Ordered 2 rugs Tuesday evening and had them by Thursday morning. Packaged extremely well. Only rolled one out so far just to see what it really looks like. No odor, rolled out flat I think due to its weight and the heavy canvas type backing. It is thick and looked just like the picture as far as being that rusty red. I was confused because it had the safeviah brand on it with it coming from the it antiquities collection. I called Wayfair and was told the manufacturer has their own name. Doesn't really matter, the rug I received is the one at the Wayfair  site. I dont care what they call it as long as my order is correct. Which it was.I put the model number in at another on line retailer and the savefeiah rug came up. At a bit of a higher price. So overall happy so far. Can't give 5 stars because I rolled it up and re-packaged it til our renovation is done and we can actually walk on them. Can't speak to the shedding although I will expect some.