Good afternoon! Are the carpets sold in tourist places in Bukhara made of real silk or synthetic? Does anyone know?
And where is it better and cheaper to buy a silk carpet: in Bukhara or Samarkand?
Here in Bukhara, in tourist areas, they sell small silk carpets for $150–250. I know these carpets are not a cheap pleasure. The price surprised me — $150 isn’t expensive for such carpets. I understand they’re not handmade. But then they must not be silk, but synthetic? Or how is it? Can anyone clarify?
Well, if it’s a small rug for $250, then maybe it contains some silk.
We went into a private shop, there a woman was weaving a carpet, and a man said it would take her a year to make a carpet sized 1 m by 0.9 m, and it seemed like he said the price was $1,000 (≈ 90,000 rubles). Some foreigners came into that shop too and said the man was the author of a book about carpets, and they looked at us reproachfully because we hadn’t read that book )))
Yes, handmade carpets are expensive! But factory-made ones, not handmade, must also exist. In theory, they should cost less.
In Samarkand, at a factory, an average carpet costs $20,000. An A4-sized piece costs $600. Approximately. These are the prices for silk carpets from the manufacturer, handmade.
Size in cm, price in dollars.
