Peddigree Floor Lamp

With this imposing floor lamp a foil cylinder stands in a filigree body of wooden rods and Rattan cane.
The extraordinary design makes this lamp the crowning glory of your country house decoration !

And it's that easy:

Assemble the lamp socket according to the instructions and fix it with wire in one of the small metal rings (see picture 1).

The Lamp foil to 51 x 98 cm and cut to size with Straw silk paper while leaving the adhesive tab (see sketch) free - do not peel off the protective paper at first.

Afterwards the Straw silk paper with Napkin varnish seal it.

Into the Lamp foil pierce the holes with the needle according to the sketch

Insert the ring with nylon thread into the Lamp foil sew (cross the threads inside the ring, on the outside you can see only a small loop) - see picture 2.

Then sew a small metal ring each with leather straps to the upper and lower edge.

Pull off theprotective foil from the adhesive tab, the Lamp foil glue, knot together nylon threads and leather straps firmly.

To allow the heat of the light bulb to escape upwards later, cut out one of the rattan tube bottoms as a ring.

Picture 1

Picture 2

Tip: It is very helpful if a second person forms Lamp foil around the ring.

Sharpen the round bars with a knife so that they fit into the holes in the bottoms.

Rattan caneColour the floorsand round bars with a wood glaze mixture of chestnut and Ebony , and paint the large metal rings with brown decorative lacquer .

Glue the round bars into the base plate with super glue.

33 cm from bottom edge fix one lamp ring inside on six round rods with brown string, put the second ring provisionally over the rods so that they are bent into the right shape for braiding.

At the lower edge 18 rows with Rattan cane plait, plait six rows each under and above the fixed lamp ring (see picture 3).

Now fix the second lamp ring 33 cm from upper edge inside the round bars.

Glue the rod ends in the Rattan cane ring (see picture 4).

Turn the lamp upside down and fix the Rattan cane weave in the rhythm "before one, behind one", i.e. each bar goes around the next one on the outside and stays behind the next but one on the inside (see picture 5)

Tip: To make Rattan cane nice and flexible for braiding, soak it in warm water for several hours before use.