This is an excellent runner as it doesn’t lose its shape like thinner ones do. It’s well crafted and fairly thick. It lays nicely and hangs well so the thickness is not a problem as far as aesthetics go. However, if you have a narrow table, plates may wobble if they sit partly on runner. The table in this picture is 39” wide and 57” long. We’ve been able to use it and eat at the table comfortably but if I was serving a holiday dinner for 6, I’d use the thinner one I replaced with this. (That won’t happen in 2020 but the look of this runner would be worth the extra effort of swapping it for a meal). It looks expensive and adds a lot to the room. I really am glad I purchased it. It