Handmade Burwash Soft Wave Empire Lampshades

The Burwash Soft Wave Empire lampshade is a shaped variation of the traditional empire profile, with a soft scalloped edge and a more decorative outline than a plain tapered shade. It keeps the familiar narrower top and wider base of an empire lampshade, while the wave detail gives the shade a more individual silhouette.

Each Burwash Soft Wave Empire lampshade is handmade in our UK workshop and can be ordered from our standard range or developed as a bespoke shaped lampshade for a specific project. We can make Burwash shades in a wide choice of fabrics, linings, trims and finishes, including customer’s own material where suitable.

What Is a Burwash Soft Wave Empire Lampshade?

A Burwash Soft Wave Empire lampshade is based on an empire lampshade profile, with a smaller top ring, wider lower ring and sloped sides. The shaped lower edge adds a soft wave or scalloped detail, giving the shade a more decorative perimeter than a standard empire shade.

This makes it useful where a project needs the balance and familiarity of an empire form, but with more design detail in the outline.

Choosing the Right Burwash Soft Wave Empire Lampshade

Burwash Soft Wave Empire lampshades work well where a lamp needs a traditional tapered proportion with a softer, more individual edge. The shaped perimeter makes the outline more visible, so the relationship between size, fabric and lining should be considered carefully.

Plain fabrics can make the wave edge clearer. Textured fabrics can add depth. Strong patterns need more care, as the curve of the frame and the shaped lower edge can affect how the design appears across the finished shade.

Bespoke Burwash Soft Wave Empire Lampshades for Interior Designers

For interior design studios, hospitality projects and private commissions, we can make bespoke Burwash Soft Wave Empire lampshades to suit specific dimensions, materials and project requirements.

This can include non-standard sizes, customer’s own material, alternative linings, trims, frame finishes and production quantities. We can also adapt the principle of a soft wave or scalloped edge to a different frame proportion where the project requires it.

For wider project requirements, our Manufacturing for Design Studios service covers bespoke decorative lighting, lampshade development, frame fabrication, wiring and batch production.

Burwash Soft Wave Empire Lampshade Sizes, Fittings and Finishes

Our standard Burwash Soft Wave Empire lampshades include an adaptor to fit BC and E14 lampholders. For trade, hospitality or interior design projects, we can also advise on size, proportion, fabric suitability and bespoke frame requirements.

For the straighter version of this design family, see our Burwash Soft Wave Drum Lampshade.

For further guidance, see our article on specifying lampshades for interior design projects.

For non-standard sizes, project quantities or customer’s own material, please discuss a bespoke Burwash Soft Wave Empire lampshade with our team.