I'm afraid if it was my lampshade, I'd hang it how
I like it hung - and I'd use it for full room lighting with energy saving bulbs. Stuff the designer's intent!
(Michael keeps me in the dark anyway, I'm not allowed real full room lighting - just enough to stop me bumping into furniture too often.
Saving electricity on light keeps his
mood on an even keel, even if being in the dark subdues mine.
)
These sorts of shades do actually hide the horrible bulb - the whole point of a shade in the first place.
The shade you show there has a flat outside rim which is more conducive to putting the chains inside than a simple bowl shape is. :thup: