20th Century Persian Fine Silk Handmade Gom Rug c.1990

20th Century Persian Gom rug. Also known as Qom or Qum rugs, they are renowned for their fine craftsmanship, often made from luxurious materials like high-quality silk or Kork-wool (...

Antique early 20th Century handmade Persian Najafabad rug. Woven in the Isfahan region, this rug features an all-over design with detailed flowers and a ...

Vintage 20th Century Persian fine handmade Bidjar rug from around 1970. Persian Bidjar rugs, hailing from the Bidjar region in Iran, are renowned for their exceptional durability and distinctive design. Often referred to as "stone rugs...

Vintage 20th Century Persian large Isfahan rug. A town rug with a silk foundation and an elegant medallion design. This piece is a collector's gem that effortlessly enhances any inte...

Fine silk Qumm Ghomm rug 100% silk silk foundation 7x10 Handmade Silk Rug 6'6" x 9'10" 7x10 199cm x 300cm "Very fine silk rug with an intricate weave and artisan workma...

Elevate your home with the timeless elegance of this authentic Qom silk rug, a masterpiece from the Middle East renowned for its intricate patterns and exceptional craftsmanship. Thi...

Sarouk is a name of a village situated about 25 miles north of Arak (Sultanabad). This region became one of the most active regions of carpet weaving in the late 19th century through the early 20th century. The city's most famous designer was named Farahan. To be able to compete with Kashan in rug commerce, Farahan designed rugs with center medallion motives. Today, these carpets are referred to as Antique 19th century Farahan Sarouks. In the 1920s and 1930s a well-known rug dealer in New York thought that Americans would buy rose-field carpets with blue borders and detached floral motives. During that period, a vast number of Sarouks with rose-fields and all over floral patterns were woven and exported to the American market. However, the natural dyed rose color did not stand up to the alkaline bath to which new rugs in Arak were subjected in the finishing process. The rose color faded radically. But instead of changing the finishing process or changing the composition of the dyes to stand up to alkali, New York merchants "solved" the problem by arming their staffs with synthetic dyes and little paint brushes with which they painted back in the rose-color in the entire fields of thousands and thousands of rugs and carpets over a period of 20 years. Today, Antique Sarouk rugs and carpets...

The near black tentacularly lobed central lozenge medallion encloses millefleurs florets and a divided diamonds sub-medallion, on the straw-sand field with a fairly close scatter of ...