BUYERS, BEWARE!  What a shock to discover that this delightfully colored rug can NOT be vacuumed!  This is rug is created through the weaving of long silk strips through the pattern of a white crocheted base, and the color strips are NOT knotted or secured down permanently to the base.  So, any type of vacuum cleaner with suction (like mine) pulls the strips out of the rug and, oh, what destruction!  I had to spend hours with my Size P crochet hook, reweaving the strips back into my rug!