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Shimokawa Broken Blocks Gathered Shades

£19000 £21600

Size Guide

A Tube shade is roughly the same height as Diameter, and a Shallow Drum shade is about half as high as the diameter.

Please see the full size guide here

Returns and Refunds

Items that are made for you cannot be returned. Please email us (info@sansho.com) with any queries before ordering!

Full Refund & Return policy here

US Finial/Harp fittings

If you would like a finial fitting for a harp, please let us know, they generally cost only £5-£8.

Shades up to and including 12"diameter have a final fitting, 14" diameter shades and up will come with a spider for use with a harp.

We do not supply harps and our shades will not come with the harp.

The gather in the shade and the blurriness of the kasuri technique soften this geometric pattern. By moving sections of the warp threads, the blocks in the pattern are stretched and broken, making a simple but effective pattern.

  • 100% Kasuri dyed cotton, from the Shimokawa workshop in the famous town of Kurume, Kyūshū
  • The measurements are: Bottom Diameter, Top Diameter, Length of Side (not height).
  • Pattern placement can vary across shade sizes, if you need to know more, please do ask us.
  • Shade made in the UK, the lamp base is not included, this is for the shade only
  • Compatible with US E26 lampsockets
  • If you need shades with a finial fitting to fit a harp, please get in touch. These can be made to order for a small extra cost
  • If the shade you want is out of stock, then it will be made for you. Shades that are made for you cannot be returned (please see our T&Cs). If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch before ordering.

Meet the Maker:

Shimokawa Orimono

You can normally find Shimokawa san on Instagram (@shimogawakyozo) live streaming from his weaving shed. If you want to see looms in action, then that is one of the best places to see the actual weaving. Shimokawa san is an outward-looking adventurous traveller, who loves nothing more than talking and educating everyone about the intricacies of kasuri weaving.

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