One-of-a-kind
Qum Kork / silkHand KnottedSilk rug
Brown / Beige140 x 212 cm

Name: Qum Kork / silk
Brand: Rugvista
SKU: TBZAA905
Availability: LimitedAvailability

Ghom Kork/Silk - Crafted to Bring Stories to Life

This one-of-a-kind Middle Eastern Ghom Kork/Silk rug features an incredibly detailed pictorial hunting scene, hand-knotted in pure silk to bring a sense of history and luxury to your home.

This hand-knotted rug offers a remarkably smooth and luxurious feel underfoot, creating a calm and inviting atmosphere in any room. The natural properties of the pile provide excellent sound absorption and a gentle warmth, making it a comfortable addition to your living space.

Crafted from silk, the rug displays a beautiful lustre that shifts and changes depending on the angle of the light. This natural fibre is celebrated for its strength and soft texture, ensuring the rug remains a cherished part of your home for years to come.

As a truly unique, one-of-a-kind piece, this rug carries a personal character that cannot be replicated. Owning it means bringing an exclusive work of art into your home, with the confidence that no other copy exists anywhere in the world.

The design showcases a detailed pictorial hunting scene, rich with figures of riders and wildlife set against a soft background. Originating from a renowned Middle Eastern weaving tradition, the rug serves as a beautiful focal point that invites curiosity and admiration.

The weaving tradition of Ghom represents one of the most prestigious chapters in Middle Eastern textile history. While many famous weaving centres date back centuries, Ghom emerged in the early twentieth century and rapidly established a reputation for producing some of the finest and most detailed silk rugs in the world.

The use of silk in both the pile and the foundation is a hallmark of the finest Ghom creations. Because silk fibres are incredibly strong yet exceptionally fine, they allow weavers to achieve a level of detail and design clarity that is simply impossible with wool, resulting in sharp, clear patterns that resemble fine paintings.

This specific rug features a classic hunting scene, a traditional motif known historically as a shikarghah. These designs depict riders on horseback, wild animals, and lush, flowering trees, drawing inspiration from ancient royal hunts and the symbolic concept of a paradise garden.

Highly sought after by collectors, Ghom silk rugs are valued for their artistry, complexity, and cultural heritage. Acquiring a piece from this tradition is an investment in a living art form, bringing a sense of history and refined craftsmanship into a contemporary home.

This rug is entirely hand-knotted, a traditional technique where every single knot is tied individually by a skilled artisan. This demanding method requires immense patience and precision, ensuring a highly durable construction that easily outperforms machine-made alternatives.

With a total weight of 8.9 kg for its 212 x 140 cm size, this piece represents an extraordinary concentration of fine silk. The substantial weight of the rug relative to its dimensions indicates a very dense, compact structure, which can only be achieved through months of dedicated, skilled labor.

The complex pictorial design requires the weaver to constantly refer to a detailed pattern map, carefully placing each colour to form the intricate shapes of horses, riders, and foliage. This high level of craftsmanship ensures that the narrative scene remains sharp and beautifully defined for generations.

Silk

Silk is an exclusive natural fibre that provides a soft and shiny feeling to rugs. The material can also be used to enhance details in wool rugs and in some, silk can make up the entire pile and sometimes even the warp. Elegant rugs with rich details can only be made with silk because other fibres are too thick for this purpose. Silk is a durable and hard-wearing fibre that lasts a long time and becomes more beautiful over time. Due to its sensitivity to liquids, it is advisable to refrain from positioning the rug in areas where there is a high likelihood of moisture or potential spills.

UsageIndoor

RoomBedroom,Dining area,Living room

Size140 x 212 cm,Medium

Thickness12 mm

MaterialSilk

WarpSilk

PileSilk

Weight9 kg

AgeContemporary 0-20 years (not used)

ColorBrown,Beige,Dark red

ShapeRectangular

CategoryOrientalQum silk

ManufacturingHand knotted

Knot density800,000 - 1,000,000 knots per m²

OriginMiddle East

Carpet IDTBZAA905

Importer

Rugvista AB

Lodgatan 11

211 24 Malmö

Sweden

Ghom Kork/Silk - Crafted to Bring Stories to Life

This one-of-a-kind Middle Eastern Ghom Kork/Silk rug features an incredibly detailed pictorial hunting scene, hand-knotted in pure silk to bring a sense of history and luxury to your home.