Hand-knotted Kashmir Oriental Rug in Silk, 252 × 176 cm

Hand-knotted from India: a Kashmir rug measuring 252 × 176 cm. Kashmir pieces are woven in northern India; the field is usually a close floral rather than an open ground. At 500,000-599,999 knots/sqm the pile holds around 2.4 million knots in total — a medium-fine weave that wears well underfoot. 100% silk & 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. At 252 × 176 cm it works as a defined island rather than wall-to-wall cover. Proportion 1.43:1. One of a kind: hand-knotted rugs are not made in editions, so this exact piece exists once.