Qom in pure silk | 156 x 120 cm | Nr. 18281

Floral Qom in pure silk, gold-beige all-over pattern with central medallion and border

Origin	Persia
Dimensions	156 cm x 120 cm (= 1.87 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: pure silk Weft & Warp: pure silk
knots per m²2	810.000
Pile height	2mm
Year of manufacture	1940
Colour	Gold-beige
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Qom is a relatively young provenance for Persian rugs. The city of Qom (also Ghom, Ghoum, Goum) lies in the centre of Iran, about 100 km south of the capital, Tehran. Since Qom had no long knotting tradition of its own to build on, patterns were – and still are – adopted from other weaving regions. Over time, however, a distinctive style grew out of this. Today the silk rugs from Qom are among the most celebrated and finest rugs in the world. The field of Qom rugs often has a light ground, decorated with finely drawn medallion patterns or all-over boteh or vase motifs.

Pattern

The lavish floral motifs of this Qom are elegant and wonderfully varied. The graceful plant symbols, depicting blossoms, leaves and branches, are artfully intertwined.

The ornate border forms a wonderful contrast with the centre and shapes the transition at the edge of the rug.

The recurring pattern (known as a repeat pattern) flatters the design of the room and never steals attention from the furniture, the decorative pieces and the architectural elements. It creates a pleasant atmosphere without dominating the style of the room. In this Qom, the repeating elements find their centre in the middle of the field with its symmetrical medallion.

The background of this Qom is gold-beige. The border is worked in dark red, dark blue and gold-beige. The light blue centre combines cream white and yellow.

Condition

You aren't the first to take a liking to this Qom. It has had owners before you who valued it and lived with it. It was hand-knotted in around 1940. We have cleaned it thoroughly and restored it with care. It is therefore – despite its age – in very good condition.

Material

The silk pile of this Qom makes the colours of the pattern glow in different shades, depending on how the light falls. It turns this Qom into a real highlight and gives the room an atmosphere that is both cosy and thoroughly elegant and refined. Silk is gathered by hand from the cocoons of the silk moth. Because the individual silk filaments are extremely long, very fine yarns can be spun that are light in weight yet still tear-resistant. Fine yarn allows smaller knots to be tied and therefore more detailed patterns to be worked. This is why the finest rugs in the world are hand-knotted from pure silk. In this Qom, even the foundation is made of pure silk. Thanks to the thin but hard-wearing material of the weft and warp threads, a particularly fine knotting and therefore a particularly fine pattern are possible.