Beautiful style, heavier than I was expecting. The four shades are of different qualities, one being thick, the next thin, but not obvious when the light is hung. Throws a tremendous amount of light, especially with the 60 watt bulbs we used. Will probably change to 40 watters. My husband reports that it was easy to install. Overall very pleased with this fixture, only gave it 4 stars because of the inconsistencies in quality (but for manufacture in China, that's what you get).