Kazakh Carpet staircase rug Rugs with exclusively pure silk

Rugs with exclusively pure silk piles are regarded as being among the most valuable of all hand-knotted rugs

Her maidservant stands to the right

This current piece uses a wool so soft that it emits a sheen and feels like silk at the touch

and a team of cleaners used wooden oar-like paddles to push the water through its fibres and draw out impurities

Several layers of borders frame the symmetry of the center

Kazakh Carpet staircase rug Rugs with exclusively pure silkWhy do we provide you with two global shots of the same carpet? When you are standing in front of the pile (fine hairs) of this rug it will look a shade darker. However, when you are standing in the opposite direction of its pile, it will look a shade lighter. This is a common occurrence in fine hand knotted rugs. It is also the reason we are showing you two global pictures of this carpet (one picture for each side depending on where you are