Hand-knotted Kashmir Oriental Rug in Silk, 249 × 170 cm

A red and orange Kashmir rug from India, hand-knotted, 249 × 170 cm. Kashmir looms work in the Persian idiom but in northern India, generally in silk or a silk-like fibre. The stated density is 500,000-599,999 knots/sqm; over 4.23 m² that is roughly 2.3 million knots, a solid workshop density. Pile 100% silk,, warp 100% cotton. A silk pile shifts tone as you move past it — the same field reads light from one side of the room and dark from the other. 4.23 m² is the size that suits a study or a bedroom foot-of-bed position. Proportion 1.46:1. This is the only example of this rug; when it is gone the size and drawing do not repeat.