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Item Number:
52241
Name:
Kashmir
Country of Origin:
India
Size:
552 x 357 cm
Age:
new
Pile:
Viskose
Design:
floral and geometric / allover
Ground Color:
multi coloured
Knots per sqm:
450,000
Remarks:
This is a unique handmade / hand-knotted / traditional oriental carpet
The pile of this carpet is made of viscose
This carpet has a total of approximately 8,869,500 knots and it took skilled carpet makers about 11,826 hours or 1,314 working days to hand-knot this carpet.
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.
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