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Kahkeshan

A hand-knotted all-silk carpet, woven in Qom.

Qom silk Kahkeshan hand-knotted silk rug, woven in Qom, about 80 × 120 cm; full top view with a central medallion and four dark corner forms

An all-silk carpet with a central medallion on a field that shifts from yellow to rust, and four dark corner forms. It took a year to weave.

Dimensions
about 80 × 120 cm
Fibre
All silk (pile, warp and weft)
Origin
Qom
Weaving time
One year

The size is approximate; ask the workshop for the exact measurement. The photographs and the video on this page show this carpet itself; its colour and pattern were not altered in processing, and only the background behind the carpet in the full view was made uniform.

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Photographs

A closer look

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  • Angled view of the Kahkeshan silk rug in soft folds, showing how the silk sheen changes with the direction of the pile

    Silk sheen

  • Close view of the Kahkeshan rug's central medallion: dark brown arabesque lattice around an orange oval core, with a turned-back corner showing the reverse at lower left

    Medallion

  • Folded corner of the Kahkeshan rug with white silk fringe and part of the reverse side

    Corner and fringe

  • Close view of the Kahkeshan rug's silk pile where the colour shifts from yellow to rust in fine dots

    Pile

  • The reverse of the Kahkeshan rug at a turned-back corner, where the design shows through on the back

    Reverse

  • The Kahkeshan rug's medallion crossed by a diagonal fold, with the silk sheen catching the light along it

    Medallion with a fold

Video

The silk sheen in motion

Silent video: a slow camera move across the medallion of the Kahkeshan carpet

Silent video: a slow move across a real photograph of the medallion.

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