Qom in pure silk | 210 x 140 cm | Nr. Z-2820

Qom in pure silk with border

Origin	Persia
Dimensions	210 cm x 140 cm (= 2.94 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: pure silk Weft & Warp: pure silk
knots per m²2	490.000
Pile height	4mm
Year of manufacture	1970
Colour
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 central Iran, about 100 km south of the capital Tehran. As Qom had no old rug-knotting tradition to build on, patterns were, and still are, adopted from other knotting regions. Over time, however, a style of its own has grown out of this. Today the silk rugs from Qom are among the most famous and finest rugs in the world. The field of Qom rugs is often light in ground and decorated with finely drawn medallion patterns or with all-over boteh or vase designs. This genuine Persian silk rug is graced by the hunting motif, a great favourite among collectors. Even so, it is a real enrichment for any home, not only for hunters and collectors. This piece of true knotting artistry rightly carries the pride and the name of its weaver in the form of a signature, which translates as follows:

 

Pattern

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

 

Material

The silk of this Qom's pile makes the colours of the pattern shine in ever-changing facets, depending on how the light falls. It turns this Qom into a real highlight and creates an atmosphere in the room that is cosy and at the same time very elegant and refined. Silk is obtained 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 finer patterns to be created. 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. The thin but hard-wearing material of the weft and warp threads permits a particularly fine knotting, and with it a particularly fine pattern.