Kashmir Indian Rug — hand-knotted, 154 × 93 cm, Silk

About this rug

Origin India, format 154 × 93 cm — a Kashmir made entirely by hand. That is roughly 1.43 m² of floor, about 5.1' × 3.1'.

What it is made of

Stated material: cotton warp, silk. The rug was hand-knotted throughout. Pile height is given as approx. 10 mm. Weight is given as ap. 4 kg.

Format and use

The rug is rectangular. A format for a smaller room, or the area directly in front of a sofa.

Knot density and quality

The stated knot density is 500,000–599,999 knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

How it reads

It is catalogued under red and orange. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.

Age

Stated condition: new.