24851- Damask Hand-Knotted/Handmade Indian Rug/Carpet Modern Authentic / Size: 8'0" x 5'8"/244cm x 173cm

24851- Damask Hand-Knotted/Handmade Indian Rug/Carpet Modern Authentic / Size: 8'0" x 5'8"/244cm x 173cmNR: 24851Location: Damask Size: 8'0" x 5'8" 244cm x 173cmCountry: IndiaPile: WoolBase: Cotton AGRA Details: Agra has been a large center of carpet making since the period of Mughal art in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The carpet industry was revived there while under British rule in the nineteenth century. The Mughal tradition was reestablished, along with an interest in newly derived designs in current Persian rug production during the

The elephant foot and octagonal gul motifs tend to look best in smaller sizes that make the most of the intricate pattern and have fewer repetitions of the form

These oriental beauties are made on vertical looms with both the warp and the weft being made of cotton

on an ivory background

and patterns

the turkish knot that is used in Senneh carpets

Size: 7'4" x 5'1"/224cm x 155cm

Ghashgais are often confused with Shiraz carpets

Although these carpets have no roots in ancient tradition

and other parts of the Caucasus

NR: 14645

Size: 7'7" x 5'9" / 231cm x 175cm

Those Sumac rugs that are embroidered with silk make better decorative rugs than floor rugs