The product was packaged well. There was, however, a stain on the base on arrival. (pictured)  Annoying to see but I was able to wipe it clean with a paper towel. The lamp was easy to assemble.  It came with simple directions along with a picture diagram.  The lamp shade nice but it is a little flimsy and was a bit tedious to get it to fit correctly.  The trick is to use the finial to slightly move the flat base at the top of the harp to make it straighter before you add the shade. (pictured) That seemed to do the work for me.  It is a 3 way lamp so make sure you go out and buy a 3 way bulb so it will work properly.   At 61 inches it is shorter than the 70 inch torch lamp I used to have in that space but it gives off good light. Overall nice lamp for the price. (you may or may not be able to see the pictures I included. Not sure what you have to do to make them pop up)