The region of Kashmir is home to some of the best carpet weavers in India and it is here that these were made.

These carpets are made out of the finest wools, which were sometimes imported from Bradford, Scotland, Wales & Manchester and were known as Manchester Wools.This fine wool was normally found in such high altitudes and the low vegetation in these areas resulted in a much finer quality of hair.

This fine wool was handspun and later hand knotted. The dyeing was done using vegetable/natural dyes, which improve with age as you use them. There are variations in the hues of shades within a colour, which in carpet terminology, is known as abrash and Shade bands, which are strips of variations in colour owing to the wool being dyed at different points of time using other ingredients from different lots.

The knottage is also done using the fine Persian style of knotting which brings out the clarity of these curvilinear floral patterns. Maharaja Kashmirs were always mostly floral and very few geometrical pieces were made.

These carpets were generally woven by a company called Mitchell and Sons who were present in India during the late 1800s up to 1950.

These carpets had a cotton foundation, which is good for the durability and also settles well on the floor. The pile was always of pure wool, sometimes embellished with Silk to further enhance the design