Bhadohi, India
Native Rugs is on the Main Road in Bhadohi, Sant Ravidas Nagar, and deals in hand-knotted carpets alongside handloom rugs and durries. Cushions are carried as a second line beside the floor coverings. Shreyas Jaiswal is the contact for the firm. The company is registered with the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts, the Indian Ministry of Textiles body for handicraft and floor covering exporters.
Hand-knotted carpets, handloom rugs, durries, cushions
Carpets whose pile is tied by hand around the warp threads on the loom, knot by knot, with no adhesive anywhere in the structure. That makes the finished piece repairable and long-lived.
Flat handloom weaves without pile, worked in cotton or wool and finished with a bound or knotted edge. Durries fold flat, which makes them the cheaper covering to ship.