I ordered two lamps.  The bases are beautiful.  However,  one base has a defect in it.  Also, although the shades are white with the light off, they are beige colored with the light on, which  is very disappointing to me.  ( I changed the type of bulb, but the shade was still beige.). Despite the defect and the beige color, I decided to keep the lamps instead of deal with returning them.