It's a beautiful piece of furniture - well constructed. Both, were received slightly damaged, but not so bad that I can't live with it. The damage was on the rear top/side. (slightly crushed area) Both were packaged correctly.  Packers really tried to head off such things, but still, some damage occurred. (could have been much worse, were they not packaged so well.) It makes me tend to not "roll the dice" buying over the internet. 
                                                                                                                                  Best Regards,
                                                                                                                                              John Easton