Lamp shades come in three types: the spider with harp, the uno and the clip.
Lamp manufacturers use three different standard styles of attachments for lamp shades. It is important to recognize which style lamp you own before trying to attach the shade. The "spider with harp" style shade has a circular metal attachment at the top of the shade. The "uno" style has a metal cone extending from the top of the shade down to be flush with the bottom of the shade. The "clip" style shade has a circular clip that attaches directly onto a light bulb.
Instructions
Spider with Harp
1. Unscrew the fitting from the top of the lamp shade with your fingers. Unscrew from right to left, or counterclockwise.
2. Lift your old shade straight up, off the fitting.
3. Line up the fitting on the lamp with the center of your replacement shade, and slide the shade straight down onto the fitting.
4. Screw the fitting back in place on the top of your lamp with your fingers.
Uno
5. Unplug your lamp from the electric socket.
6. Remove the bulb from your lamp by unscrewing it to the left with your fingers.
7. Lift your old lamp shade straight up and off the light-bulb socket.
8. Line up the base of your replacement shade with the top of the light-bulb socket, and place it directly onto the socket.
9. Screw your light bulb back into the light bulb socket on your lamp, and plug the lamp back into the electric socket.
Clip-on
10. Unplug your lamp from the electric socket.
11. Unclip the old shade by holding the top of the shade in one hand and the base of the lamp in the other, and gently lifting the shade straight off the lamp.
12. Line up the clip on your replacement shade with the center of the light bulb in your lamp. Gently push your replacement shade onto the bulb until the clip snaps into place.
13. Plug your lamp back into the electric socket.
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