lampshaden.

1850 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 30 Nov. (1954) I. 337 I have bought the Lucifers and done my duty about the Lamp shade.

1859 G. Measom Guide North-western Railway 238 The bulb of glass is..cut with scissors, and expands into a decanter, water-jug, wine-glass, or lamp-shade.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1248/1 Lamp-shade, a screen placed above the light to intercept or mellow it. It may have a dark exterior and reflecting interior surface.

1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 83 Lamp Shade Maker.

1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 212 He removed the burnt matches, set the lamp-shade straight.

1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 154 A glorified pink and white lamp-shade.

1908 Stratford-upon-Avon Herald 24 July 7/2 Lamp~shade-like protectors are obtainable cheaply.

1908 Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 4/4 There were the young ladies of gay Bohemia in Directoire dresses and lamp-shade hats.

1953 R. Macaulay Last Lett. to Friend (1962) 107 It didn't really destroy very much, except some pictures (which I mourn) and curtains and covers and a few books and lamp-shades, etc.

1960 J. Brophy Front Door Key 179 She had compromised with the present, babyish neo-1920's fashion, refusing to wear, along with bows and tiers and lampshade hems, very short and very tight skirts.

1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iii. 83 Care should be taken with lampshades to avoid fancy shapes and over-fussy trimmings.

1971 Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 18 Apr. 18/4 He pointed to two burly figures who came out of the nearby tea-shop, one of them wiping his lampshade moustaches.