On Mon, 30 May 2005 09:06:55 -0400, WillR
wrote:

For the mission style? Exactly -- the store has someone who does stained
glass shades and windows -- but it _really_ drives up the price --
outside the range of their customers... So cloth for now...

From Gustav Stickley's 1910 catalogue

#604 tea table $4.75

#369 Morris recliner chair $37

#625 electric lamp, fumed oak and copper, with copper fretwork and opal
glass shade $40

#625 lamp, with shade of Japanese wicker $20

So we see that the electric light fittings are not only _very_
expensive, but also that glasswork has always been an expensive part of
the lamp.

I'm not a glassworker, but I do work with one (often on Stickley style
work). We have no end of trouble with pricing if there's glass involved
- the amount of hand work involved puts the costs up, but trying to find
customers who will accept this in th efinal price is quite another
matter.