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Smocked-Pleated

Smocked pleated The technique of smocking is essentially a type of double pleating and the finished result is spectacular when lit and also beautiful with the light off. The first layer of pleating is most often a box pleat, typically a closed box pleat and occasionally an open box pleat. The second smocked layer is created when the sides of the box pleats are brought together creating a diamond like pattern in the pleating. The light coming through a smocked shade is dramatic, whether the shade is made with a full smock or smocking at the top and bottom, or just one ‘pinch’ in the middle. A fully smocked lampshade has pinches in the pleating near both the top and the bottom of the lampshade.