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The World`s Most expensive 16th Century Safavid Carpet
The beautiful Clark Kerman sickle-leaf, vine scroll and

palmette vase-technique carpet, which sold for $33,765,00,
(33 Million Usd$)almost five times high estimate and far
outstripping the previous auction record.( Image courtesy
Sotheby`s New York )
This cut and voided velvet displays a majestic ogival lattice composition surrounded by metal strips, now lost in most
places. Well-known textile designer and entrepreneur Ghiyath al-Din cali has added his signature, Work of Ghiyath,
where adjacent stems meet under the eight-pointed star. A variety of figural and floral compositions bear Ghiyaths
name, and their popularity and high-quality craftsmanship are attested by the inclusion of approximately fifty of his
textiles in a diplomatic gift sent by Shah cAbbas to the Mughal emperor Akbar in the early seventeenth century.
The best carpets in the world are undoubtedly are the 16the century Persian safavit carpet and it
because of the great patronage that master weavers whose families had been involved for centuries
in this art.There were eminetn weavers from the imperial worksshops of Kashan like Mohtasham and
Dabeer,Hadji Jalili from Tabrez and other great weavers from Isfahan,Tehran,Kerman and Yezd.Some of
these carpets were made using the finest Pashmina wool with no budgets or time schedual .Some
carpets could take upto 10 years to make and can cost fortunes.
Our new renditions of The eminent weaver Dabeer of Kashan, Iran in fine Museum
quality knotting and intricate Persian craftsmanship
15TH CENTURY EUROPEAN DAMASK

The production of Damask was one of the five basic weaving techniques-the
others being tabby,twill,lampas and tapestry of the Byzantine and Islamic
weaving centres of the early middle ages, which were some of the most legal
and opulent art Damasks derive their name from the city of Damascus and were
produced in 15th century Italy
Taking inspirations from the world renowned damask textiles made in the 15 th Century .These designs were also created
as wall papers for European palaces and Aristocracy and were commonly produced in monochromatic weaves in silk and
linen. We are using a combination of the finest silk and wool the design part being silk and the wool part as the base. It is
a play of texture where silk is shiny whilst the wool is more matted in feel. The involves cut work where in the silk design
part appears imbost on the wool area giving an impression of the carpet being 3 dimensional and uber soft.
IKat is a weaving style common to many world cultures, likely it is one

of the oldest forms of textile decoration in Central, South America and
Asia. In the 19th Century, the silk road desert oases of Bukhara,
Samarkand, Khotan and Kashgar were famous for their fine silk uzbek /
Uyghur Ikat.These were also done in India as well as south east Asian
countries like Indonesia and were handmade on a handloom.
Made using the finest Australian and New Zealand

wool .We have recreated these old designs to create an
eliment of drama and statement in todays modern
interiors where people are looking for something
different and dramatic away from the minimalistic
contemporary aesthetic .
Berber carpets are named for the traditional hand-woven carpets of the Tribal Nomadic Berber people of Africa. The
hand-spun cloth they created was named after the tribe, and they used natural fibres to create cloaks, rugs and other
fabrics.Moroccan rugs have a very bohemian sheek edje to them as they are tribal and have this errgularity and
informality to them.There are no graphs or nakshas and are made by the vivid imagination of these glorious people.The
colors tent to be bright or vivid and at times are very monchromatic which is a growing trend these days in modern
homes.These are made out of fine wool with long hair and are popular in the finest New York studio apartments.
Erased Luxe Carpets have distinct designs and colors of a classical rugs.But a portion of the designs have been
erased allowing the subtle design to come in and out of focus.These designs are inspired by a few paintings of
a well renowned artist Ram Kumar who was born in Shimla. Ram Kumars canvases bespoke of stories of city
dwellers, mostly migrants and the lowly, along with panoramic views of the cityscapes and landscapes.
Associated with the Progressive ArtistsGroup, his preoccupation with the human condition intrigued him,
bringing him to this topic constantly, mixing and tensing both the figurative and abstract .His paintings
have fetched record prices at Auction dn are exrrely short after by collectors of Indian
contempoary art

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The World`s Most expensive 16th Century Safavid Carpet

The beautiful Clark Kerman sickle-leaf, vine scroll and

15TH CENTURY EUROPEAN DAMASK

IKat is a weaving style common to many world cultures, likely it is one

Made using the finest Australian and New Zealand

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