The History of Lampshade

Malasso have many types of lampshades, but do you ever know when the first lampshade was created?

The first lampshade was created in Paris in the late 17th century. The first public lanterns made their appearance in the center of the streets. They lit the road during the night. The lampshades did not use lamps but oil lamps with reflectors hung above the center of the streets. The first public oil lamps were created in Milan in 1785. They later contained an oil lamp with several wicks. 

Who is the origin of industrializing lighting and lampshade?

Friedrich Albert Winsor is the founder of lightning industrialization. Gas lamps were produced in a factory and distributed through a pipeline. In the first decades of the 19th century, competing gas companies laid the first gas mains in significant cities. 

At the close of the 19th century, an American artist and designer named Louis Comfort Tiffany began producing lampshades made of stained glass in elaborate patterns. The style is highly distinctive and easily recognizable, is admired worldwide, and remains a popular choice for creating an elegant atmosphere in a room.

How the lampshade style

• Rustic 

Rustic style has some characteristics such as simple elements like linen, cork, and cotton in earth tone, complementing rustic farmhouse or cottage interior

• Traditional 

Traditional lampshade styles also have some characteristics, like using linen, paper shades, and silk shades inside pleated and box-pleated shapes

• Modern 

Innovative shapes like drums, squares, and cylinders are types of characteristics Modern lampshades

• Antique & Vintage Inspired

The characteristics of antique reproduction lamp shades demonstrate even past eras, often in textures like glass, fringe, and beads that are not generally found in current designs.

Material of Lampshades

Lampshades are made of many materials, such as fabric, parchment, glass, paper, and plastic. Fabric materials such as silk, linen, and cotton are common. Metal frames reinforce fabric shades to give the lampshades their shape, while paper and plastic shades can hold their shape without support. Paper shades can be more fragile than fabric shades. Darker shades sometimes add a reflective liner, such as gold or silver, to maximize light output.