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Merchant exporter · Bhadohi–Mirzapur belt, India

Handmade rugs, inspected before they ship.

Sourced from India’s GI-tagged carpet heartland. Every lot tested, documented, dispatched with proof.

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The Purab unrolled rug mark
The unrolled rug. Every piece begins in the East.
246 KPSImeasured vs 240 invoiced
Grade 4–5wet crock, ISO 105-X12

Three constructions. One standard.

One 22-point inspection. Every construction.

Hand-Knotted

NZ wool and silk, knotted to last decades.

80–400 KPSI
lead time 4–8 months
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Handloom & Durries

Wool, cotton and jute flatweaves. Fast-moving, honestly priced.

Flatweave
lead time 4–8 weeks
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Hand-Tufted

Design flexibility, construction always disclosed.

Custom-friendly
lead time 4–6 weeks
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We know every trick. We’ve watched them tried.

These scams run on supplier floors in this belt every day. We check for each one at the loom, on every lot, before money moves.

Viscose sold as silkThe most common luxury rug scam.
Burn test + lab microscopy at IICT Bhadohi. The report ships with your lot.
Forged certificates & QR codesFake tags on machine-made carpets.
Our lot pages link to official registries you check yourself.
Painted foundations & masked defectsInk over bald spots, perfume over mold.
Damp-cloth rub, scratch test, viewed in daylight.
Size padding & knot inflationInvoiced 300 KPSI, delivered 180.
Our own tape. Knots counted, recorded against invoice.
Dead wool substitutionBrittle stripped fiber that never stops shedding.
Hand-graded every lot. Dead wool holds the whole lot.
FLAGSHIP · HAND-KNOTTED

Tied by hand. Counted by us.

Two million hand-tied knots in one 8×10. We flip every rug, count them, and record the number against the invoice.

80–400+KPSI range, counted and recorded per lot
50+ yrsworking life of dense NZ-wool construction
GI-taggedthe only Indian carpet belt with the tag
2M+hand-tied knots in a single 8×10 at 240 KPSI
246knots per square inch, measured on lot PR-2609-BHD-014
Invoiced 240. We count anyway.

We inspect. Then we ship.

Documented inspection on every lot. The record travels with your goods.

  • Knot density counted vs invoice
  • Fiber verified, never mislabeled
  • Crock-tested, wet and dry
  • AZO lab report, IICT Bhadohi
  • Moisture metered at loading
Our testing process
Knot count, linen tester
Wet crock test
Moisture reading
Signed checklist
22checks per lot before dispatch
0lots shipped without a lab report
12%moisture ceiling at container loading
100%fiber disclosed as tested, not as invoiced

Verify us independently

Every claim points to an official registry. Go check.

Export registrationIEC XXXXXXXXXX
Check on dgft.gov.in
GI-tagged regionBhadohi Hand-Knotted Carpet
Check on ipindia.gov.in
Social complianceCare & Fair partner units
Check on care-fair.org
Lab reportsNABL-accredited testing
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Every rug carries its own inspection file

Scan the tag: measured knots, fiber tests, lab report, inspection photos.

LOT PR-2609-BHD-014

Inspected quality, protected to your port

Containers sweat crossing climate zones. Wool absorbs it. We pack against that.

  • Light-hole test: any pinprick = rejected
  • Floorboards under 18% moisture, or we wait
  • Never loaded in or after rain
  • Full containers only: no stranger’s cargo
Your rugrolled, never folded
Kraft paper wrapbreathes, absorbs local humidity
6-mil poly tubingwaterproof shell over the Kraft, never against wool
Hanging desiccantsindustrial CaCl₂, absorbs 300–400% of its weight

From the Purvanchal belt

Woven here for 500+ years, since the 16th century. India’s largest handmade carpet cluster, and its only GI-tagged one.

Five centuries on the loom. We work where the craft lives.

A process you can plan around

1

Inquiry

Volumes, constructions, target prices

2

Sampling

Terms in writing, fees credited to orders

3

Strike-off

Approve color & quality before production

4

Production

Honest lead times, stated upfront

5

Inspection

22-point check, report before balance

6

Dispatch

Rolled, wrapped, documents complete

Inspection reports are shared before balance payment. You see the evidence before the goods ship.

Strike-off before production

Nothing weaves until you approve a physical strike-off.

Report before balance

Evidence first, money after.

Failed lots do not ship

One failed test holds the whole lot. No exceptions.

Who we supply

Rug importers & distributors Wholesale home-furnishing buyers Hospitality procurement Private-label retail programs
Purab Rugs

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Trade catalog, or the full Supplier Verification Pack in one file. Due diligence, done for you.

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