The lamp base is great. It is sturdy and has a quality appearance, especially the unique brass and glass spheres. The lamp was easy to assemble. The reason for the 4-star review is that the shade is atrocious. It arrived with several dents, but that just added insult to injury. The shade is super shoddy and low quality. You can literally see glue marks in multiple spots that show up as blotchy dark spots when the lamp is on (tried to capture in photo, very noticeable in person) Putting a cheap, unattractive shade on a very nice lamp base makes no sense. Buy this for the base only and be prepared to have to hunt for a shade.