#6299 • Kashmir Silk Rug, India, Floral Medallion, 8′ × 11’1″

Part of The Royal McLean Mansion Downsized: Property of a Princess · Furniture & Decor · Lalique · Rugs · Fine Art (live auction by Prime Auction Solutions)

Status: Sold

A hand-knotted Kashmir silk rug from India, of room size, worked in the luminous, finely detailed style for which Kashmiri weaving is prized. An ivory/cream field is densely covered with delicate scrolling floral tracery and centered by a lobed rose/salmon and teal medallion with pendant finials and conforming corner spandrels, all enclosed by a deep navy-blue main border of palmette and vine between multiple floral guard stripes. The silk pile gives the rug its characteristic sheen, the colors shifting between soft and rich as the light moves across the surface. Kashmir rugs, woven in and around Srinagar in northern India, are famed for exactly this jewel-toned, garden-like floral drawing. A decorative, elegant carpet. Measures 8′ × 11’1″.