There are as many styles of pleated lampshades as there are styles and sizes of lampshades…too many to count! We are going to give you an overview of lampshade pleats – starting with silk lampshades and moving to the hardback shades. The first general category of silk pleats is the Box Pleat, which seems to […]
Silk lampshades with smocking are special. The technique of smocking is essentially a type of “double pleating”; the first layer of pleating is most often a box pleat – typically a “closed” box pleat, but they can be made with open box pleats as well as “drapes”. And then, the second “smocked” layer is created
Silk lampshades with either shirred pleats or side pleats are the two oldest styles of pleats. While today we do see customers a bit more interested in the box pleats, there are many wonderful “looks” that can be accomplished with either a shirred pleat or a side pleat. Silk shirred lampshades are made by loosely
We introduced the most “basic” types of box pleats – the simple box pleat, the Euro or English style box pleat, and the open box pleat. But there are more variations on the theme! The Rolled Box Pleat is characterized by “softer” folds, as compared to the more “crisper” folds of the standard box pleats
