SRINANGAR. Area Rug, Natural Pile Silk Blue.

Srinagar/carpet/floral natural silk blue Dimensions: 279x369 BLUE/floral pattern incorporated Former DM price: 12,620 DM The city of Srinagar is the capital and knotting center of the Indian part of Kashmir and is synonymous with the carpets of this provenance. It has been knotted here since the 14th century. Today Kashmir is famous for its silk carpets, they are considered to be the finest and highest quality carpets in India. Their patterns have Persian influences, the field pattern, which is knotted a lot in Qom, is particularly popular. In contrast to the Persian models, the colors of the cashmere carpets are softer in pastel tones.

The knotting scales indicate the knots per inch in the warp and weft directions. The most common range from 16/16 to 18/18 knots/inch, which is around 400,000 to 500,000 knots/m2. From a gauge of 22/22 knots/inch, silk is knotted, the settings below have a cotton warp. Silk or mercerised cotton is used as pile material.