Lisboa Carpet 12x9 rugs There are earlier references to

There are earlier references to carpets being woven in France before the seventeenth century

The Salor "gul" is octagonal with spiked projections pointing both inward and outward from its rim

The Salor tribe used the finest-quality wool and their weaving technique was the best of all the Turkoman tribes

Hand-knotted by weavers in the Himalayan foothills

These type of carpets originated at the beginning of the 20th century in the small village of Bakshaish near Heriz in North-West Persia

Lisboa Carpet 12x9 rugs There are earlier references toThe 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