Made the great rug in the Independence Palace

This is an unconnected whole piece carpet, up to 27 m long, 11 m wide, made in a private workshop, with up to 60 artisans and craftsmen directly weaving.
Norodom Palace, the forerunner of the Independence Palace was completed in 1875. In the palace there is a carpet of the Hang Kenh factory in Hai Phong. Until the reconstruction of the Independence Palace was completed in 1966, the people in charge of the palace design placed the Dong Hung carpet weaving company of Mr. Dang Huu Binh to make the big carpet in the opening room.

This was a challenge because the requirement was to produce an unconnected whole rug, up to 27 meters long, 11 meters across, a total of about 300 square meters, which is very large. The weavers are trimming the watermarks and trimming the flowers on the giant rug located in the Independence Palace ceremony room at the Dong Hung carpet weaving factory. The picture in the Saigon book looks back a hundred years. Realizing this sheet, Mr. Binh considered the continuation of the tradition of his hometown’s Hang Kenh weaving profession, making the carpet for the most important mansion in the South. To make a large carpet, there must be a large loom, Mr. Binh himself had to design a giant loom made entirely of wood, with a trunk of a wood with a diameter of 50 centimeters. A document showing his own drawing and the Gia Dinh Fine Arts School made. To weave the carpet, Mr. Binh built his own workshop, with up to 60 artisans and craftsmen directly sitting and weaving. The carpet is located in the Independence Palace Palace room built in 1966. Photo: The TGTD newspaper episode XVI number 1. The mat is exactly the same size as above, 1.8 inch thick. The main tone of the carpet is red, the white daisies are scattered prominently on the red background and the border has blue patterns. The design is generally luxurious and modern, elegant and no frills. This giant carpet is heavy and very bulky. When bringing the carpet into the room to use a crane and many helpers. The carpet was used regularly for nine years in the Khanh Tiet room, the largest room of the palace with an area of ​​448 square meters, where it was used to hold large meetings, entertain guests with solemn ceremonies from 1966 until 1975. Fix the carpet in the Unification hall. Photo: Hans Peter Grumpe. It was not until 1991 that this large rug was repaired and thankfully, German photographer Hans Peter Grumpe came to capture this rug repair scene. Dong Hung carpet weaving company probably ended in 1975. The pictures here are published from The Gioi Tu Do, volume IX, number 9 and volume X number 5 (no publication date, about the second half. 1960s) are the remnants of a time when Saigon has developed a proud high-class wool carpet weaving industry.