Modern Style Table Lamps - An Illustrated Guide to Making Table Lamps

By Frederick T. Day

All aspects of lampshade making are covered in this handy guide. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: May 31, 2013
• ISBN: 9781473382671

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MODERN STYLE TABLE LAMPS

WITH the assistance of various fittings available today in the handicraft and lampshade dealers’ shops there is no limit to the variety of contemporary and modern style lampshades of all kinds and fitting (wall, standard, bracket, table or hanging types) which may be made up by the handicraft worker in the home. Every taste can be satisfied in this field and the illustration of a modern style table lamp is one of many unusual styles possible.

This modern style table lamp has been made up with a tinted Polka Dot type of parchment in green. The finished job is very effective in the study and gives good light volume due to the coolie-shaped frame used in the make-up. The wooden balls used in the job are in two standard sizes and have been tinted (or painted)—the smaller ones in dark red and the larger one in a nice green. The wire legs are painted cream and the whole