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The 26cm short drum lamp shade provides a mid-sized option in alabaster dupion silk, combining a low-profile drum shape with the natural lustre of woven silk. The alabaster colouring — between cream and brilliant white — allows for warm, diffused light output through the fabric. Dupion silk's characteristic slubs, formed where yarn threads twist at varying thicknesses, introduce a subtle surface texture that reflects the fibre's natural origin.
This shade is made from the grandaddy of silk, Dupion - and is in a very elegant shade of alabaster, somewhere between cream and brilliant white, with that special Dupion sheen. Expect a few little imperfections - known as slubs - where two threads of silk yarn are twisted together a little more thickly than usual. Slubs happen, they add texture and are generally celebrated as a reminder that silk is a natural, organic and beautiful fibre. We hope you love and live happily ever after with your glorious Dupion silk shade.
