Packaged really well to avoid breaking the globe. Bronze is more of a gold color and not a cheesy cheap gold. Only downside is installation is hard and time consuming. I did not do this on my own. I hired an electrician and it took him nearly 2 hours to get this up. He mentioned some parts were cheap on the backend and broke so he had to fix them. That's coming from a professional. Once it was up it was gorgeous and as described.