Khotan Rug in Red & Dark Navy

Size:

236 x 167(cm) / 7.74 x 5.48(ft)

Provenance:

India

Material:

100% Wool

Colour:

Burgundy, Brown, Dark Navy, Mix, Navy, Red

Weaving:

Hand Knotted

Rugs of London created a limited and exclusive new production of handmade rugs by our own workshops to revive the antique Khotan design carpets. They are woven on a cotton foundation (warp and weft) made either in a pure silk pile or a combination of wool and silk pile (up to 70% silk is used).

Our Khotan design rugs are dyed using the traditional methods of vegetable dyes, resulting in vibrant and decorative colours. The pomegranate pattern is the predominant design symbolizing fertility. You can also find swastika symbols, usually around the border, which represent peace.

Khotan rugs are known to have been made from the 15th Century, up to circa the 1920s, in an area called East Turkistan. Bokhara and Samarkand were also the hubs & essential marketplace for all sorts of goods of carpets & textiles. Only a few were made in silk, and the majority were made in wool. The original antique rugs of these areas can now occasionally be seen in museums or in the hands of private collectors.