Ivory 10 Inch Square Paper Lantern

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This ivory square paper lantern is made with the finest quality rice paper and freestyle bamboo ribbing. As with all our premium paper lanterns, they can be used with most ceiling fixtures and with most light cords for hanging lanterns. They can also be used with our LED battery lights as convenient, cord-free lighting and decoration for parties, weddings, patios, gardens, and outdoor celebrations. (Please note that the No Frills colors do not exactly match the Premium Lantern colors and the Fine Line Lantern colors. If you need matching colors please shop within one line.)

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Bulb hanging D-, August 29, 2011

Colette "Non-movie elitest." (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews

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I've had paper lanterns for years, and the hanging mechanism (in approximately 6 lanterns bought over a period of 10 years) has always been the same: square metal with 4 pointy ends and a twisted metal circle on one of the short ends. It's hard to explain, but if you've had a lantern you'll know what I mean. It allows for the bulb to hang free but stop from dropping the lantern because it's "weaved" through the metal.

This lantern was different - it had two circular metal pieces meant to cup the bulb. Also it was U shaped (the 2 top pointy prongs had nothing connecting them) - which means you can't even jerry-rig something to hold the wire at the top of the bulb. The cupped metal circles don't work with a CFL bulb. I tried all sorts of bending for it work. In the end I had to scrap an old lantern's metal framework for the twisted metal part. Not a big deal overall, but FYI if you don't have extra pieces of wire laying about you'll have problems hanging this thing if...Read more