Border Design Hand Knotted Carpet

Carpets in India The genesis of carpet weaving in India dates back to the Mughal period. Five centuries later, the art of Hand Knotted Carpets, Silk Hand Knotted Carpet, Modern Hand Knotted Carpets, Oriental Hand Knotted Carpet, Handmade Carpet, Hand Knotted Carpet India-weaving has been gradually confined to certain pockets across the Indian subcontinent, preserved by a small community of artisans. To a great extent, that knowledge has become a legacy of the generations past. Traditionally, carpets of Mughal period were based on designs originally from Persia (now called Iran) and to the present time, they still retain some of the same artistic flair, names, signatures and genres of that era. Various invaders, from Pathans of Ghazni to Mughals of Uzbekistan (Samarkand),