Qum Carpets

The majority of Qum carpets are made from pure silk and with a knot count per square inch of 1000 this ranks them amongst the best quality hand knotted rugs to be found in the world.

The name Qum comes from the holy city of Qum in Central Persia [Iran]. This weaving center is relatively young in the hierarchy of carpet weaving since production was not started until the 1930′s.

Designs vary but the most popular ones feature the medallion motif. The Qum carpets are beautiful but not considered as sophisticated as those from Kashan.

The colors of Qum carpets can be brighter and a lot more colorful than some other types, but they are not quite as rich as Kashan.

The use of silk seems to have started before 1961, and in the 1950′s and 1960′s you would find Qum carpets having silk outlines, or wool rugs with silk motifs and all other combinations of wool and silk used in production of these carpets.

The majority of the Qum rugs and carpets are beautiful to look at, therefore many people use them as wall hangings. The more recent carpets are of a better quality but most Qum carpets, being made from pure silk, are amongst the finest looking rugs in the world.

If you are wanting something that is stunning to look at, particularly the silk ones to be used as wall hangings, you could do no better than to invest in a Qum carpet.