Lotus Vines Wool Carpet Ghoum Its design is French and

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

Each one-of-a-kind rug from the Contemporary Collection reinvents traditional patterns and ancient motifs through a contemporary chromatic spectrum

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

They are differentiated by their intricate octagonal figures containing a smaller octagon or diamond inside

This carpet is hand-knotted in a workshop in northern Pakistan near the princely state of Kashmir which stretches between Pakistan and India

Lotus Vines Wool Carpet Ghoum Its design is French andThe 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