Thick, luxurious, and the colours are true to the pictures. As indicated in the previous reviews this rug does shed; a lot. Most likely because it is handmade. Over the past couple months I have had to regularly vacuum up the constantly shedding fibres; however, I’m please to report that as time goes by the shedding has decreased. I suspect it will stop eventually. Despite the maintenance the rug is lovely and the perfect size and colours I was looking for.