Stop! Don't buy this lamp! One of the pieces arrived with imperfections, but I don't want to pay to return it because the next one will probably also have marks on the base. But the main problem is the lampshade. It barely qualifies as a lampshade. You get two metal rings and some cheap plastic backed fabric with Velcro and you are supposed to "roll" it together and use the flimsy plastic clips to make it into a lampshade. Even when you do it correctly--and only one of the clips breaks--you still end up with a lampshade that is disproportionately too small for the lamp. A final problem is where the switch is located. The instructions tell you to place the lamp "behind furniture" to avoid having it tip over. But since the foot switch is oddly located, if you place it behind furniture, you won't be able to turn it on or off. All in all, an overpriced mistake of a lamp and I hope this review can spare someone else the unpleasant discovery that it isn't the way it seems.