Kalamkari Rugs

Bring quality, elegance and harmony to your home with Kalamkari rugs! Decorate your wall panel or floors with Kalamkari Rugs. As the zardosi work looks wonderful, so also the kalamkari—whether done for the paintings, for wall decorating rugs or floor carpets. If you are looking for something traditional combining the contemporary design, then kalamkari rug is the answer for you.

Rugs or carpets designed with kalamkari pattern are called kalamkari rugs. During medieval Persia, ‘pen work’ was known as kalamkari. Actually during the medieval ages, while in spice business, people used kalamkari printed fabric instead of gold as money. From then on started the workmanship of kalamkari and henceforth developed kalamkari paintings or kalamkari rugs. Kalamkari rugs are famous all over India because of one-of-its-kind design and artwork.

In fact, kalamkari rugs are one of the most popular rugs. Indeed, kalamkari is the kind of artwork where artists draws directly on the material whether fabric or rugs with the help of a pen. Usually, a bamboo pen is used for this purpose. Interestingly, the dye or ink used in pen is collected from leaves, flowers and roots. Generally, seventeen kinds of drawing and dyeing steps are used while drawing kalamkari designs on rugs.

Persia is the home to kalamkari. Around tenth century, with the developing trade relations between India and Persia, kalamkari was even brought to India. It was during thirteenth century that people of India saw the beautiful and wonderful work done on different fabrics that was eventually used for making different things needed for home decor.

Besides kalamkari paintings, it even included kalamkari rugs. The stories of Hindu epics formed the basis of kalamkari designs and initially, it was used to decorate the panels of temples. However, today with religious subject for kalamkari work varied floral and animal motifs have been also included. Moreover, kalamkari is also used for furnishings, clothing and other home decorations.