Hand-knotted Kashmir Oriental Rug in Silk, 279 × 186 cm

A white and beige Kashmir rug from India, hand-knotted, 279 × 186 cm. Kashmir looms work in the Persian idiom but in northern India, generally in silk or a silk-like fibre. Around 2.9 million knots went into this piece (500,000-599,999 knots/sqm) — a knot count that balances detail against durability. 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. A mid-size piece at 5.19 m² — bedside, before a fireplace, or under a small table. Proportion 1.5:1. Every rug here is a single piece — there is no second one in this size and colour.