Primavera Carpet handmade rug diamond shaped guls on an

diamond shaped guls on an emerald green field

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

Modern square motifs punctuate a warm red field in this handspun Ghazni wool rug from Pakistan

Several layers of borders frame the symmetry of the center

Primavera Carpet handmade rug diamond shaped guls on anThe 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