Hand-knotted Kashmir Oriental Rug in Silk, 289 × 182 cm

A white and beige Kashmir rug from India, hand-knotted, 289 × 182 cm. Kashmir looms work in the Persian idiom but in northern India, generally in silk or a silk-like fibre. At 500,000-599,999 knots/sqm the pile holds around 2.9 million knots in total — a medium-fine weave that wears well underfoot. 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. The cotton foundation holds it flat and dimensionally stable. At 289 × 182 cm it works as a defined island rather than wall-to-wall cover. Proportion 1.59:1. One of a kind: hand-knotted rugs are not made in editions, so this exact piece exists once.