Carpet, 6×4 ft

Piece

CRP-04A-9F1E

Craft: Hand-knotted Carpet
Technique: Winter Tension Adjustment
Signed: 18 November 2025

The Master

Mohammad Yusuf Sheikh

4th generation · Hand-knotted Carpet

Khanyar, Srinagar

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00:00 / 00:30 · VAULT

Winter Tension Adjustment

— Mohammad Yusuf Sheikh

Vault clip · Technique walkthrough

30-second excerpt from the master's Vault session, demonstrating the exact technique used on this piece.

Step

Provenance chain

Every step from the raw material to your hands is recorded on Hunarmand's ledger.

01 · Material origin
Where the raw material was sourced.
- Single-flock spring wool — Gurez Valley
  Sourced from one shepherd family for 38 years. · Spring 2024 fleece
- Aged cotton warp thread — Srinagar bazaar
  Hand-spun in Habba Kadal, rested ≥ 18 months. · 1.5-yr aged warp
02 · Technique applied
The captured technique used to make this piece.
Winter Tension Adjustment
"When the room cools, the warp shortens."
Vault session · yusuf-winter-tension · 2025-08-19
03 · Date of completion
14 November 2025
4 · Date of signing
The day the master cryptographically signed the piece.
18 November 2025

5 · Cryptographic signature

An Ed25519 signature linking this piece to the master's published key.

ed25519:ca233d227fc3…View full signature

Public key (Ed25519)

ed25519:ca23 3d22 7fc3 a871 fbdb b7db 6d16 0b4f 1e18 8822 6c22 e23f 471a d10b d462 b856

Signature

sig:5bcb 192f 740b d226 0a8a 86ca a415 e66b 7ce4 35f4 aa1c f86d 75d1 58e9 3929 11c4 7a9e cb88 f36e 1f98 4833 157e 14d3 03ac 3f08 6073 da5e 7fa0 6a17 bf39 cf1a ff04

Piece ID: CRP-04A-9F1E

Fair price band

Pieces of this type and technique are valued by verified Hunarmand masters between Rs. 2,45,000 and Rs. 2,85,000.

Low end

Rs. 2,45,000

High end

Rs. 2,85,000