Kashmir Oriental Rug 76 × 213 cm, Silk, hand-knotted

Overview

A Kashmir Oriental rug from India, measuring 76 × 213 cm. It covers approximately 1.62 m², or 2.5′ × 7.0′. Kashmir rugs are knotted in northern India in the Persian tradition, usually in silk or a silk-like fibre, with densely drawn floral fields.

Materials and construction

Stated material: cotton warp, silk. The rug was knotted entirely by hand on the loom, which is why the surface is not mechanically even but carries the small irregularities that mark hand work. A silk pile changes tone with the angle of view: the same area reads lighter or darker as you move around it. The cotton warp holds the rug flat and keeps it dimensionally stable.

Size and placement

The rug is a runner format. A runner suits a hallway, a landing or the length of a kitchen, where a rectangular rug would sit awkwardly. In our size filter it is listed under Runner up to 300cm.

On the knot count

A coarser count, typical of village and nomad work, where the pile is thicker and the rug hard-wearing.

Period

Stated age: contemporary. The pile is still full and largely unwalked. The dominant colour range is white and beige. The piece is a one-off: in this combination of size, material, knot count and drawing it exists exactly once, and it cannot be reordered once sold.