The gold base is beautiful and heavy, it feels rich. The shades are a beautiful woven linen, a detail I did not notice before buying. They are more bright white in color. However, both lamps have issues with the wiring where the shades sit askew. The one is more substantial than the other and will require real work and tools to bend and straighten out the wire so that the lamp shade does not slant at a 15* angle. That is disappointing and the reason for the 3 stars.