This bedset is absolutely beautiful. The paisley pattern is exquisite and is actually stitched -- not printed -- onto the fabric of the comforter and pillow shams resulting in a nice brocade-like texture. The brown and white thread used in the stitching is on the shiny side, the latter creating a silvery blue, almost reflective effect under certain lighting conditions that makes the pattern really stand out against the matte brown of the underlying material. For the price, I was pleasantly surprised.
I would have given five stars, EXCEPT for the fact that I purchased the Cal king set, and although the bed sheets fit the mattress properly, the comforter does not -- it's the same comforter of the same dimensions as what's included in the regular king set. Area-wise, a standard king mattress is actually larger than a Cal king, but the Cal king is longer and narrower than a king mattress. I cannot speak to how the comforter fits on a king-size bed, but on my Cal king, it's 2-3 inches too long on the sides and to get the corners to look right with sufficient length hanging off the end of the bed so that the mattress is not exposed, I wind up with 8 inches of the mattress/bedsheets left exposed at the top. This practice of using the same sized comforter in both king and Cal king bedsets is not unique to Madison Park (not the first time I've run into this situation) but it still annoys me -- I would gladly pay a few extra bucks for a comforter that is properly sized for my Cal king bed. If I'd noticed the comforter dimensions beforehand, I probably wouldn't have ordered this set; that said, it's so pretty I opted to keep it and have basically learned to look past its (literal) shortcomings.