This rug was sewn poorly. Instead of the usual tight weave, it appears loosely woven with the appearance that it was sewn in a rush and cheap. I have this same rug  in 3 sizes from this manufacturer and they are 4-5 years old and I simply wanted to replace them because of fraying due to heavy traffic.  We loved them. But this specific size had been on backorder for more than a month. I was very disapppointed. My old rug appears to be of much better quality. It appears these rugs (unless I have a Lemon) were sewn very quickly or on poor equipment to fill backorders as quickly as possible. I know this manufacturer can do better than this and for that would still recommend this item/manufacturer. I am in the process of trying to return this for another in hopes it will be made like my old one.