Chiese handmade carpets

Chinese carpets and Persian carpets had centuries-old history and enjoyed great reputation. With assimilation of the essence from Persian carpet industry Chinese craftsmen improved the workmanship and used pure silk material to make higher densely knotted Persian style silk carpets and silk tapestries. Moreover, Chinese craftsmen applied the traditional designs and auspicious symbols on weaving carpets. They sheared the carpets to make them like relief. Owing to soft texture,luxuriant and shining colors,the silk material is further beyond other kind materials to make carpets. Chinese silk carpets, especially the high densely knotted silk tapestries very welcomed by collectors, which were called “Soft Gold”. Chinese silk carpets are no longer the common carpets but the crystallization of the wisdom, imagination and stamina of Chinese craftsmen. They embody traditional Chinese culture and history.