While pretty from a distance, this rug looks somewhat cheap up close.  I DID get a great deal on it, I guess that should have been a clue to the quality.  It looks very plastic due to the polyester fiber's quality.  Also it has kept some of the rumples that were there from rolling it up for shipping.  It could never fool anyone as being an expensive rug.  That being said, I kept it and am using it.  The rubber backing should have been my clue that this was a more casual rug--  rug-buying lesson learned, I guess.