This is a beautiful piece of furniture!  It was pretty easy to assemble although (be warned) it’s necessary to look closely at the drawings in the instructions to differentiate the recessed holes vs. nonrecessed.  So, I assembled it 1 1/2 times.  It also had a sizable chunk chipped off (probably at the factory since it was faultlessly packed) but it was in a place that neither affected the appearance nor the structural integrity.  And it is beautiful.