Artworks

Box Pleated Lampshades
A box pleat is created when a pleat or fold is formed on both sides of the fabric, and then the ends brought together underneath the flat piece of fabric. Another fold or pleat is made at the point where the fabric meets. The remaining fabric on both sides points outward and the above process is repeated around the lampshade. Another type of box pleat is the ‘English’ style of box pleat whereby a box pleat is followed by an open space of the same width, followed by another box pleat, then open space, etc. With an Open Box Pleat the pleats are adjacent to one another across the top of the lampshade, but they open up at the bottom. This type of pleat is visually better when the bottom of the lampshade is larger than the top, as with a coolie lampshade or a larger empire lampshade.