The lampshade has damage on it (rips,holes, & creases), but was not discovered until we had ready attached it to the base. The light is really beautiful, once you figure out how to put it all together. The instructions are written backwards. We had to pull out all the wiring & redo it. When attaching the lamp to the outlet box, it required pulling all the electrical wires up through the screw, which made it difficult to then shorten up the extra wires & screw the lamp onto the post. If we were to replace the damaged lampshade, the whole thing would have to be disassembled.