These lamps are beautiful once they are assembled, but assembling them is a nightmare. Perhaps I just got unlucky since other folks said they were easy The cord that feeds down through the lamp, which you are supposed to « gently » pull out in order to screw in the socket, CANNOT be pulled through, gently or otherwise. It is so difficult to pull, it actually feels like it’s firmly secured inside the base. There is no give whatsoever. I spent almost half an hour on one and eventually managed to force enough of the cord down into the base to be able to screw the socket on. I haven’t managed to do so with the second so far. Extremely frustrating. Very attractive to look at though.