Revised Review: The rug is beautiful, but STILL (over a year later) sheds like crazy. When I read the other reviews complaining of shedding, I was expecting that the longer/fringe yarn strands would pull out. Nope. You will have tiny synthetic fibers creating dust bunnies forever. I need to empty my vacuum every time I run it over the rug. It's great visually to tie together my light grey walls and natural brick fireplace with a brown mantle, but I would not purchase again. Could be good for an extremely low traffic area, but doesn't hold up to daily interaction.