Persian Silk Qom

Woven within the last 20 years in the region of Qom, Central North Iran.
The design was created by using selected specialized dyes, which gives this piece it's almost antique looking character. This was a bespoke production and was created for the western markets.

Silk Qom's tend to use very strong colours in their colour pallet, seeing one with this colourway is unusual, but they can still be found in some fine carpet dealers on the UK.

I like the added detail the weavers have added to the flat woven kilim ends of the fringes. If it's not a signed piece, I would like to think this was a makers mark of the weaving workshop/family. These pieces are tomorrows antiques and with care and minimal maintenance it will be enjoyed for many years to come.

Let me know if you would like to know any more about the origin, design etc and I will do my best to help.
As with all appraisals via photography, my comments can only be 90% accurate unless the rug is in front of me.

Thanks for the post.

OrientalYarns

Hallo und willkommen im Forum,
rest in English so the other guys can follow ;-)

yes, rug is from China, sold by Neubert in Wuerzburg, Germany. Quality is called Henan single knot. Design and quality have nothing to do with Qum, it is a mixture from Hereke, Kayseri and Tabriz designs. Nice rug but nothing that holds value. 250$ is very little, but don`t expect to get a fortune. As seen on the pictures rug has a few stains and would profit from a wash. Ebay is a good idea.

I don`t think Neubert had it way overpriced - their prices are on the upper end, but it is still ok. 5 sqauremeter of fine silkrug cost quite a bit still today. Actually the rug was sold when the prices where a lot lower back then. Since the rug is priced in DM and as far as I remember Neubert had EUR and DM prices from the year 2000.00 (I was living in Wuerzburg at this time so I know Neubert very well) the rug was purchased at least 12 years ago.
For iranian fine rugs there is a good second hand market. Also you must remember in Germany the price is inclusive VAT which was 16% at that time - the seller had to pay 1917 DM salestax. If you look around a bit I am sure you can sell the rug for a price that is halfways acceptable.

Yes, Wuerzburg is a very nice city - even if they dont`t have really good rugs there anymore since we moved to Lohr ;-)with our shop LOL. My parents and my brother still live there, it is only 40 km from Lohr. I still have a lot of customers there so I am in Wuerzburg once or twice a week. Thanks for the nice picture :-) - was it taken on the Festung? I love to go to the Marienburg at Wintertime to see the sunset on a clear cold evening and then go have a few glasses good frankonian wine in the city to warm up again...
If you get to go back some time visit the Residence and take a look at the nice wall carpets. They where made around 1600 - 1650, very beautiful.