I bought this to finish a setting in my school library that opened in 1926 down the street from a Carnegie Library.  I wanted my desk display to fit it with that history so this lamp was perfect!  I used a vintage-style wooden American flag on the back wall and our original accession book (opened to Dec 1941).  I love the whole look and wouldn't change a thing.  What made it so great was the price of this lamp including the "vintage" bulb!