This is a beautiful rug.  It shed really bad in transit or at least I hope the black dirt I have to keep sweeping and vacuuming is from the rug shedding.  It was like someone had rolled the rug in black dirt.  It was a mess. After I dealt with the majority of this issue (I'm still dealing with it somewhat, every time I pick up an end of the rug, there's a whole set of black dirt like substance that has to be vacuumed daily), I really love the look of it under my table.   I would give this a 5 star if it weren't for the continuous black dirt I have to keep vacuuming.  Hopefully, that will subside once it's all gone.  The rug is too thick and heavy to shake it out so I'll just have to keep moving everything and doing my best to keep it clean underneath and througought .