Aesthetically pleasing to look at and (in the sale) reasonably priced. However, this is the most uncomfortable chair I have ever used. Too firm on the base and basically bowl shaped with no lumbar support makes sitting for short and long periods extremely uncomfortable. Even when you push yourself to the back to try to gain support it fails as a comfortable chair. Everyone who has tried it also say it is aesteically pleasing but too firm and uncomfortable for long periods. Also the back is tooo low, I am 5' 8" and there is no neck support. One gets the feeling the designer has not sat in this chair. Some self assembly was required, but not difficult to do. Packaging was not Evri proofed and the box was considerably damaged on arrival, however, the chair was undamaged, more by luck from my perspective. Delivery was reasonably quick.