As already mentioned, needlelace, in the past, was used most often as decoration for clothes; today it is found on other items as well. In my previous post I showed a circular doily with a needlelace edging.
Now I want to show a small lampshade whose bottom edge is decorated with needlelace.
The needlelace was made in an inverted pyramid shape (3-2-1). A row of picots borders the outside edges of the pyramids and binds them together.
The lampshade has four wide areas and four narrow areas. Two of the wide areas – oppositely arranged – contain heart and tulip motifs, and the other two wide areas contain heart and sunflower motifs. All are designs of Anna Elisabeth Grein.
The shapes were filled with different patterns. Same motifs got similar patterns. All heart shapes were filled with openwork filling patterns with a Cable stitch grid. Needle weaving and Rose stitches in different arrangements were worked into the grid.

Rose stitch grid with Satin stitch bars (Filling pattern 472)

Röserich filling pattern

Circle with a knife point outline, and filled with an openwork pattern with a Cable stitch grid. Into the grid a Rose stitch pattern was worked.

Circle with a knife point outline and filled with an openwork pattern with a Cable stitch grid. Into the grid a Rose stitch pattern was worked.

Here you can find a description on how to work such a lampshade.
This is truly exquisite, wish it was mine.
In my next post I will explain how to work such a lampshade. May be, it is an idea for your next project and a nice completition to your fire screen.
Is there a pattern for this? I would love to make one for my mother. She’s been looking for a nice lampshade for a while with no luck.
The pattern is depending to the size of the frame, you will get for your lampshade. In my tomorrow post I show, how to work such a lampshade.