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The square tapered lampshade features dupion silk, a naturally lustrous material woven from silkworm threads that produces a sheen no synthetic fabric can replicate. Its pewter tone carries a soft, muted warmth, while the silk's characteristic slubs — slight thickening where two yarn threads twist together — add organic texture to the surface. The stitched construction holds the fabric taut across the tapered square frame, diffusing light evenly downward.
This shade is made from the grandaddy of silk - Dupion. And to think it all started out with a friendly little worm spinning its stuff. Dupion has a beautiful lustre that simply cannot be replicated from man made processes. We love this soft pewter colour. Sometimes this silk has small imperfections - known as slubs - where two threads of silk yarn are twisted together a little more thickly than usual. Slubs happen, and should be celebrated as a reminder that silk is a natural, organic and beautiful fibre...not grumbled about! We hope you love and live happily ever after with your glorious Dupion silk shade. And if you made it this far...
