Modern and 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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Vintage Large Oversized Persian Silk Qum Rug 60037
$165,000.0013 ft 2 in x 20 ft 7 in (4.01 m x 6.27 m)
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Large Floral Vintage Persian Silk Qum Rug 60022
$93,000.0013 ft x 19 ft 9 in (3.96 m x 6.02 m)
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Fine Large Vintage Persian Silk Kashan Rug 60039
$195,000.0012 ft 10 in x 19 ft 8 in (3.91 m x 5.99 m)
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Large Vintage Silk Persian Qum Rug 60035
$139,000.0013 ft x 19 ft 8 in (3.96 m x 5.99 m)
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Large Luxurious Vintage Persian Silk Heriz Rug 60034
$76,000.00$59,000.0013 ft 1 in x 19 ft (3.99 m x 5.79 m)
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Large Floral Vintage Persian Silk Kashan Rug 60019
$86,000.0011 ft 2 in x 16 ft 7 in (3.4 m x 5.05 m)
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Round Silk Vintage Tabriz Persian Rug 51137
$95,000.0016 ft 2 in x 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m x 4.93 m)
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Silk Room Size Persian Qum Rug 49398
$76,000.009 ft 6 in x 13 ft 6 in (2.9 m x 4.11 m)
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Fine Square Vintage Silk Tabriz Persian Rug 51050
$58,000.0013 ft x 13 ft 5 in (3.96 m x 4.09 m)
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Fine Silk Vintage Qum Persian Rug Runner 51059
$15,000.002 ft 7 in x 13 ft (0.79 m x 3.96 m)
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Fine Vintage Tabriz Persian Runner Rug 51044
$18,500.003 ft 5 in x 11 ft 6 in (1.04 m x 3.51 m)
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Fine Silk Vintage Qum Persian Rug 51052
$26,000.006 ft 6 in x 9 ft 11 in (1.98 m x 3.02 m)
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Fine Silk Vintage Qum Persian Rug 51043
$25,000.006 ft 8 in x 9 ft 11 in (2.03 m x 3.02 m)
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Fine Square Garden Design Silk Qum Persian Rug 51084
$28,500.009 ft 7 in x 9 ft 9 in (2.92 m x 2.97 m)
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Fine Red and Gold Room Size Modern Persian Silk Qum Rug 49533
$18,500.006 ft 5 in x 9 ft 7 in (1.96 m x 2.92 m)
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Small Brown Silk Persian Qum Rug 49416
$13,750.00$11,000.005 ft x 7 ft 10 in (1.52 m x 2.39 m)
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Small Size Fine Silk Qum Persian Rug 49419
$9,900.00$7,920.004 ft 5 in x 7 ft (1.35 m x 2.13 m)
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Silk Animal Motif Vintage Qum Souf Rug 51163
$14,000.004 ft 6 in x 7 ft (1.37 m x 2.13 m)
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Ivory Round Silk Persian Qum Rug 49417
$13,500.00$10,800.006 ft 6 in x 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m x 1.98 m)
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Small Size Geometric Persian Silk Qum Rug 49421
$14,500.003 ft 4 in x 5 ft 5 in (1.02 m x 1.65 m)
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Small Black Hunting Scene Vintage Persian Silk Qum Rug 49624
$6,600.003 ft 3 in x 5 ft 3 in (0.99 m x 1.6 m)
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Vintage Biblical Judiaca Silk Persian Kashan Pictorial Rug 49606
$14,500.003 ft 6 in x 5 ft 2 in (1.07 m x 1.57 m)
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Small Silk Persian Hunting Scene Qum Rug 49412
$8,750.00$7,000.003 ft 5 in x 5 ft 1 in (1.04 m x 1.55 m)
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Small Scatter Size Navy Silk Persian Qum Rug 49414
$5,500.00$4,400.003 ft 4 in x 5 ft (1.02 m x 1.52 m)
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Green Background Silk Persian Qum Rug 49413
$10,750.00$8,600.003 ft 4 in x 5 ft (1.02 m x 1.52 m)
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Small Size Vintage Persian Silk Qum Rug 49621
$5,900.003 ft 3 in x 4 ft 10 in (0.99 m x 1.47 m)
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Fine Radiant Floral Vintage Silk Persian Qum Rug 49622
$6,600.003 ft 3 in x 4 ft 10 in (0.99 m x 1.47 m)
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Small Scatter Size Persian Qum Silk Rug 49410
$4,450.00$3,560.002 ft 7 in x 4 ft 3 in (0.79 m x 1.3 m)
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Small Scatter Size Silk Persian Qum Rug 49409
$3,900.00$3,120.002 ft 8 in x 4 ft (0.81 m x 1.22 m)
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Hunting Scene Silk Persian Qum Rug 49411
$4,400.00$3,520.002 ft 7 in x 4 ft (0.79 m x 1.22 m)
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