Lotus Vines Wool Carpet Ghoum 5- American Design Origin

5- American Design Origin

Its design is French and it is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries woven in Flanders of wool and silk

Materials & Craftsmanship: This fine

Modern square motifs punctuate a soft ivory field in Afghanistan's handspun Ghazni wool rug

in the Sundarbans

Lotus Vines Wool Carpet Ghoum 5- American Design OriginThe finishing of this carpet was done using centuries old traditional techniques. Once its laborious hand knotting was completed, it was rolled and entirely submerged in a sanitizing bath where its fibers fully absorbed all cleaning liquid. After which it was laid flat on the ground where a team of cleaners used wooden oar like paddles to push the water through its fibers and draw out impurities. Oar strokes were done in sync to prevent the carpet