This vintage guidebook provides instructions on how to design and make
lampshades. Illustrated with useful diagrams, it instructs the reader in
the different types of frames and their construction, covering
materials, making patterns, assembly and finishing techniques, and it
remains a helpful and practical text for anyone interested in textiles,
design and classic handicrafts. Contents summary: Making Lampshades;
Preface; introduction; Chapter 1 - Foundations, coverings, preparation,
pattern-Making; Chapter 2 - Simple lampshades; Chapter 3 - Flared and
fluted lampshade coverings; Chapter 4 - "Crinothene" covered lampshades,
a double cover, fitting curved panels; Chapter 5 - Fabric-covered
lampshades; Chapter 6 - A parchment and velvet cover, a shade for a bed
lamp, empire shade with modelled edges, "Barbola" edges; Chapter 7 -
Treatment, a stencil-cut parchment cover, a novelty frameless lampshade,
covers for tube lighting, cylindrical lampshades, a rotating nursery
lampshade; Chapter 8 - Lampshade bases; Chapter 9 - Decorating
lampshades, painting on parchment, decorative thonging. We are
republishing this classic text in a high quality, modern and affordable
edition, complete with the original illustrations and a new
introduction.
