Restored
I reattached the welds, cleaned the wire and painted the frame before rewrapping the entire frame.
Wapping the frame was a job in itself.
I used a panel lining technique to keep the maximum distance between the frame and the liner fabric. I used a muslin liner and treated it with fire retardant. Only the center of the frame was lined with the muslin.
Victorian Crown Lampshade Panel Liner
Victorian Crown Lampshade Panel Lining
On the original finish, the vertical cuff wires were wrapped with lace, so I did the same thing. The vertical cuff lace wrapped wires are on the outside of the cuff cover. This was a tedious project. To apply the lace cover on this bottom section of the wire is unique and I really liked the look.
Vintage Victorian Crown Lace Lampshade Restored
Vintage Victorian Lace Crown Lampshade
The crown is lace on the inside and out.
This shade is beautiful on or off!
Victorian Crown Lampshade Restored with Silk and Lace
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.
Shredding Antique Candlelight Lampshades with Uno Fitting
Candlelight Lampshades with an Uno Fitting for a Gooseneck Desktop Lamp Base
Uno Fitting Lampshades Restored with Silk 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 to be handled gently.
Vintage Red and Old Gold Lampshade Trim Restored
I restored the cover with charmeuse silk. The silk is a beautiful fabric, resists stains and ages with grace. The vintage trim applied to the new cover is exquisite.
Vintage Drum Lampshade Restored with a Silk Cover and Original Antique Trim
The bottom trim was stained. I would not apply it to the new cover. The stained trim would have distracted from the beauty of this shade. I used an old gold braid that matched the vintage trim.
Stained Vintage Drum Lampshade with Red Velvet and Old Gold Trim
Vintage Drum Lampshade with Scalloped Bottom Frame
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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!
Pleated Stiffel Lampshade Liner Repair
I can appreciated quality fabric covers. Liners deteriorates due to the intensive light exposure. I have seen an onslaught of mock fabric pleated covers that shred along with the liner. Stiffel is not one of them.
Not only do Stiffel Lampshades have quality fabric covers, but the metal frames are solid.
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.
Shredding Antique Candlelight Lampshades with Uno Fitting
Uno Lampshade Fitting for a Gooseneck 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 light fixture.
The shade hangs down instead of sitting on a harp. This is not the lamp or the shades for this current project. The pictured light shows a gooseneck candlelight lamp. The shades on the pictured gooseneck are styrene shades. The current project shades are fabric.
Gooseneck lLamp Base for Candlelight Shades
Antique Gooseneck Candlelight Lamp
These antique lamps are so pretty and make beautiful accent lighting.
To prolong the life expectancy of these shades, I recommend using narrow and low watt bulbs. The eco friendly bulbs also come in this narrow width.
Narrow Candlelight Light Bulbs
After my customer has received their shades, I will post the finished fabric candlelight shades.
Pleated Lampshade Restored with Shantung Flat Finish, Ohio
The Pleated Lampshade was restored with an Ivory Shantung Slub Flat Finish. The flat finish enhances the contour of the lampshade frame.
Pleated Lampshades Shredding Like Paper
I used the original trim on the new cover.
Shantung Ivory Bell Lampshade with Scalloped Frame
The following pictures show the difference between the pleated restored shade and the flat finish restored shade. It really is a matter of preference as to which one you like, but the frames are exactly the same.
Pleated Bell Lampshade Repair
Shantung Ivory Bell Lampshade with Scalloped Frame