Very nice rug.  I had hoped for a tighter pile: pile density would be nice to have on the description.  However, for the price the rug is better and more beautiful than I had hoped.Update March 2017We had a cat/wine bottle mishap and a 1.5L bottle of red wine saturated the rug.  It didn't show much staining, but it was sticky, so I used a rug cleaner.  The rug cleaned up nicely, but dried a bit wavy.  I have to tape the middle of one edge down as it rolled up into a tripping hazard.  I still consider it a good rug for a spill-prone area, but now consider it a temporary investment - not heirloom quality by any means.