Abstract: To minimize storage and transportation space, lampshades are produced, e.g. at the factory, as self-assembly kits each comprising a pair of rings, a plurality of connecting rods, and a gimbal consisting of a lampholder-receiving annulus with struts extending therefrom, together with a covering fabric panel and an optional lining fabric panel. The rods and struts have, on their free ends, respective tee-pieces each comprising a socket part which is a friction fit on the respective rod or strut, and a cross-piece which is slotted from end to end. The kit can be packed in a package of shape and dimensions in plan such as to contain the larger of the two rings and of a depth to contain the gimbal on its side. The eventual user assembles the lampshade with the connecting rods extending between the two rings and holding the latter spaced apart, the cross-piece of their tee-pieces being snapped onto the rings. Thereafter the covering panel (and the lining if used) is secured in place between the two rings, e.g.