This is the final installment of the project.  Thanks to all who have followed along.

To lighten the look of the base, I added a chamfer along the underside edge.

After sanding and cleanup, all of the cherry parts received a coat of Rubio Monocoat Pure.  The next day I applied a coat of Sheen Plus.

I'm getting a little Jupiter 2 vibe here.

I'll add some stick-on feet to elevate the base a bit for air flow to the driver.  Although, I'm only using 1/3 of its capacity, and it's only ever gotten slightly warm.

I did find that I needed to rotate the bracket to the 3rd position (shown in 1st below) to spread the staves slightly for the best fit for the shade.

First glance with the new shade installed.   The overlapping seam goes towards the back, somewhat concealed behind the back stave.

Finally, the finished, lighted lamp.  It is dimmed down quite a lot, otherwise the photo gets blown out.

I'm really happy with the linen texture.

Like most of my projects, this one was a lot of fun.  The couple missteps on the selection of brass parts and reordering new parts forced me to slow down and re-think things.  I pleased with how the hardware bits came together in the end.  I had some dread about making the shade because that was a first for me, it wasn't terribly difficult to do.  While it has some flaws, it's perfectly serviceable (and maybe hints that it was handmade?).  The base with the driver is quite heavy enough to keep the lamp stable.  I'm sure I could have shaved a little more off the thickness with no trouble at all.  The LED assembly provides well-diffused light through the shade, and it should make it a good reading lamp.  Throughout the build, there were good challenges to chew on - the best kind of project.  

Now I just need to find a good place to put it.