Shanghai Table Lamp

The customer that bought Manila table lamp asked if I could make a reasonably similar one to put on his second bedside table.

So I digged in my stash and used this traditional Chinese straw hat, plus a hardwood industrial mould from the beginning of the 20th Century, a brass pipe from a vintage lamp and various other parts -the Shangai table lamp also features a

brass light bulb socket with a pull string made out of waxed cotton plus glass beads from India and the black braided cotton light cord. - See more at: http://1unik.blogspot.com.es/2014/06/manila-table-lamp.html#sthash.lWlrf4k0.dpuf

a brass light bulb socket with a pull string made out of waxed cotton plus a glass bead from India and black braided cotton light cord, just like her 'twin sister' lamp, Manila.

Measures:lamp shade 40cm diameter, 13cm high. Base 13cm diameter. Total height, 67cm.

the brass light bulb socket with a pull string made out of waxed cotton plus glass beads from India and the black braided cotton light cord - See more at: http://1unik.blogspot.com.es/2014/06/manila-table-lamp.html#sthash.lWlrf4k0.dpuf

Some pictures taken during the MAKING OF:
The main parts used to build the lamp, changing the string of the bulb socket switch

Drilling the hardwood mould to attach the pipe and to let the cord set out through the base of the lamp

And finally, wiring the lamp (also, not shown, I cleaned and varnished the old hat, plus painted the wires of the shade holder with black enamel paint to match the rest of the piece)