One does not find street vendors that will change old lanterns for new ones in real life anymore, but there are street vendors in India who occasionally show up to change old carpets for new ones. I am not certain what they do with the old carpets. Perhaps they recycle them somehow. It is only once or twice a year such vendors show up in the area where I live and when the do they do not have quite the right carpet that one cares for. I have had an old red carpet at home that was worn out and the edges were frayed (due to chewing by a pet dog I once tried to keep). Therefore, when I heard the call yesterday of the carpet changers, I ventured out to check. This time they had just the right stuff that I cared for. They agreed to give me the new carpet for the old one along with another old one that was around and a small amount of money. So within minutes the old carpets were out and the new one in.The attached photo shows the new red carpet. I am delighted at the change and consider it a gift from the mother goddess Naini because the colors and designs in the carpet indicate those favored by her. The size too fits just right. Now the sofa looks a bit worn out in comparison to the carpet, but well, that can wait for another day ---
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The design of your carpet resembles a rug I keep in our guest bedroom. I bought it in an Indian shop. In case you may be able to comment on its colour and designs, perhaps in relation to some other goddess, I have posted a photo of it, here.
Ashok,
The rug is beautiful. It's interesting and amazing that rug vendors come around regularly. Your old rug must worth a lot of money. It was probably hand made. A friend of mine went to Turkey about 10 years ago, she paid an eye-popping price for one medium size rug.
Vincent,
That's similar in design. Beautiful blue.
Keiko, Yes the rug is beautiful indeed. Thanks for appreciating.
The ones that I gave away did not have much design work or antique value although it had a lot of wool on it. It really was in a mess because two of the corners had been chewed off by a dog and it was getting a bit thin in the middle too by frequent brushing and cleaning with a hard brush. This time I plan to use a soft brush only and dust it in the lawn instead.
The handmade turkish, afghan, persian and Kashmiri rugs are indeed beautiful and very valuable. They also have a very long life because of the tight knit. My parents had a couple but at one stage my father donated off all his household furniture after my mother passed away and he went to live with my sister in the last few years of his life. My mother had passed away earlier but before she did she gave me a few antique brass pieces, china and some other things to keep in my house so that ancestoral spirits may bless it. I still have them.
Vincent, I had posted an interpretation of the gods that may be invoked in relation to the designs and colors of your rug, but then deleted them because of a better interpretation today - the colors and designs would indicate the goddess Lakshmi because of the lotus pink in company of her consort (the blue and yellow) but withdrawn to their center in a world overwhelmed with materialism (the black)
Thanks, Ashok, but there is no black in the rug! To my eyes, there are three shades of blue (one is dark blue, one almost mauve), a dusty pink and a kind of yellow
Ok, Vincent, just knock the black out of the interpretation :)
I have a new post on the economy that is waiting for your critical input now.
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