New square Handmade oriental carpet No. 60637 Kashmir Silk India 261 x 248 cm

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Item Number:	60637
Name:	Kashmir Silk
Country of Origin:	India
Size:	261 x 248 cm
Age:	new
Pile:	Silk
Design:	floral / allover
Ground Color:	blue / turquoise / aquamarine
Knots per sqm:	500,000
Remarks:	This is a unique handmade / hand-knotted / traditional oriental carpet The pile of this carpet is made of silk This carpet has a total of approximately 3,235,000 knots and it took skilled carpet makers about 4,313 hours or 479 working days to hand-knot this carpet.

Price (incl. VAT):	£ 3,700

Estimated delivery time:
4 - 8 working days

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More about the provenance Kashmir | India

Kashmir is the most northern province of India. Since many years it is a controversial and contested area between Pakistan and India. Kashmir has become famous for its traditional printed woolen and embroidered cloths. The often used Kashmir wool comes from the Kashmir goat whose underwool (the fluff hair) is being made into high quality yarn. The beginning of carpet making has a romantic story around it: back in 1398 when the Sultan of Kashmir sent his son as the highest tribute to Samarkand (Uzbekistan). His son was very impressed by the high culture of this city and contacted rug makers who later accompanied him back to Kashmir. Since Mogul Emperor Jahangir (1605-1627) the Kashmir rugs belong to the highest quality Indo-Persian rugs.