Beautiful looking rug, I purchased the runner for my front entry. It does shed little tufts of carpet. To be fair, I have a cat and she likes to help that process along, but none the less I find myself picking up tufts of carpet that have come off, or trimming loose threads quite often. It’s a little disappointing, I was waffling between 3 and 4 stars for this. It’s very lovely looking carpet and perhaps it would shed less without a pet involved, so I’m giving it 4 stars.