Qum, Hereke & Isfahan
Silk Ivory-Field Floral Corner Detail
Silk Rugs · Representative imagery
A representative silk rug shown close at the corner, where an ivory field of delicate flowering stems and birds meets layered borders of serrated leaf-and-vine and reciprocal motifs in red, blue and green. The tight, even structure and fine detail reveal the high knot density characteristic of silk weaving. Worked entirely in silk, such pieces achieve a soft sheen and crisp curvilinear drawing in the tradition of the Persian and Anatolian silk workshops.
The tradition
Qum, Hereke & Isfahan
Silk rugs represent the finest end of the knotted tradition. Woven in centres such as Qum and Isfahan in Iran and Hereke in Turkey, they use silk for both the foundation and the pile, allowing extraordinarily high knot counts and a level of detail impossible in wool.
Silk's natural sheen makes these rugs shift in colour as you move around them, so a silk carpet reads almost like a changing painting — often hung or used as a showpiece rather than walked on.
Motifs & meaning
Reading the design
Silk rugs carry the classical court repertoire, rendered in the finest possible detail.
Central medallion
The garden pool or dome at the heart of the design.
Fine floral vinework
Scrolling arabesques of the Persian garden.
Hunting & garden scenes
Paradise imagery from the court tradition.
Prayer niche (Hereke)
The directional arch of the finest Turkish silks.
Materials & technique
How it is made
Hand-knotted entirely in silk at very high knot counts, giving the luminous sheen, fine detail and jewel-like colour that define the finest rugs.
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