The lamp looks great and as advertised, after a bit of work. The assembly was actually a bit tough. The metal base came bent and had to be reshaped before I could get the pipe to stand straight up. Also I had to unscrew and rescrew the base as well as the bulb socket in order to get the switch and the outlet for the cord aligned the way I wanted it to be. Fortunately I didn't break anything in the process. Looks great otherwise.