Qom in pure silk | 98 x 98 cm | Nr. 10089

Floral, round Qom in pure silk, dark blue with border and medallion

Origin	Persia
Diameter	98 cm (= 0.75 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: pure silk Weft & Warp: pure silk
knots per m²2	180.000
Pile height	3mm
Year of manufacture	1990
Colour	Dark blue, gold
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 round format of this hand-knotted Qom is very rare and is perfect, for instance, for rooms with a round dining or living room table.

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

At the heart of this Qom's central field lies the symmetrical centrepiece, also known as the medallion. The design of the field is subordinate to the medallion, so that the medallion seems to float on the field.

The background of this Qom is dark blue. The border is worked in dark blue, gold and dark red. In the golden centre, dark blue and light green are combined.

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.