Like most table lamps these days, the lamp body is resin. Not a bad thing, considering it won't ding up as much if it should fall off my nightstand. I bought two for the master bedroom. The cons are that the lampshades do not sit level because the hole in the top finial was drilled at an angle rather than straight, resulting in the shades being crooked if I screwed the finial all the way. So I have to keep the finial a bit loose. One shade also has a small dark blemish on it which looks like a shadow. Not too bad if I position that side to the back.