Category: Persian carpets

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Use and Care Information

Use and Care Information

Hand-made Persian mulberry silk carpets are very durable, so you don’t need to worry if you get a stain on your silk carpet. Most stains can be cleaned successfully. Blot carefully, do not scrub. Excessive scrubbing can damage the carpet and spread the stain further into the carpet. With liquid spills, always remove as much of the spill as possible with a clean rag or towel. To clean a stain, use cold water. If something stronger is needed, we recommend a mild detergent diluted with cold water, or soda water (It’s best to get professional guidance before cleaning).

Hand-made mulberry Persian carpet should be vacuumed regularly to prevent dirt from settling into the pile of the carpet. Avoid vacuuming the tassels or fringes as they may get damaged. Some stains are better handled by professional carpet cleaners. Examples include pet accidents, red wine, and coffee. We recommend having your carpet professionally cleaned every 5 to 8 years depending on use. Never steam-clean, or wet-vacuum your carpet. Always have your mulberry Persian silk carpet cleaned by someone specializing.

Appropriate padding prevents a silk carpet from slipping or buckling.

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Kashmir Silk Carpets
Finest Craftsmanship and Materials

Kashmir silk carpets are highly valued around the world. The Mohabat premium silk carpets are made purely by hand with 100% mulberry silk, which is very rare in the market.

It takes tremendous time and hard work for the Kashmiri artisans to complete one silk carpet from scratch. Each artisan needs to weave more than 82,000 knots in a month, averaging around 3,000 knots a day. Furthermore, to ensure the finest quality for the traditional silk carpets, the Kashmiris insist in hand-cutting the carpets for more precise and intricate patterns. However, this process puts considerable strain on the artisans’ hands, usually causing abrasions after cutting a single carpet. Even though it is difficult to see the difference between the thicknesses of different patterns on the carpets, you will feel the exceptional craftsmanship when you softly touch the unique texture of each carpet.

Painstakingly Long Process
of
Silk Carpet Weaving

The main steps in the process of silk carpet weaving are: designing, weaving, cutting and washing. Out of these four steps, weaving and cutting require the largest amount of time and devotion.

The most common densities for medium to high quality Kashmiri silk carpets are 24×24 threads, 26×26 threads and 30×30 threads per square inch (1 inch equals to 2.54 cm). Take a medium to high quality silk carpet with 24×24 threads for example, the artisans can complete 1 square foot per month in average (1 foot equals to 30.48 cm or 12 inches), and this requires each artisan to tie around 82,000 knots a month, averaging around 3,000 knots a day. Therefore, just weaving a 2.76m x 83m carpet takes 54 months of intensive work.

Artisans' Weaving Code

To ensure the highest quality of their traditional silk carpets, the Kashmiri artisans insist in tying each knot and cutting each thread by hands. Traditional Kashmiri artisans are only qualified to produce high-density, large premium carpets after 30 years of age. Under strict standards for carpet density, working on a carpet for long hours heavily strain their eyesight, so they need to develop their skills to the prime before reaching 50 years of age to produce premium carpets with 30×30 threads. The higher density of a silk carpet, the more delicate its patterns and the more grand and magnificent the carpet will be. Equivalently, a silk carpet with higher density also requires a larger working space and more careful knotting, hence significantly increasing the price of the carpet.

An Outstanding Skill

Handwoven carpets are the pride of Kashmiri artisans. With the dominance of industrialization today, most carpet artisans in other parts of the world have adopted machines in their work process, especially for cutting carpets as it requires remarkable accuracy, intensive work, and tremendous strain on both the mind and eyes. According to the artisans, their hands will get abrasions after cutting a single carpet. However, the Kashmiri artisans insist in hand-cutting each carpet in pursuit of perfection, not only because hand-cutting can retain the thickness of the carpet, but more importantly, it can   distinguish the different patterns and texture of the carpet, resulting in more delicate and elaborate patterns. Even though it is difficult to see the difference between the thicknesses of different patterns on the carpets, you will feel the exceptional craftsmanship when you softly touch the unique texture of each carpet.

The design of the silk carpets is also worth noting. Each family of carpet artisans has  a special carpet blueprint that stays solely within the family, and has been further developed and improved by each generation of artisans in the family. Therefore, the carpets produced by each Kashmiri family are different, and because it is impossible for each generation to complete every single blueprint passed down by their ancestors, it is unlikely to find two identical carpets at the same time.

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喀什米尔
遗失在雪山中的珍宝

＊ 纤维直径对比，从左至右依次为：人的头发，羊毛，驼绒，美丽奴羊毛，羊绒

克什米尔（Kashmir）与羊绒（Cashmere）同音同源，当地独有的喜马拉雅高山羊所产的羊绒软糯细腻，纤维直径细达12微米，而克什米尔的披肩就是以这种羊绒作为底料加上当地匠人的精细织绣，最终成为一件件美丽的艺术品。

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羊绒刺绣​

克什米尔的羊绒刺绣具有很多特殊性，刺绣的底坯是柔嫩的羊绒，绣花没有图纸和颜色参考，下针时没有花绷做支撑，绣艺传男不传女，这些对于其他国家刺绣者， 尤其是中国绣娘来说， 好像是天方夜谭。

手工织底

克什米尔的围巾底坯的均为手工织做的，羊绒从散养在山间的羊身上梳下后，经过手工筛选纺线后，以植物的根茎和矿物质染色后，将羊绒线分经纬两道，卷在木头梭子上，手工纺织。因为羊绒质地极软，人工方便调控，机器的力道会轻易将绒线拉断。

 

吹彈可破的羊絨原坯
更难能可贵的是， 披肩由匠人即兴选择花型与颜色，并没有留下任何手稿，所以每一片披肩是完全不可复制的，是真正独一无二的珍藏品。

吹弹可破的羊绒原坯

刺绣底坯羊绒来自喜马拉雅雪山，这种地产的羊绒非常稀缺，产量极低。由于羊绒纤维的极度柔软，原绒必须由手工纺织。而织好的绒布，必须以一种缓慢稳健的节奏进行刺绣，一条羊绒刺绣披肩往往耗费数月甚至数年的时间。

卡尼披肩

卡尼是一种克什米尔独有的围巾制作工艺，有着600多年的历史，因制作围巾的工具称为卡尼而得名。卡尼是天然核桃木制成的小针，缠绕彩线，横竖打结，从而织出不同的图案。如用相片做比喻，每一个结相当于电子图像中的一个像素，每一个结都有所不同。这种精湛的技艺，让人手和肉眼在数百年前就塑造出可以和现代科技相媲美的细致。