YISI Silk Carpet was built in 1988 that is specialized in designing, producing and trading Chinese handmade silk carpets. Because of elegance design, good workmanship and comfortable service, we have good reputation both in the domestic and foreign area. It is well known in the world that Chinese silk carpets are woven out of the high quality silk, hand-knotted, with high-density and superb quality, graceful and various in design, harmonious in color matching, shining and smooth in surface and with very competitive prices which become one of the best-welcome carpets in the international market. At the same while, more and more people show much interest on silk carpet such as its material, designs, weaving course, size and density.
Specific procedure of produing handmade silk carpet:
Material
Real off the raw silk fiber from the cocoons and only one third of the silk from the cocoons can be used to weave silk carpets. Then bind the silk fiber into silk strands. Put the silk strands into boiling alkaline water from 30-40 minutes to make it soft and later rinse the alkali and impurities by clean water.
Design
Draw design on a chart and match the different colors on it so that the weavers can follow. This is a creative work. The artisans must have a blue print in their mind. Actually the finished carpet is the representation of the design. By now, there are Peking Design, Esthetic Design, Floral Design, Embossed Design, Antique Design and Chinese-Persian Design.
Weaving
Warps will be fixed on the loom rack, which is almost like a standing frame consisting of 4 bars. The warps will be looped tightly between the top bar and the bottom one. Heddles will be bound between another horizontal bar and warps. After the foundation is woven by plain silk thread the carpet knotting will start. The silk yarns will be clasped around the warps by either the Turkish Ghiordes knots (Double knots) or by the Persian Senneh knots. Then the end of the silk thread will be cut off by knife. When a raw of knots is finished the weft will run through compartment space between front and back warps. With the comb the knots and wefts will be struck hard against the wefts. It will be cut down from the loom rack after finished. The ends of the warps will be coiled up into beautiful tassels. The carpet will be sheared evenly and washed thoroughly before being sold.
Size and Density
We offer rectangular, runner, square, oval and round shape silk carpets. Normal sizes of the carpets including 2 by 3feet, 2.5 by 4 feet, 2.5 by 6 feet, 2.5 by 8 feet, 2.5 by 10 feet, 3 by 3feet, 3 by 5 feet, 3 bye 10 feet, 4 by 4 feet, 4 by 6 feet, 5 by 8 feet, 6 by 9 feet, 8 by 8 feet, 8 by 10 feet, 10 by 10 feet, 9 by 12 feet, 10 by 14 feet, 12 by 18 feet. Normal knot density including 120 lines per foot, 130 lines, 140 lines, 260 lines, 300 lines, 400 lines, 500 lines, 600 lines, 700 lines, 800 lines, 900 lines, 1000 lines.
Handmade silk carpets are difficult to weave, especially the ones with more than 300 lines density, which causes less and less young girls like to weave it nowadays thus its art value and preservation value will be much higher in future. Our company gets good quality carpets from weavers stably and many of them are high-density ones. At the central of Shanghai city, we have two brilliant showrooms setting out various types of silk carpets so that more and more people can touch and feel this type of Chinese traditional art and craft and we have gotten high reputation and appreciation from our clients and visitors by now. For touching our tenet CUSTOMER FIRST QUALITY FOREMOST, we offer more service such as washing, stain removing, repairing, restoration, valuations. Your satisfaction is our goal.
We hope set up good relationship with people domestic and abroad in future and make your families and offices comfortable and glorious.
Contact Details：
Company name: East Carpet Company
Sale department: Shanghai Sunshine Art & Craft Co., Ltd
Saleroom No.1: 2327# Jianhe Road, Changning District, Shanghai (by Hongqiao Road and near Marriott Hotel Hongqiao)
Saleroom No.2: 138# Central Henan Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai (near Bund Center and Westin Hotel Shanghai)
Telephone No.: 0086-21-62294728
E-mail: service@eastcarpet.com.cn
People have realized the value of Chinese high quality silk rugs since the 1980s.The art of traditional Chinese paintings are applied in silk tapestries waving thus it makes high quality Chinese silk tapestries warm welcomed by collectors. Our silk carpets are directly from the craftsmen in the villages so they are not expensive as the silk rugs in stores. Especially our silk carpets are much cheaper than that sold in North America and Europe. Quite a few carpet dealers from Iran and Turkey even imported our silk rugs to make huge profits. 
