The lamp base is beautiful.  I bought two; one had a damaged shade and AllModern immediately replaced it.  The reason I rated the lamps a "3" is that the shades the manufacturer provided are 16" wide and scaled too small for the lamps.  I had to find replacement shades which increased the overall price significantly.  However, I love the lamps with 18" shades.  (I know someone who purchased two of these lamps elsewhere and the shades were properly sized at 18".  Perhaps the manufacturer had a supply issue with the shades.)