They have clean and crisp designs and well-defined outlines around the motifs .
They are generally reproductions of great old persian rugs, and innovations, when added, are usually quite successful.
Silk is inlaid around the edges of flowers to add definition.
These popular carpets are a solid aid for growing families and may last fifty years or more with padding, vacuuming, rotation and periodic cleaning once in about five years.
The wool is well washed and the quality control is the best in the industry.
Abrash, or color change is absent and all colors are perfectly uniform.
Unfortunately the contemporary producers of carpets in China do not appreciate the importance of old chinese Peking carpets made with silk and nowadays only sold in the old rug trade. Contemporary carpets are not reproducing these magnificent carpets with their simple understated patterns and a lot of open space surrounding a few motifs.
Silk rug
We use chinese manufacturer for silk rugs .
Silk rugs are generally more expensive and slightly less durable than wool rugs. They are also more difficult to repair when they become old; howver, silk rugs are in the long run, usually better investments than wool rugs. They can be very finely woven with very precise details and very high definition. They are as close as one can get to great old rugs of the past that were woven for the shahs and sultans in the early court ateliers.
Silk is always a “plus” in carpets and in general high silk rugs are better and more expensive than medium or low silk rugs, which have a lower silk content.
Silk rugs, historically, were rare, expensive, and precious because it was difficult to procure silk for carpets. Because today it is easier to produce silk fiber, silk rugs, while still expencive, are more than in the past period .
The most educated buyers today generally appreciate the self-evident quality of silk carpets and are correct to belive that they are a safe investement.