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Absolutely what we have been looking for. While I am wanted to buy it immediately, it is the 1000k price tag that frightens me. I guess its back to the original plan, the 36" at Pearl River for $30.

Yeah, I've been wanting that exact one for our living room (i thought it would be a nice complement to the ultra low profile stuff we have going on in there) but I got the GF a nice big print for xmas and now she doesn't want anything that will upstage it. C'est la vie.

Is that Sara-Kate and Ursula in the background?

It's nice but $995.00 for a paper lantern is obnoxious.

those paper lanterns ARE obnoxious; unless you're running a after-hours sushi bar, surrounded by posters virginal geishas offering up frosty bottles of kirin beer

Could someone PLEASE get OK to sell online? They briefly sold on Ebay, and I got some great stuff.

In the West, they're called Noguchi lamps. In the East, these are just paper lanterns. No more than $10 at my local flea market.

So you can find a 48" wide paper lamp for $10? That's amazing!

While the George Nelson lamps look like paper they're actually a sprayed on plastic over a metal wire frame.

The Noguchi paper lamps are just that.. paper. I'm willing to bet that if you're at ALL crafty/resourceful you can spend less than 200$ on supplies and make one of these puppies... its just wire/bamboo and some nice handmade paper. Start small and build up... once you get the hang of it you can move to the bigger size.

Though it does look nice, no way would I pay $995 for it. For that price I'd rather have something with crystal.

Also, I agree with Ben, that here in the east I've seen smaller versions from time to time for about $10 in flea markets. I think Christmas Tree Shops here in Massachusetts had some similar ones a couple of years ago for cheap money.

Whether paper or sprayed on plastic, it's still way more than I'd even consider paying for it.

I had two Noguchi lamps, purchased at a steep discount years ago. This tabletop model:

http://akaristore.stores.yahoo.net/model1p2p.html

And this floor lamp, which is also in the background in the above photo:

http://akaristore.stores.yahoo.net/bb333s.html

Contrary to the Noguchi Museum store's claim that 'The lamps age gracefully due to the quality of the paper,' my tabletop lamp literally fell apart in my hands after our last move. Our floor lamp, which is a BITCH to move, is holding up fairly well. I suppose they might age gracefully if you never touch them [e.g. the hanging lantern above]. I wasn't even upset when my lamp fell apart, because it's paper and I should have known better than to waste my money on something like that in the first place. For the price of one of these lamps, you can get a different swank lamp that will actually last!

These lanterns have also been made in silk with metal wire ribbings. They achieve the same effect, but last way longer and can be in any colors. Look to Vietnam.

To follow up on my complaint about Akari lamps' durability [at least it terms of moving the damn things]: the IQ Light is a kit that can be made into a huge sphere [using multiple kits]. It breaks down, can be easily reassembled, and the pieces are durable:

http://iqlight.com

Check out 'variations' and then 'larger lamps' for the 120-piece sphere.

I have a seriously old house (not an apartment) with very high ceilings in the bedrooms, generous proportions and classical features. The bedrooms were last on the redecoration list so I used three huge paper shades - nope not the $995 variety, the $12 variety instead. They really bring the rooms to life and not having spent close to $3000 for them pleases me!

These large paper shades were hugely popular in the UK in the late 70s early 80s - so naff now!! - and no way worth paying nearly a grand for!

Ikea has the standard size for $3.95.

The website www.lunabazaar.com sells huge White 42 Inch Paper Lanterns for only $39 each, but you have to buy a case of 10. You'd have to have a really big space to use 10 of these! But I could see it for a large event or wedding. The bamboo ribbing is "freestyle" instead of parallel, which I actually like better.