I love, love, love that lamp! I'm torn about the shade too. It's ok but I think you could find something else to compliment it better. It's not so much the shade but the tassels at the bottom that I think are throwing it off.

I'm very into black lamp shades right now so that would be my suggestion.

I like the lamp shade, but not with that particular lamp, which is beautiful by the way. I agree with sheesharee that the tassels throw it off somehow.

If the only choices are great and awful...I have to pick awful... :>D
I would suggest something more like the one in the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Restoration Hdw. shade

Sweeby I love that gorgeous lamp but the shade screams old. Nothing prettier than a lamp with prisms, I love them.

But what type of shade would you use? When you go to a lamp shop don't forget to take the lamp with you. Buying a lamp shade without taking the lamp is like buying a hat without trying it on.

A little old jewish lamp shade owner said that to me thirty five years ago and I never forgot it. Ain't that cute?

Love that lamp!

....Jane

LOVE the lamp (great find!), hate the shade.

Something more tailored would make the crystal base become the show. I had the same thought as Sheesharee, go with a black shade.

I don't know why, but the shade reminds me of (not that I know how) belly dancing. : )

Agree, shade is totally wrong for the lamp.

Love the lamp, lose the shade ;o) I think a pagoda shaped shade would look great. I agree about it being in black....something about crystal and black is very elegant and classic. The squarish shape and indented curves (is that right??) would echo and complement the shape of the base.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pagoda shade

I'm with the "no tassels" vote. The crystals are the decoration.

I'm not on the black shades band wagon...they don't allow much light.

I do think the shade needs to be longer to cover the "candles".

Show us what you find.

Glad to hear that my instincts on the shade were on target.

I was also thinking black -- Something simple and tailored, maybe with a gold reflective liner? this picture is the closest I could find:

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Love the lamp. I think you have it with this last photo.

I think the shade is too ornate and detracts from the lamp. The last shade you posted should work much better with the pretty crystal.

granny shade. don't love.
fab lamp. love.
i wonder how a properly sized drum shade would work? something not too long (vertically) ...a thinner drum shade. if i were you i'd take that to a shade/lighting workshop/store/restorer and have her try a few on for size.

I love gold lined shades, but do you think the gold will make the antique brass look washed out?

I like the lamp base but the shade stands out rather than blending. I would go with a gold silk-like shade.

sweeby
Love clicking on your posts - you are such a "good finder" and creative person
you don't need my vote/op - but love the lamp I never was a fan of those shades -- it reminds me of a mannequin w/the torso chopped off!

take the lamp to the shade store - try on many get one:) like mama used to say "you don't know until you try it on"

Good luck

Your lamp is lovely, Sweeby, and your shade is definitely in the ballpark of what was intended for it, though maybe you could go taller. Here is a similar lamp on eBay at the asking price of $2,650.

And another...

And another...

I'd say it depends on your surrounding decor as to whether you want a more contemporary look or stay more true to the original.

That shade in a way reminds me of the one on the "leg" lamp in that funny classic movie A Christmas Story where the dad won this awful lamp and had to have it right in the frint window. Then the wife "accidentally" knocked it over and broke the lamp while watering her plants.

The shade might be original but I am not a fan of the fringe.

I think I'd cry if anyone said my lamp reminded them of that leg lamp in that movie.

I think the shade is perfect. And the lamp and shade are exactly what you are going for: antique-y, opulent, and feminine.

I think a new shade.....any of the suggestions, black is fine....would up date it. I think the shade it came with was meant for it.....but maybe not up-to-date....right? Those shades remind me of a flapper dress, fringe on the bottom...:0)

I love the lamp. I love the shade, but not together. the elaborate shade competes with the lamp and does not showcase the lamp.

Great feedback - thanks!

ThreeD - You got me laughing out loud with that 'leg lamp' comment! That movie is a family favorite of ours, and I love that awful lamp.

Oceanna - Those fringed shades seem to work on the single candlestick lamps you show, but I'm not so sure about this one. I think the fringe detracts from the classic shapes somehow... FWIW, according to the seller, the fringed shade is not original, and the lamp itself dates (she thought) from the 1940's -- Which would make sense because apparently somewhere (I haven't seen it) it says 'West Germany' -- which would date it 1940's to early 1990's.

After doing some more research, I think what I have is a variant of a 'Bouilotte Lamp' -- a multiple-candlestick shape that traditionally has a dark metal (generally tole) shade. (Though I haven't seen them with crystal columns.) And after searching for Bouilotte lamps, I'm feeling much better about the price I paid for this one!

Here is a link that might be useful: Bouilotte Lamps

Is this better?
(Of course, I'll take the plastic off once the decision is final)

Oh, I like that one so much better, pretty but not overdone like the original. Like the color and the shape. Great!