Custom Lamp Shade
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San Diego, CAThis couple lives in San Diego. During the summer they emailed us with the first photos of their lamp, with the pleated white shade on it, and asked about a mica shade, in keeping with their Arts and Crafts decor. We sent a packet with mica samples, some including leaves, a cross section drawing of a cut-corner square shape that we thought would work - a little larger than the shade they had - and a drawing showing the top and bottom cut-corner shapes. These were full-sized drawings. |
Cardboard mock-up lamp shade with mica samples |
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From the full sized drawings, they made a mock-up shade, cut holes in it and taped in various mica samples. We even went so far as to find a substitute liner that blocked the glare of the bulbs (an unusual 3-bulb lamp), sending samples of that too. |
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By the end of the summer they had made all their decisions - size, shape, mica color, leaves and liner, and trim. And then we timed the shipping of the shade to coincide with their schedule. Cut-corner custom mica shade with natural maple leaves |
