These are lovely.  Good solid weight.  Very simple to put the shades on.  The base isn't silver though..has a gold tone tone so I almost returned them, but managed to blend them into the room.  The shades are a lovely shape, but the material is thin and seems to have lines that look like loose threads between the outer & inner lining ..but there isn't; they're only visible when the light is on.  Not sure if this is a fault in the material and no one noticed so decided to keep them.