The shade is great, nice clean simple linen look, as advertised. The metal finish is fine, a little rustic as goes with the cottage look. The swing arm action is good. Docking one star because of the first two I ordered, one was obviously a previous return or perhaps a floor model: the switch was stripped so the light didn't work at all, the lamp had been rewired and all of the mounting hardware was missing. A replacement was shipped without problem and is fine, but the whole business was a terrible nuisance and I do wish there were some kind of pre-shipping check, as this is not an infrequent occurrence with lights and fans.