It's really getting out of hand with this spammer. The product actually seems decent, but it's like 50 million new users come out of the woodwork when anyone asks about floor lamps these days and it's always this vendor.

Thanks all! Michael, your lamp has the normal, sensible shade system and it seems that style was popular for at least 50 years. I guess it technically takes 2 shades but they are still available. Well, at least mine takes normal lightbulbs. :) BB, I'm not sure what a lamp shop would do with it! I can look around for some restorers though, although it's not worth restoring unless I can find a shade. The shade made it. I WOULD like to know what the metal is supposed to look like. The lamp is in pieces right now and mostly cleaned. The bits are all plated and lacquered. I assume it's not chrome because you don't bother lacquering chrome. And I'm quite sure it's nitrocellulose lacquer. (I've delacquered enough brass instruments from this era.) I do have to do the pole still. That'll be a bathtub job. And this is why every home needs a tub, even if everyone showers.

I don't know that this is the right kind of lamp for the space. This kind of lamp is usually used in an area where it has to reach to light. It isn't usually used to light anything that is this close to the base. Can you find an actual reading floor lamp to use instead?

I know the chances of it fulfilling all the high quality, good warranty points are slim, but if anyone knows of any reputable retailers or brands that sells an arc floor lamp, better than CB2 "BIG DIPPER ARC BRASS FLOOR LAMP", let me know. I've heard about some quality issues so was curious if I could do better. Not looking to spend more than $300-$400 or so (give or take). Really like the height and wide reach of the CB2 lamp, so if I put it behind an end table, the hanging drum would end up somewhere in the center of my 70 inch sofa.