The Verdant Vines Modern Damask pattern looks good, reasonably decent quality and thickness for price (I paid $35.00 for a 2 ft, 3 inch X 3ft 11inch short runner.) Label says: Designed in USA, Made in Turkey. "Shed Resistant, Stain Resistant" Material: Polypropylene. When I eyeball it and pinch it, I would say that including the base it's 3/4" thick. Feels OK on bare feet, not super plush but OK. DISCLAIMER: This runner is sitting on top of my other regular living room carpet. So really, I'm testing it with added cushion to start with. I use this to protect a high traffic walkthrough area as our overall living room carpet install was fairly expensive. It took a week or so for the ends to completely uncurl and lay flat. Starting with a rating of 4 stars, we'll see how it holds up to repeated vacuuming and cleaning.December 2018: I liked this run so much I bought the longer runner version and put it in our basement. The corners initially will want to curl up a bit upon initial unrolling but I just put a weight on each corner for a day or so and the problem went away. Raising to 5 stars. I am pleased with the value received/ quality of both versions I purchased of this rug for the cost.