Abstract: A lamp shade structure is provided with a wire frame having a polystyrene wrap chemically welded thereon with an obverse surface comprising contact adhesive covered by discrete panels of peel-away protective paper. Corresponding discrete panels of decorative material, such as needlework decorated fabric, are substituted for the peel-away paper panels and the seams between adjacent panels masked by coterminously glued material strips such as grosgrain ribbon coated with clear drying adhesive. Top and bottom peripheral bands are folded over the end frames and form top and bottom borders on the obverse face of the decorated panels to hide the ends of the coterminous seam covering strips and provide a finished lamp structure.