Kashmir Carpet, 9'6.5" X 12' 10". The history of the Kashmir carpet industry is of Persian origin. However the Persian culture influenced the Kashmiri carpet for quite a long time. With the introduction of the design patterns of shawls, traditional paisley, leaves and flowers the Kashmir carpet attained a high degree of perfection and detail and although in India the origin of hand-knotted carpets can be traced back more than 2000 years, in Kashmir, however, its history begins with the intrusion... Click for details
