Hand-knotted Kashmir Oriental Rug in Silk, 296 × 203 cm

A hand-knotted Kashmir rug from India, 296 × 203 cm. Kashmir looms work in the Persian idiom but in northern India, generally in silk or a silk-like fibre. Around 2.7 million knots went into this piece (400,000-499,999 knots/sqm) — a knot count that balances detail against durability. 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. The cotton foundation holds it flat and dimensionally stable. At 6.01 m² it takes a sofa and two chairs with the front legs on the rug. Proportion 1.46:1. Every rug here is a single piece — there is no second one in this size and colour.