From afar and in pictures  the lamp looks great but I has a few flaws. 1) the lamp has three rods that connect and all are various colors of gold (which is more of a brass) one is shiny, another is more brassy, and the other a distressed gold 2) the base is impossible to line up correctly with with shade - it’s off centered so either I keep it off centered or loosen it up to center it and just deal with some wiggle. There are other lamps with a similar look that cost less than this. I thought the extra $50 would be worth it but sadly it is not!