How to choose the correct size shade for your lamp

Choosing the correct size of shade to fit your lamp is mostly down to personal choice and we have put together a few simple rules to help you. We have split this down to tiffany shades, table lamp shades and floor lamp shades. 

Tiffany Lamp Shades

Tiffany Replacement Shades can be fitted on a Tiffany style base, this means the base will have a short rod with 10mm diameter at the top. The tiffany shade sits with the rod through the top plate and is fixed in place with the decorative finial. We generally recommend a medium shade of around 40cm in diameter sits on a base of around 55cm. A Perfect example of this is the Blue Dragonfly Lamp. For shades of 30cm diameter, a base of around 44cm is ideal, the Astoria table lamp is perfectly in proportioned and a stunning lamp! For Tiffany Floor Lamps, we recommend a shade width of 50cm to make the statement these beautiful pieces of art require! 

If you have a lamp base and are not sure if a Tiffany Shade will fit, please get in touch, we do sell Tiffany Harp Adaptors that can be fitted to Bayonet fitting lamps.

Table and Floor Lamp Shades. 

We sell a broad range of lamp shades in a variety of colours, sizes and styles. These can be fitted to table and floor lamps with either B22 or E27 fittings (Bayonet or Edison screw)

Smaller sized lampshades (14 inches and under)  will fit directly onto the fitting. Larger sizes (16 inches +) will use a shade carrier for stability, we do indicate on each shade if you will need a shade carrier. 

As mentioned above, size is a personal choice but we do recomend the following rules when looking for a shade. 

Shade Width and Height

We recommend the shade is wider than the base and is around the same as the lamp base from the bottom of the lower rim of the shade. The shade height should be  approximately 40 % of the total height of the lamp.