I was worried about this when I read it was acrylic but I didn’t need to be as you would never know.  It sparkles like real crystal and is incredibly impressive.  We have had nothing but glowing comments about it as it makes our room and I can’t recommend it enough.  My only criticism would be the instructions are not the most clear to follow and to this day I’m not sure we’ve quite put all the crystals and chains where they should be and it was also very fiddly to put together but other than that I would highly recommend this to anyone thinking of buying it - you won’t be disappointed.