Made with one piece of maple. Cut out a semi circle, Then the cut-out semi circle was resawn in half along its width to create the side pieces

It is the first lamp to use fiberglass as its base material, an experiment which proved to be reasonably sturdy.

It’s also the first lamp to have switches accessible from both sides. This was often an issue with designs that had switches on the sides rather than the front middle. It became problematic when the lamp was sitting on one side of a bed and the switch was on the opposite side.

To achieve this, I used a pull chain socket, and threaded the pull string through the dowel. As the dowel is turned from either side (and in either direction), it pulls the switch and turns the light on or off.