I am thoroughly pleased with these two lamps. Great quality for the price. The base is not exactly level on either lamp, but does not rock back and forth very much at all on my end tables. The electric cord is a grey woven cord. Beautiful foundation and neck of the product. I really like that the foundation and neck does not come apart (like my other lamps). I like the height of the product.  The foundation and neck feels like metal. The color is just what I expected; however, I didn't expect the birds to be a slightly lighter color. I like the color difference; beautiful slight contrast. The lamp shades ARE NOT WHITE. The lamp shade is actually an off-white or perhaps closer to a tan color. Again, I like the lamp shade color. These lamps do come with a single pair of bulbs (very nice surprise!).