The lamp didn't come with instructions but it looked simple enough to put it together. However, It took a lot longer than expected. The key is to put together the poles first then attach them to the base. Assembling it piece by piece will result in the poles not being angled in correctly. In fact, I couldn't put in the top half of the pole at all until I took it all apart again and assembled the poles first.

There were some quality issues. The base had multiple shallow dents. It's not too noticeable unless one takes a closer look. Also, a couple of the pole pieces had dents on the edges which I thought may cause problems with assembly but didn't. I simply turned the pole so that the dents on the pole didn't show.

In all and all, the lamp is unique and looks wonderful (from not too close a distance).

My rating is actual 3 1/2 stars but since the rating system doesn't allow for half a star, I rounded up to four. It is a beautiful lamp after all.