Lovely rug. Has a sheen that mimics silk and it's soft and thin. Great for public areas where you're leery of someone tripping over the edge. From one direction, the sheen lightened it considerably while from the other, it was pretty dark. Interesting effect. It'll be interesting to see how it wears. It's not very stiff so turned up edges really wasn't a problem. We reverse rolled it for a day to help.