The quality is very good, however the rug is going back. The background color, which I thought would be more ivory or cream is really a grayish taupe color...much darker than I thought.  Totally different from the photo online. The taupe is so dark that the gold stems are totally hidden. You have to get very close to the rug before you even can detect that there are gold stems. From a short distance the brown stems are the only ones visible. Please be advised to only order this rug if you are looking for a grayish taupe background.