Hand-knotted Kashmir Oriental Rug in Silk, 187 × 183 cm

A hand-knotted Kashmir rug from India, 187 × 183 cm. Kashmir looms work in the Persian idiom but in northern India, generally in silk or a silk-like fibre. Silk pile on a Silk warp. 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. 3.42 m² suits a study or a foot-of-bed position. The format is square (187 × 183 cm), which is uncommon and worth measuring for before it arrives. This is the only example of this rug; when it is gone the size and drawing do not repeat.