Art of Asia, the place to find your silk carpets and cashmere shawls in Mauritius
Silk rugs from Kashmir are family made carpet fully hand knotted and hand made
Two shops to visit:
One in Grand Bay and another at the Caudan Waterfront.
They are purely made from mulberry silk and with expertise of highly skilled craftsman from the valley.
Our carpets come in different sizes and qualities. Our qualites range from 450,000 knots per sq.mt to 1.8 million knots per sq.mt.
our carpets are made purely by the imagination and creation of the mind.
These carpets are known as generation carpets or bridge carpets.
Woollen carpets come from persia and central asia, which comprises of rugs and kilims.
Also we offer exclusive chainstitch rugs and tapestries .
Jewel carpets:
these jewel carpets are purely made by hand and has jewels engraved all over the carpet.
The most common jewels used are lapis lazuli,jade,ruby,moon stone,tourquise,agate.onyx.black star,tourmouline,tiger eye,amethyst,opal,malachyte and many others.
Cashmere shawls:
cashmere shawls are made of special kind of cashmere wool known as pashmina found above 14000 ft in the himalayas.
The wool is extracted from the special goat known as capra hircus, which is transformed into beautiful shawls by the skilled craftsman of kashmir valley.
Exclusive embroidery is done on the shawls, some with needle and some with hook.
These shawls are famous all over the world and has been prestige of kings, nobles and maharajs in the past.
In the modern era it is the priveldge of celebrities, designers,beaurocrats and the rulers.
Home furnishings:
our home furnishings consists of bed spreads, duvets, wall hangings, cushion covers curtains etc.
It mostly comes in silk,wool and cotton with hand embroidery on it.
Cashmere pullovers:
our cashmere pullovers comes from the finest quality of cashmere wool from kashmir originally.
To the GBS Plaza Grand Bay, Mauritius (ile Maurice, Grand Baie) Tel: 263 4085 Mob: 789 0094 Fax: 211 9525
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