Vintage French opaline glass handkerchief light shade green + brass fittings

A very beautiful original vintage French glass coolie shade in pale green, which we have completed with an antiqued brass gallery and new brass bulb holder.  The shape was designed to look like fabric - in the early days of electric lighting, plain light shades were covered with pieces of hand-stitched fabric to make them look more decorative.  We call this particular style the 'tablecloth', and it was probably made in the 1950s.  The pale green glass is fused on to opaline milk white glass beneath.

We search antiques fairs and shops in France to source these and similar shades.  IWe think they would look absolutely beautiful in just about any room, and also in a shop or café.  

In excellent condition, with no chips or cracks but please note that minor imperfections are inevitable with items of this age and which have been manufactured in small batches with a lot of hand finishing.  Most of these shades have nibbles around the top of the neck where the gallery is fixed, and these are not visible when the fixings are in place.

Measures approx. 25.5cm diameter x 9cm max height.  Bulbholder is bayonet fitting.  Electric flex and bulb are not included - this listing is for the shade, the brass gallery and the bulbholder.