Wide Cone Shade

French Cone Shade

Our new range of cone shades are made in two very distinctive shapes to give your home a contemporary twist.

The French Cone Candle Clips are tall and narrow and designed for wall fittings, while our wide cone shades are the opposite - short and wide - for an eye-catching outline for table lamps and ceiling pendants.

Kindly note that we cannot offer the Wide Cone shades in silk, wool or velvet because the shape warps the fabric as it goes around.

Patterned fabrics might be suitable but in some cases it may be upside down at the back. Please call our helpful Customer Service team to discuss your options.

What fitting do your wide cone shades have?

Our wide cone shades are made from good quality white card that makes them self supporting.

They have a wire frame that sits at the bottom of the shade, with a second, same sized wire rectangle fitted to the top.

The shade ring - or 'gimble' - that fits the shade to your lamp base, is fixed around 4 to 6cm up from the bottom (depending on size) and is supplied with a reducer ring, as shown, that can be removed to ensure a universal fit.

Candle clip fitting

Candle bulb 

French cone shade fitting

Our French cone candle clip shades are supplied with candle clip fittings, two loops of wire like elongated butterfly wings that can be pulled apart slightly so that the shade sits directly on the top of a small bayonet (SBC) candle bulb.

What shade do I need for a ceiling light?

We offer a selection of our most popular sized shades with pendant fittings.

Pendant shades need a shade ring fitted at the top of the shade instead of at the bottom.

We can make any of our shades in any of our fabrics with a pendant fitting as a bespoke item.

Please contact our helpful sales team to discuss your requirements

How big should my shade be?

For useful information about sizing shades for a lamp base see our Knowledge Base guide:
How to Size Shades for a Table Lamp

The width of your shade should be equal to the height of your base.

The height of your shade should be two thirds the height of your base (divide the base height by 3).

Your shade should be wider than the widest part of your base

What size do I need for a floor lamp?

For useful information on sizing shades for floor lamps, see our Knowledge Base guide:
How to Size Shades for a Floor Lamp.

Measure the height of your floor lamp from the floor to the underneath of the bulb holder.

Divide this by 4 to get the right height of your shade.

The width of the shade should be wider than the base.

How much light will be let through?

Generally, the lighter the colour and weave of the fabric, the more light the shade will allow through.

The darker and heavier the fabric, the more the light is channelled through the top and bottom of the shade.

For useful information about fabrics andtheir use as shades, see our Knowledge Base guide: Lampshades FAQs

Can I use any of your fabrics?

Yes, we can make any of our shades in any of our fabrics as a bespoke item.

Please contact our helpful customer service team to raise a quote.

Can I use my own fabric?

Yes, we can generally make any of our shades in your own fabric, we just ask that you send in a swatch first so that we can be sure it is suitable.

Fabrics with horizontal stripes do not work well on shades with sloped sides. Vertical stripes are generally ok, while fabrics with large patterns do not work well on small shades.

For more information, see our Knowledge Base Guide: Bespoke Lampshade Service

Jim Lawrence, The Ironworks
Lady Lane, Hadleigh
Suffolk, IP7 6BQ

Contact our friendly customer service team on
sales@jim-lawrence.co.uk

Speak to one of the sales team on
01473 826685
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