List Price: $554.73
Sale Price: $416.95
Today's Bonus: 25% Off
The basic purchasing metrics; the lamp was
priced very competitively
shipped in a timely manner
was very well packaged
matched picture and description
But, most importantly... This is a quality and stylish lamp that I will treasure for years. It is a real classic in form. The main metal fitting appear to be be bronze (or finished in a manner that would take some real metallurgy knowledge to tell the difference). The legs are constrained together by nicely finished heavy leather straps. The lamp supports a 3-way bulb. The switch mechanism appears to be quality with a nice crisp snap as your rotate it between positions. The wooden legs are uniformly cut and have a nice, clean finish.
My local mega-lighting store couldn't do as well and certainly not on the price. Now I'm thinking that this lamp could use a brother or sister from the Authentic Models product line. Time to start saving my pennies.
The only thing that a buyer might consider... The lamp is keeping a nice, straight vertical line with the tripod fully extended. This consumes about a 2.5 foot footprint. If you didn't have the space to fully expand the tripod, I don't know if it would keep a vertical or develop a tendency to lean. The center straps are at their "tightest" notch. However, a leather hole punch might be able to open up one more notch for narrowing the tripod stance.
However, the cheesey fake story-telling that the manufacturer chooses for a description of their product is annoying. It would be really nice if they just gave the facts (what is the wood? rosewood, I think. is it bronze? let you know ahead of time that it is a 3-way switch, etc...)
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