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I bought this lamp for my living room, which has a cathedral ceiling with no ceiling lighting (needed, since this lamp is surprisingly tall). It fits nicely in the corner, with one leg of the corner piece of my sectional passing through the loop of the base so it doesn't go anywhere. The brushed finish looks nice and the dimmer knob has a nice amount of resistance when turning, so it doesn't feel cheap. The body is tall enough that the dimmer knob is easily accessible a couple inches above the height of the back of my sectional.
The major problem with the lamp is that the connection between the body tube and the base is weak. Another reviewer mentioned this, but had a different issue than I had. Instead of welds breaking, for me the problem was the materials. Inside of the bottom end of the body is a rectangular bracket that is welded parallel with the bottom. It has a threaded hole drilled in it that a threaded metal tube fits in. This tube then passes through a hole in the base and is secured on the bottom side with a large washer and a nut.
The threaded tube did not fit securely in the threaded hole in the body with the parts I received in the initial shipment. This meant that when I tightened the bottom nut to secure the body to the base, a very minor sideways force on the body (less than you would expect from reasonable movement of the completed lamp, such as moving it into place) caused enough torque to make the threaded tube jump threads in the hole in the body. It was all downhill from there, as jumping threads caused both the threads on the tube and in the hole to progressively strip. I tried flipping the tube around as the other side seemed to be a bit more secure, but even this didn't work and eventually I could walk the tube out by hand by pulling it while rocking it back and forth.
The lamp was unusable at that point. I contacted the seller and, thankfully, they quickly agreed to send a replacement body and threaded tube. When these new parts arrived a few days later, I was able to successfully construct the lamp and move it into place with no incidents, though I was very conscious of the force I was applying throughout the process.
So, thanks to the seller for being accommodating. Unfortunately, I probably wouldn't buy this product again. It's cheap, but in this case you get what you pay for as the manufacturer clearly has part-to-part consistency and/or materials problems.
Another note for people interested in efficiency: this lamp comes with 40W incandescent candelabra bulbs. It is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to find dimmable CFLs of comparable power that have the candelabra base. I found only one source online, but have been reluctant to buy them at $11 apiece without shipping. One might try non-dimmable bulbs, which are much more readily available in this size (and cheaper) and only using the lamp at full power, but I'd still worry about bulb lifetime.
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Straight out of the 50's and 6o's, this heavy duty, well-made lamp speaks contemporary and traditional languages with ease. My only concern at first was that the arms of the lamp were stiff and pointed ceiling-ward. With time, though, tension in the arms has relaxed and the arms highlight contemporary paintings. I especially love the dimmer switch. Pricewise this lamp is outstanding.
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