Samangan Wool Carpet aubusson 5- Contemporary design origin

5- Contemporary design origin

This current piece uses a wool so soft that it emits a sheen and feels like silk at the touch

20% pure silk

The silk fibers in this piece create a beautiful sheen throughout the field and borders

Samangan Wool Carpet aubusson 5- Contemporary 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