I have had this lamp for a bit now, very occasional lamp and I loved it. Last night I had it on for just a bit..when I went to turn it off, the entire thing went up in flames! Flames were shooting out the socket, blew out the light bulb and singed everything! Thank goodness it did not catch the curtains on fire, it was close and the flames were hugging them, but it went out. VERY scary and dangerous! Still cant figure out what happened, but felt the need to share, be careful!