Hand-knotted Kashmir Oriental Rug in Silk, 301 × 97 cm

A white and beige Kashmir rug from India, hand-knotted, 301 × 97 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 1.6 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. The proportion (3.1:1) is a runner’s. It suits a hallway or the length of a kitchen, not the middle of a room. Proportion 3.1:1. One of a kind: hand-knotted rugs are not made in editions, so this exact piece exists once.