Handmade Silk Carpet (1367)

Product number: 1367
Product size(ft. ): 8x10 feet
Product density: 120-300 lines
Other details:
Remark: For example 3x5 means3 by 5 feet. LINE means the density of the handmade carpet. 120Line represents there are 120 knots per foot. Usually, as the numbers of the knots increase, so does the quality and the price.

Material
Real off the raw silk fiber from the cocoons and only one third of the silk from the cocoons can be used to weave silk carpets. Then bind the silk fiber into silk strands. Put the silk strands into boiling alkaline water from 30-40 minutes to make it soft and later rinse the alkali and impurities by clean water.

Design
Draw design on a chart and match the different colors on it so that the weavers can follow. This is a creative work. The artisans must have a blue print in their mind. Actually the finished carpet is the representation of the design. By now, there are Peking Design, Esthetic Design, Floral Design, Embossed Design, Antique Design and Chinese-Persian Design.

Weaving
Warps will be fixed on the loom rack, which is almost like a standing frame consisting of 4 bars. The warps will be looped tightly between the top bar and the bottom one. Heddles will be bound between another horizontal bar and warps. After the foundation is woven by plain silk thread the carpet knotting will start. The silk yarns will be clasped around the warps by either the Turkish Ghiordes knots (Double knots) or by the Persian Senneh knots. Then the end of the silk thread will be cut off by knife. When a raw of knots is finished the weft will run through compartment space between front and back warps. With the comb the knots and wefts will be struck hard against the wefts. It will be cut down from the loom rack after finished. The ends of the warps will be coiled up into beautiful tassels. The carpet will be sheared evenly and washed thoroughly before being sold.

Size and Density
We offer rectangular, runner, square, oval and round shape silk carpets. Normal sizes of the carpets including 2 by 3feet, 2.5 by 4 feet, 2.5 by 6 feet, 2.5 by 8 feet, 2.5 by 10 feet, 3 by 3feet, 3 by 5 feet, 3 bye 10 feet, 4 by 4 feet, 4 by 6 feet, 5 by 8 feet, 6 by 9 feet, 8 by 8 feet, 8 by 10 feet, 10 by 10 feet, 9 by 12 feet, 10 by 14 feet, 12 by 18 feet. Normal knot density including 120 lines per foot, 130 lines, 140 lines, 260 lines, 300 lines, 400 lines, 500 lines, 600 lines, 700 lines, 800 lines, 900 lines, 1000 lines.
Silk is bright, downy burnish structure, with lovely pearly sheen
Handfeel soft, smooth, thick, plump and excellent elastic
Good ultraviolet absorption
Silk is a porous fiber, has the good insulation, breathable and excellent absorption and release of moisture performance.

The silk carpet we produce is made of natural silk, woven by hand. Silk carpet feels soft, smooth, lustrous and shining. Each piece of silk carpet takes up many months or years laborious works. Compared with machine-made carpet, silk carpet costs higher but it lasts much longer.

Being a form of art, silk carpet presents a kind of elaboration which is not easy to duplicate. As no two leaves are exactly the same in the world, no two silk carpets in the world are identical. It is the thing of values.

As unusual handicrafts, silk carpet represents the wealth, taste and status of possessor. In the mechanization society of 21 century, this symbolism is more important than its usage. The rich culture and unfading beauty lying in the silk carpet make them the treasures of many collectors, palaces, architects, galleries and museums in the world.