Table Lamp Shade Replacement With a Plastic Socket and Ring

A customer brought in a table lamp the other day needing a new lamp shade. The old shade was cracked and faded. This lamp came from a big box store. Specifically, this lamp came from a Swedish furniture store; if you get the IDEA. The shade was worn out and the inside liner was busted. The customer thought the size and shape was still good so they only wanted to replace the shade.

After a quick inspection of the lamp, we determined the socket, cord, switch and other general lamp parts were in good working order. The shade on the lamp had arms from the top of the shade to a ring in the middle. The ring fit over the shell of the socket and was held in place with a retention ring.

Since this lamp maker served the European market, we needed a harp saddle to fit where that shade's ring connected to the socket. Antique Lamp Supply offers a harp saddle designed to fit on Nord and GU24 sockets with retention rings.

Harp Base for GU24 and Nord Sockets

With this harp saddle we were able to add a traditional harp to the lamp and use a typical washer fitter shade with a finial.

Now the lamp avoids the landfill and no one has to be concerned with the busted and worn out lamp shade.