Tag Archives: drum
Raw Silk Lampshade Restored, Recovered
Raw silk is a very rustic loose woven fabric. Raw silk was used on vintage shades. Not too many around today. The fabric gets nubby as it ages. The fabric looks very different when the light is on! Shockingly different. The original vintage raw silk drum shade was damaged while my client was relocating. […]
Vintage Lamp Shade Restore, Silk and Chennille Trim
Restored Small Drum Vintage Contemporary Lampshade. The new cover is Ivory Charmeuse Silk with coordinatingIvory Chennile trim. Cleaned wire; Replaced Cover; Line & New Trim This vintage shade cover was stapled. I have seen this many times and cannot imagine actually getting a clean finish stapling the material onto the frame! I am just […]
Rembrandt Vintage Lampshades, Restored
Vintage Rembrandt Lamps have such stature. Lamps of prestige and prominence. The drum lampshades are distinctive and trimmed to accent the lamp bases. The lampshades for these lamps deteriorate. The covers wear and tear. The liners shred over time. Rembrandt lampshade wires are strong and made to rest on glass globes. The vertical […]
VINTAGE STIFFEL LAMPSHADE REPAIR
The top of the wire frame of this vintage Stiffel lampshade came loose from the styrene (hard shell) shade. The shallow drum shade has a reflector connected to the spider wire. The top wire of vintage lampshades can be re-attached. With pleasure, I was able to repair this […]
LAMPSHADE RECOVER, REPAIR, RESTORE
This small narrow drum lampshade yellowed over time. The hard shell cover cracked and the trim was falling off. The rose velvet trim was taking on a new color and the delicate metallic trim lost its glow. I restored the shade with an Anna Marie Linen. The hard shell material used to recover these […]
Vintage Drum Lampshade Restored, Repaired, OHIO
Large fabric laminated drum lampshades were popular in the 50’s and 60’s. These very large shades have deep recessed top spider wires. The shades were decorated to coordinate with the lamp bases. This particular shade was trimmed with a diamond cut gold leaf cardboard trim outlined with turquoise soutache. The fabric laminated covers dry […]
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 […]
Vintage Drum Lampshade Repair, Canton Ohio
The lamp base will last forever but lampshades deteriorate over time. This old, stained, tearing vintage lampshade with beautiful red velvet and old gold trim was a beautiful shade at one time These large drum shades with a scalloped frame bottom were trimmed to match the lamp base. The lamp belonged to my customers’ mother. […]