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Trade Craft History

Trade Craft was established in 1981 and is based at Kamangarpora, Srinagar(Kashmir) and its sales offices are located at New Delh, India and Calgary, Canada. Trade Craft has been serving since 22 years in respect to export and retail. Trade Craft as a merchant exporter offers carpets at an affordable price in the market. Trade Craft's manufacturing store has a good collection of carpets and rugs,Pashmina shawls & stoles,Papermachie,woodcarving which are unique of its kind.

The Legend of Kashmir: Carpets

Kashmir carpets have been renowned the world over for their exquisite designs, subtle elegance, attractive colors and workmanship. The magnificence of KAshmiri Kashmir carpet weaving and the intricate patterns that emerged from it have placed kashmir carpets in competetion with persian and high quality rugs. Carpet weaving was brought to India by the great mughal emperor Akbar in the 16th century. Some of the most exclusive carpets were created during the mughal reign, each carpet unlike the other but infused with a common magic of colors and designs. The carpet weaver has gradually grown as an artist, a creator who could weave poetry into his designs and every knot he tied, giving a touch of aesthetic beauty of his creations. A carpet weaver's skills are his own and the designs he evolves are from his mind to be translated into beautiful form with the help of wool and silk.

The Feel:

Silk is commonly used in Kashmir where the weaver also has access to wool of the highest quality. The wool used for the pile has a variety of origins, the use related to the role for which the carpet is being woven.

Infusing Color:

Colors fascinate. And when they are blended with material and designs, they acquire a radiance that is alive. Kashmiri carpets are renowned for their exotic colors. Kashmir carpet weavers use both chemical dying and vegetable dying on the prefrences of the designs.

Kashmir Exclusive Pashmina: shawls

Kashmir shawls are woven mainly in two types of wool, pashmina & Kashmir wool. These have two types of work on them amli and kani or jamawar. In amli shawls the needlework is done on a plain Marino or pashmina fabric. In kani shawls intricate designs pattern in different colours are woven in the fabric itself.

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