The fact that the royal robe or church vestments can be embroidered with gold and precious stones, everyone knows from school. And here that carpet can also be precious, few know.
Carpet for us is a utilitarian thing of textile production. This is a product that absorbs noise and insulates the room, floor covering and wall decoration. BUT in the past, carpet was a sign of wealth.
Today, ancient oriental carpets are highly appreciated by collectors, they are purchased for a fabulous price. Of course, hardly anyone will walk on the carpet for 33 million 765 thousand dollars. Namely for so much was sold at Sotheby's at the 2014 Clark Rug with crescent leaves. To date this is the carpet considered the most expensive.
BUT Baroda pearl carpet is the most expensive precious carpet in the world.. The last owner bought it for almost 5.5 million dollars.
REFERENCE. Such a product cannot be woven in the usual way. Since only gold threads are suitable for stringing stones!
The story of the creation of the most expensive carpet
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- The story of the creation of the most expensive carpet
- Description of the most expensive carpet
Its name is due to the principality of Baroda. It was this principality that the richest Maharaja ruled 
Gaekwad Khand Rao.
The Indian prince was a follower of Islam, and sacred meaning is prescribed to the carpet in this religion. therefore Khand Rao issued an order to create products of extraordinary beauty. It was supposed to cover the grave of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina.. So the maharaja planned to show his respect for religion.
According to another version, the carpet was supposed to be a gift to a completely earthly woman with whom Maharaja was in love.
Be that as it may, in 1865, work began. Only for the purchase of materials took 120 thousand dollars.
REFERENCE. The creation of the most valuable masterpiece of carpet weaving and inlay took as much as 5 years. Although its size is not so large: 264x173 cm.
Unfortunately, Maharaja was not destined to see a masterpiece. The sovereign died shortly before he was completed. However, the man-made miracle also did not fall on the grave of the Prophet. It became the family treasure of the principality of Barod.
Description of the most expensive carpet
Pearl product It has the shape of a rectangle woven from natural silk threads. 
It is completely sewn up with pearls and multi-colored glass beads..
Creating a unique ornament, the craftsmen were inspired by motifs traditional for Indian art during the Mughal Empire. The carpet has a border decorated with 32 small rosettes of large pearls and precious stones. Three big central outlets are completely protected with diamonds. And framed with scarlet gold and silver.
Impressive is not only the luxury and grace of the picture, but also the amount of precious stones required to decorate the surface of the carpet. it two and a half thousand diamonds, more than a thousand rubies, six hundred of the best Colombian emeralds! Striking the imagination and density of pearl embroidery: 4990 pearls per 1 square decimeter! General pearl weight makes up 30,000 carats. For decoration was used natural pearls from Qatar and Bahrain, considered one of the best in the world.
Interestingly, if all these stones were not used as decoration, could their total cost compete with the price of an amazing carpet?
