Lamp shade

In a lamp shade which includes a plurality of glass panels, each having a plurality of side edges which are angularly inclined to one another to form corners therebetween, the side edges of at least two of said panels being juxtaposed and forming a narrow passage therebetween, and a panel support structure which includes a corner collar extending about each corner at each of said adjacent sides, the improvement of connector means for interconnecting said collars to secure said panels with respect to one another comprising, an elongated body disposed within said narrow passage and having means at either end thereof connected to adjacent corner collars of adjacent panels to connect said panels together, said elongated body having abutting surfaces disposed at opposite sides thereof and extending longitudinally thereof in a face-to-face abutting relationship with each of said adjacent edges of said glass panels to maintain said side edges of said panels in a spaced parallel relationship, said abutting surfaces of said elongated body having a sufficient longitudinal extent to distribute loads applied thereto along a substantial length of said side edges of said glass panels thereby to prevent damage to the panels during shipping and handling.