PAPER LAMP SHADE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue VII, 16 February 1895, Page 166

PAPER LAMP SHADE.

Modern paper lamp shades are perfectly delicious to look at we know, but, alas, the wear and tear of everyday existence does not pass lightly over their easily crushed substance. We may invest in their ephemeral beauty for the drawing-room, but for schoolroom and study probably many prefer something of a more lasting though equally inexpensive nature. For making the paper lamp shade given in my illustration, take four sheets of paper 14£ inches wide, divide each piece lengthwise into twenty divisions or pleats one inch wide, allowing slight margins for the gumming of the four parts together. Scallop top and lower edges, turn back these two portions which are separated

on the diagrams from the centre by dotted horizontal lines describing vandykes, whilst the straight rows of dashes indicate the outside ridge of each crease. Now fold like a fan each section with doubled edges to make the creases run in different directions ; press well, unfold gently, first turn up the top, and then spread out the flounce at the opposite side. Insert carefully a paper knife into the projecting vandykes to give them the proper inflation. When finished, put the shade over the wire frame, and add round the top a silk cord knotted in the centre, and your lamp shade is complete.