Kashmir Carpet India XXth Century

Kashmir of India CIRCA 1980 Hand-knotted rug, Pure wool, Vegetal tints, Size: 2,16mX1,39m. Cashmere (Kashmir carpets): hand-knotted carpets from the Kashmir region of India. There were already made knotted carpets in the 15th century. Today, the production of tight knotted carpets with good quality wool is important. Often, these carpets are inspired by the motifs and designs of the Persian carpets, which are high-end and very solid. It is believed that the art of rug making was introduced in India by the Great Mughal Akbar (1556-1605) who brought Persian weavers and talented carpet artists to his own palace. During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, carpets of great beauty were made in India from sheep's wool and the finest silks using the Persian knot. However, from the nineteenth century until the 1940s, quality declined considerably, with the exception of low production in the cities of Srinagar, Amritsar and Agra. After India's independence in 1947, commercial manufacturing began a new beginning. Even though most carpet weavers had fled to Pakistan, production was quickly revived thanks to efforts to train young men and women.