Tag Archives: restore

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 […]

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. I used the original trim on the new cover.                     The following pictures show the difference between the pleated restored shade and the flat […]

Pleated Lampshades Shredding Like Paper

The slightly belled lampshade frames are very pretty with a scalloped top and bottom wire.  This pair of pleated covered lampshades is shredding,  just like paper.  It is hard to believe it is fabric.     These are two of three identical shades I have restored this year.   All three have had a shredding […]

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. […]

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.

Contemporary Lampshade Restore, Repair, Replace, NE Ohio

Over time, sunlight will fade any color shade, but it is most obvious on a black shade.  This A-frame contemporary lampshade use to be black.  I really wasn’t sure when my customer brought it to me.   I will be using an ebony black slub fabric to restore the cover and ivory silk charmeuse  for […]