retro tiered lampshades – atomic style

retro atomic lamp shade style

large atomic 2-tier lamp shade:

• 15″ diameter
• color: caramel (deep hue)
• pattern: black combo arcs

This lampshade style is ideal for mid-century, vintage modern, and retro lamp bases, but it will work with many other lamp base styles, as well. This shade does have a bit of Jetsons swagger, so it might not be perfectly suited for Aunt Petunia’s frilly Victorian lamp.

atomic 3-tier lampshade

• main tier: sand
• top + bottom tiers: desert rose
• pattern: black and white webs

retro reverse atomic 2-tier lampshade

• main tier: red
• bottom tier: tangerine
• material: hand-stained fiberglass parchment.

“Eames-era” is a common shorthand synonym on ebay and elsewhere for midcentury-modern design of the post-war era. It refers to Charles and Ray Eames, pre-eminent post-war American industrial and information designers. The Eames are well-known for many of their furniture designs in plywood and molded fiberglass (eg the famous “Eames chair”), but they rarely if ever worked with lighting. As far as we know, the Eames never did lighting product design using fiberglass parchment, not were they involved in atomic research or production (as far as we know…).