buyers beware! we purchased these to be used as bedroom sconces. If you have to use something daily and close to your head, this is not for you. The product was defective in the following ways: 
- "Brass" is painted on....poorly 
- the threads to screw on the shade were crushed
- there is a scratch in the mounting piece
- the electrical wires looked like this had been a returned product because they were already clipped

HOWEVER, if you were using these sconces far away from your eye and could not see defects, it might serve you and the price might be right. We didn't try to wire/plug in because they were too damaged cosmetically to keep.