This is a beautiful rug, soft feel and unrolled without any problems.  It does shed. After 3 months I am beginning to see a reduction in the amount of shedding (Reason for 4 stars and not 5).I love the rug but, as other reviewers mentioned the colors do deceive. I thought there would be more golds. It does appear more on the reddsih/orange/pinkish side. I thought the darker color was black, but it is brown. There are also some strips of gray which worked for me.  I considered returning it but have made it work.