It arrived carefully package in a relatively small box. The individual arms were attached but need to be spread out into the correct position and tightened with a nut - this was very fiddly to do and took quite a while with the spanner tool provided. The light has a high quality appearance. My only issue is that the bracket is not large enough to support the light in a level position. The light is long and fairly heavy so it tipped slightly and I needed to put a wedge between the fitting and the ceiling on one side to keep it level.