Provides good up and down light with a 3-way switch, a function that you have to really search for these days.  I love the shallow arch.  It allows the lamp to sit nicely in a corner behind our chair without forcing the chair too far into the room.  I wish that the lower shade nested further up in the top shade.  It looks like it's almost falling out of the upper shade.  The switch is at the top of the upper shade and it's a bit of a pain tp have to reach up there, especially if a person is short.