A simple Lack shelf with glass on it - probably strong enough, but it needs to be wired up somehow... It lacks the structural integrity to embed light sockets and route wiring through it (it's a cardboard honeycomb).
Solution: a DIY floating shelf adapted from https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/modern-floating-shelf.
Building the shelf
Final desired dimensions: approx 4' x 10" x 3"
Required lumber (all 1x3s - I used better wood than I probably needed to, but the few "regular" 1x3s that home depot had in stock looked kind of garbage):
2 46.5"
2 10"
8 8.5" (all of these have a 3/8" hole drilled to run the wiring)
Then 1/4" plywood panels to cover:
2 48" x 10" (top and bottom)
2 10.25 x 3" (sides)
1 48" x 3" (front)
Beam layup - supports flanking where the lights are mounted, then one more in the each of the two large gaps. Wood is all glued/predrilled/screwed together. I probably didn't need to screw the plywood panels to the support 1x3s since they're not actually load-bearing and it would've been easier to finish, but I didn't think about that at the time.
Wiring it up
Sockets are attached to the loose plywood panel with the threaded ring
Built, wired, and assembled; test fit (but the short light bulbs don't illuminate all three sections of the middle glass):
Had to inset the dimmer since the shank wasn't quite long enough. This would've been way easier to do before the box was assembled.
But the dimmer knob turned out great!
Finished product - wonderful glass!
I had to find some weird bulbs that were tall enough to light all three sections of the middle shape.
To make everything look a little bit more finished, brass bobeches and finials were attached to the tops of each glass piece.
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