Solid quality.  It seems well constructed and after having it for a couple of weeks, it feels solid with no squeaks.  The gold color is sort of a muted gold/brass.  Really lovely.  There are a LOT of pieces but every part is numbered and the parts all come in a sealed package.  My advice is to lay it all out first and then simply follow the instruction pictures.  Not hard but seriously time consuming.  Between the two of us it took 3 hours.  As I said, a LOT of parts.