Carpet making - part 3

Actually, this section should be called oohing and aahing over carpets.

After seeing the process, we were welcomed into the carpet showroom. Our guide requested only five minutes, a mere three hundred seconds of our time. Realistically, we could only spare that much, as we still had to get to the Juntar Muntar observatory and the City Palace that afternoon.

Unfortunately, our camera doesn't really capture the true colours in low light, so I didn't take many pictures, but this might give you a sense of some of the treasures laid in front of us. Hopefully El and Gorky took some pics too - I'll update when I get them

Detail of the above rug.

Current holder of the Guiness Book of Records 

with 4224 knots per square inch, completed May 1993

The colours were extraordinary - lustrous and warm and just gorgeous - these shots really don't do it justice.

Um, we ended up taking slightly longer than five minutes. Er, because we bought one. A 5' x 7' blue one of this pattern, which we'll put in the pale yellow formal sitting room at the front of the house. Including shipping and insurance, it cost less than AU$950. Nope, not a typo. Yup. Less than a grand.

We bought the top, blue one.
I had to sign the back of it, so that when it arrives we can be sure it was the one we chose.