Koh-I-Maran Group of Handicrafts Exports -
Kashmir Handicrafts
A Carpet is a life long investment-it may well be the single most expensive purchase during your trip to Kashmir. Kashmiri carpets are world renowned for two things- they are hand made and they are always knotted, never tufted. It is extremely instructive to watch a carpet being made- your dealer can probably arrange it for you. Stretched tightly on a frame is the warp of Carpet. The weft threads are passed through, the 'talim' or design and color specifications are then worked out on this: a strand of yarn is looped through  the warp & weft, knotted and then cut. The yarn used normally is silk, wool or silk and wool. Woolen carpets always have a cotton base (Warp & Weft), silk usually have cotton base. Sometimes however, the base is also silk in which case you will see that the fringe is silk; the cost increases proportionately. Occasionally, carpets are made on a cotton base, mainly of woolen pile with silk yarn used as highlights on certain motifs.

When the dealer specifies the percentage of each yarn used, he is taking into account the yarn used for the base too. Therefore, a carpet with a pure silk pile may be referred to as a 80% silk carpet.

The knotting of the carpet is the most important aspect, determining its durability and value, in addition to its design. Basically, the more knots per square inch, the greater its value and durability. Also there are single and double knotted carpets. You can quiet easily identify one from the other on the reverse of the carpet. The effect that it has on the pile, too, is important- a double knotted carpet has a pile that bends when you brush it one way with your hand, and stands upright when it is brushed in other direction. A Single knotted carpet is fluffier and more resistant to touch.

Kashmir Carpets- Photo Gallery

Kashmiri handicrafts are known throughout the world for their artistic work and grandeur. The vast cultural and ethnic diversity of Kashmir has enabled a variety of motifs, techniques and crafts to flourish on this land. The various handicrafts are in tune with its age-old splendid civilization, which has been perfected over centuries. Be it Kashmiri carpets, shawls, paper machie or any other craft, it is only the kashmiri artisan who can hands down show his mastery to crave out those master pieces of kashmiri art & craft.

Koh-I-Maran Group represents a manufacturing class of Kashmiri handicrafts. At Koh-I-Maran we manufacture and market the Kashmiri handicrafts directly from the source, thereby discouraging the middleman who exploits the manufacturer directly. By your co-operation we are going to end the exploitation of the middleman in our business and start a new era of business and friendship with you.

We specialise in export of handmade-knotted carpets, Wooden , Chain -stich and handmade shawls including pashmina shawls from Kashmir . Already we are providing such services to our various clients worldwide. In this connection we can initially provide your organization some intricate categories of crafts to test the market there and than we intend to establish a permanent business relation in the future. Kashmiri handicrafts have the tremendous potential in the national and international arena. Be it Kashmiri carpet, shawls, wooden all are exported to different parts of the world from Kashmir. We look upon your organization as one of very potential houses to do business with in the very near future. Initially we would be available to answer your queries about the art and craft segment from Kashmir and of late we could establish a partnership in this field whereby we can provide your organization all kinds of basic support in terms of potential handicraft goods of any category which your organization or any of your clients desire.