Vintage Silk Persian Rugs
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Modern Vintage Silk Persian Rugs – However they may be woven, rugs and carpets are most commonly made of wool. If they are pile carpets, their pile consists mostly of wool even if their foundation is cotton. The same is true of the weft face of tapestry or kilim rugs. But as luxury items Persian carpets came at some point to be made in the far more precious material of silk. If this began already in the Mongol or Timurid periods, it would hardly be surprising given the close ties between Persia and China at that time, for it was in China that silk production or seri-culture first began.
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But seri-culture had already been established in Persia since the Sassanian period (3rd to 7th centuries) when its secret of production along with a supply of silkworms was presumably smuggled out of China. In due course Persia became a center of silk textile production. It was therefore inevitable that the weavers of the Silk Road would eventually hit upon the idea of making carpets in silk.
But whenever or wherever this first began, it was in the Safavid period that silk became an established component of rug weaving. Given the superior strength of silk fibers and their finer proportions, silk came to used in the foundation of Persian carpets, as warps or wefts, or both. In due course smaller amounts of silk knots were used amidst the wool pile as highlights, then as the pile of larger details within the design, and finally to produce the pile in its entirety. Similarly, the weft face of kilims was at times produced in silk as well. Given the greater fineness of silk fibers, this material naturally lent itself to the extreme delicacy that Persian rug weaving sought to achieve.
Since silk naturally has a more reflective, lustrous quality and softer texture than even the finest wool, it offered the possibility to achieve a more luminous, glowing, and luxurious carpet. And so today silk continues to be used in foundations, as highlights amidst wool pile, or as the primary material for the pile in the very finest Persian carpets as it has for centuries, an enduring testament to Persia’s continued status as a leader in oriental rug production.
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Large Vintage Persian Silk Qum Rug 60025
Size: 13 ft x 20 ft (3.96 m x 6.1 m)Large Luxurious Vintage Persian Silk Heriz Rug 60034
Size: 13 ft 1 in x 19 ft (3.99 m x 5.79 m)Large Fine Silk and Wool Vintage Persian Tabriz Rug 60027
Size: 11 ft 6 in x 17 ft 1 in (3.51 m x 5.21 m)Finely Woven Silk and Wool Vintage Persian Tabriz Rug 49143
Size: 11 ft 4 in x 16 ft 10 in (3.45 m x 5.13 m)Round Silk Vintage Tabriz Persian Rug 51137
Size: 16 ft 2 in x 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m x 4.93 m)Large Vintage Persian Silk Qum Rug 70253
Size: 10 ft x 14 ft 2 in (3.05 m x 4.32 m)Silk Room Size Persian Qum Rug 49398
$76,000.00Size: 9 ft 6 in x 13 ft 6 in (2.9 m x 4.11 m)Fine Floral Medallion Vintage Persian Silk Qum Rug 70244
Size: 9 ft 9 in x 13 ft 5 in (2.97 m x 4.09 m)Fine Silk and Gold Thread Vintage Tabriz Persian Rug 51054
$49,000.00Size: 9 ft 11 in x 13 ft 5 in (3.02 m x 4.09 m)Fine Room Size Vintage Persian Silk Qum Rug 70245
Size: 10 ft x 13 ft 4 in (3.05 m x 4.06 m)Fine Silk Vintage Qum Persian Rug Runner 51059
$15,000.00Size: 2 ft 7 in x 13 ft (0.79 m x 3.96 m)Fine Vintage Tabriz Persian Rug 51002
$42,000.00Size: 9 ft 10 in x 12 ft 9 in (3 m x 3.89 m)Ivory Persian Silk Isfahan Runner Rug 49403
$7,900.00Size: 2 ft 6 in x 12 ft 2 in (0.76 m x 3.71 m)Beautiful Room Size Vintage Persian Silk Qum Rug 70115
Size: 8 ft 1 in x 11 ft 5 in (2.46 m x 3.48 m)Fine Silk Vintage Qum Persian Rug 51052
$26,000.00Size: 6 ft 6 in x 9 ft 11 in (1.98 m x 3.02 m)Fine Silk Vintage Qum Persian Rug 51043
$25,000.00Size: 6 ft 8 in x 9 ft 11 in (2.03 m x 3.02 m)Fine Square Garden Design Silk Qum Persian Rug 51084
$28,500.00Size: 9 ft 7 in x 9 ft 9 in (2.92 m x 2.97 m)Black Silk Qum Persian Runner Rug 49404
$11,250.00Size: 2 ft 8 in x 9 ft 8 in (0.81 m x 2.95 m)Fine Red and Gold Room Size Modern Persian Silk Qum Rug 49533
$18,500.00Size: 6 ft 5 in x 9 ft 7 in (1.96 m x 2.92 m)Small Brown Silk Persian Qum Rug 49416
$13,750.00Size: 5 ft x 7 ft 10 in (1.52 m x 2.39 m)Small Size Fine Silk Qum Persian Rug 49419
$9,900.00Size: 4 ft 5 in x 7 ft (1.35 m x 2.13 m)Silk Animal Motif Vintage Qum Souf Rug 51163
$14,000.00Size: 4 ft 6 in x 7 ft (1.37 m x 2.13 m)Vintage Silk Qum Jamshidi Rug 70118
$26,000.00Size: 4 ft 3 in x 6 ft 8 in (1.3 m x 2.03 m)Small Size Geometric Persian Silk Qum Rug 49421
$14,500.00Size: 3 ft 4 in x 5 ft 5 in (1.02 m x 1.65 m)