This lamp is really beautiful.  Style-wise, it's exactly what I was looking for.  The marble base is hefty and very pretty, giving the lamp a good solid feel.  It was a little annoying to assemble, and the toughest part is that it's very hard to get the curved part of the pole to bend so that the lamp is perpendicular with the floor.  It has a tendancy of rising up (being less curved) so that the lamp is almost titled up rather than being flat.  I found that it does settle into itself in a day or two, probably due to the weight of the pole and the lamp shade.  I keep tugging on it and sure enough now it looks like the pictures and I'm very happy!