The rod itself is pretty, but came with flaws in the ball, and a scratch on the finish.  The mounting hardware is terrible. We only hung two panels up, and the day after installing it the brackets had bent and were falling out of the wall.  We kept it because we needed a rod of that length and design, so we turned the flaws to the wall, and reinforced/replaced the mounting hardware.   It can be made to work, but it's not an ideal product.