How to describe the form of lampshade

The lampshades carcasses have a lot of different forms, to help us describe them here are some notions: 

  1. Branches: right, pagoda, dome, tulip, bell, ball
  2. Basic and top geometric shapes: round, oval, triangle, square, rectangle, hexagon (= the 6 sides), octagon (= the 8 sides)
  3. Proportion between up and down: cylindrical, conical (Empire, Chinese, American, drum) 
  4. Decoration/Variations: with collar, headband, cut sides, hollow corners, round corners (rounded), festoons, Godrons, umbrella, ...

 

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