Majestic/Luxcraft tambourine fiberglass lampshades, accurately reproduced.
color: cream
pattern: black and gold zig zag
Although this style is commonly cited as manufactured by the Majestic Lamp Company, it is also sometimes attributed to the Luxcraft; more research is needed!
The boomerang Z-Lamp tambourine shade was most often cream or beeswax color, with the zig-zag pattern in black and gold, but we can make the shade in any color with any pattern. We can make an authentic reproduction or an original per your color and design specs.
The Z-Lamp is the most famous and enduring of the Majestic (or Luxcraft) lamp designs, but there were many others. Majestic lamps were beautifully fabricated, typically from brass and stained or painted wood, and featured many of the wild shapes that came to dominate ’50s design. These shapes were liberally and loosely drawn from science — amoebas from biology, starbursts from astronomy, atomic patterns from physics, boomerangs from anthropology — and reflected the implicit faith in science as the shining path forward after the horrors of the war.
To accompany the dramatic geometry of their lamp bases, Majestic and Luxcraft designed lampshades that were even wilder. You can find their shades in a bewildering variety of geometric solids. These unique shades went to extremes that have rarely been matched since. As eye-catching as the shades were, they weren’t always designed to ventilate heat sufficiently, and when found in their original state, Majestic and Luxcraft lamps almost invariably have damaged shades. If the shades look clean and crisp, chances are they’re reproductions. The good news is that as long as you follow proper wattage guidelines, new reproduction fiberglass lampshades will should indefinitely.
Majestic lamps can sometimes be a challenge to rewire. We recommend rewiring vintage lamps that have obviously dated and worn electrical hardware. This means running a new cordset with a polarized, heat-sink molded plug-end, tinned lead ends, and a new socket, through the body of the lamp. If you find your Majestic lamp too difficult to rewire, it’s a good idea to bring it to a lamp repair shop instead of continuing to run the lamp with the potentially hazardous original electrical components.
Customer photo.
Order Majestic/Luxcraft Z-lamp tambourine shades in our midcentury lamp & shade store.
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12 responses to “Majestic z-lamp tambourine lampshades”
I’m interested in your Majestic “Z” drum lampshade set. Do you still make them and what is the price? I have purchased 2 of your 3-tier large shades several years back and I’m still enjoying them everyday.
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Hi there – do you have any replacement shades for a majestic z boomerang lamp ? Thanks
We make the the Z-lamp tambourine shades to custom order. Please call or email for more details. We will soon have a separate page to order them, but for now they are a custom order by phone or email.
I’m in need of two tambourine shades like the ones in your picture. Please advise, thanks.
Check your email. Are you the same Jimmy from below? (different email)
Are you still making the Z lamp with shades? If so, how much?
JimmyYes, we still make the Z lamp tambourine shades. I sent pricing and ordering details to the email you provided.
Im interested in the Majestic Z lamp tambourine lampshades.
Which colors do you carry?
Thank youThe original Z-lamp tambourine shades were closest to our cream or beeswax colors, and with the characteristic black and gold zig-zags, but we can make them in any color, with any optional design, with the design in any color(s).
I am interested in what it would cost for 2 “tambourine” shaped shade reproductions as depicted on your majestic Z lamp.
Alternatively, what it would cost for one top portion only for this style shade (ie, the flat round portion that lies horizontally on top of the vertical).
thanks,
JerryUntil we have a dedicated page for the tambourines in the store, please contact us directly for a quote. (We’d like to leave the comments open to anyone who wants to leave a relevant comment without requiring an email, but we might have to change that…).
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