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Carpet weaving
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Photograph of a row of children seated at a loom
weaving carpets in the modern-day state of Jammu and Kashmir, taken
by an unknown photographer in the 1890s. Carpet-making was said to
have been introduced into the area from Persia and Central Asia.
Kashmiri hand-knotted carpets are justly famous and the industry
was encouraged during the middle of the nineteenth century when
fine examples were shown at European international exhibitions.
Shawl production, the main traditional craft in Kashmir, suffered a
decline in the latter part of the nineteenth century and many who
would have worked within it transferred to the production of
carpets. These complex designs are produced by hand knotting
different coloured wools or silks along the weft lines; medium to
high quality carpets containing from 256-576 knots per square
inch.
Title: Carpet weaving
Description:
Photograph of a row of children seated at a loom
weaving carpets in the modern-day state of Jammu and Kashmir, taken
by an unknown photographer in the 1890s.
Carpet-making was said to
have been introduced into the area from Persia and Central Asia.
Kashmiri hand-knotted carpets are justly famous and the industry
was encouraged during the middle of the nineteenth century when
fine examples were shown at European international exhibitions.
Shawl production, the main traditional craft in Kashmir, suffered a
decline in the latter part of the nineteenth century and many who
would have worked within it transferred to the production of
carpets.
These complex designs are produced by hand knotting
different coloured wools or silks along the weft lines; medium to
high quality carpets containing from 256-576 knots per square
inch.
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