Tag Archives: fabric

QUOIZEL LAMPSHADE LINER REPLACED, REPAIRED, RESTORED

Boudior Quoizel Lampshade liner removed, replaced with new liner and trimmed with original trim.  These very small lampshades are my favorite.  They are accent lights and need no more than a small night light bulb.

ETHAN ALLEN LAMPSHADE LINER REPAIR

Contemporary Ethan Allen Lampshade Liner Replacement.  The lampshade has a morrie fabric cover.  The liner was shredding and weak.  I removed the original trim and liner.  Replaced the liner and reattached the original trim.

Lampshade Liners Replaced: Restored Lighting, Fabric Shades

Lampshade liners repaired on vintage moire shades.  The liners of the 2 shades were shredding.  The liner would rip when you touched it, often due to high watt bulbs.  The A-frame structure of these shades does not allow the heat to escape and causes the liners to get brittle.  Always use eco friendly lighting in […]

Fringed Vintage Victorian Lampshade Restored, PA

Antique Victorian lampshade restoration project.  This vintage wire frame was in mint condition.  Had I not taken the original cover off, I would have thought the wire was a new purchase and sent to me to be recovered.  My customer said the shade has only been in three homes.               […]

Burlap Lampshade for Antique Jug Lamp Base

You really don’t know how difficult it is to match a shade to a lamp base until you purchase a lamp base without a shade.  My customer purchased this vintage jug lamp base without a lampshade.    She could not find just the right shade that would accent the vintage jug lamp base.   She […]

Lampshade Fabric Loose and Sagging? Turn the light ON!

If your lampshade cover is sagging and looks loose during the rainy spring season, Turn The Light ON!  Fabric absorbs moisture.  These Rembrandt lampshades were delivered about 10:00 am for repair.  The covers were drum tight.   As the day went on, the weather turned rainy and damp.  Just a few hours of rain and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Black Faded Fabric Lampshade Repair, Restored, N. Canton, Ohio

Black contemporary fabric lampshades are very classic.   They look like a well tailored suit.   Black lampshades lose their color most often from sunlight.                 The newly restored cover has a rich elegant look.   The black lampshade sits on a clear crystal glass lamp base.

CUSTOM LAMPSHADE RESTORED FOR VINTAGE LAMP, OHIO

My client has a  large brass ornate lamp base that did not have a lampshade.  It is very difficult to match a shade to a lamp with no shade.  I had this lampshade frame in house.   My customer brought the material they wanted to use for a shade for this base.  The fabric was […]