{"product_id":"vintage-qum-silk-prayer-rug-3x5-ft-13187","title":"Vintage Qum Silk Prayer Rug 3.4 × 5.1 ft (155 × 105 cm) | 13187","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:800px;margin:0 auto;padding:25px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#222;line-height:1.6;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;padding:30px 0 25px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;margin-bottom:30px;\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:0.75rem;letter-spacing:3px;color:#8b0000;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:12px;\"\u003eVintage Qum · Silk on Silk · Gördes-Style Mihrab\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch1 style=\"font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:2px;margin:0 0 15px;\"\u003eVintage Qum Silk Prayer Rug\u003cbr\u003e3.4 × 5.1 ft · 155 × 105 cm\u003c\/h1\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-style:italic;color:#555;margin:0;\"\u003eSilk on silk — a columned Mihrab in the old Turkish Gördes manner, beige field and anthracite border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#8b0000;font-size:1.15rem;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:35px;\"\u003eA Vintage Mihrab in Pure Silk\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQum (Ghom) emerged as the centre of Persian silk weaving in the twentieth century, and prayer rugs are among its most contemplative compositions. This vintage piece, knotted some forty to sixty years ago, is worked entirely in mulberry silk — pile and foundation both. The years have settled the silk into a soft, gathered sheen. Because the rug spent most of its life as a wall hanging rather than underfoot, it has survived in \u003cstrong\u003eexcellent condition\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the patina that distinguishes a genuine vintage silk from a brand-new piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#8b0000;font-size:1.15rem;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:35px;\"\u003eAn Old Turkish Design — The Gördes \/ Panderma Manner\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is not a typical Persian floral Mihrab but follows an \u003cstrong\u003eold Turkish prayer-rug model in the manner of Gördes and Panderma\u003c\/strong\u003e. The niche is flanked by two slender \u003cstrong\u003ecolumns\u003c\/strong\u003e that carry the arch, with a \u003cstrong\u003ehanging mosque lamp (kandil)\u003c\/strong\u003e suspended in the ivory niche — the architectural vocabulary of the classical Anatolian prayer rug. Qum silk weavers of the twentieth century revived these Ottoman models in fine silk, and this piece is a faithful, finely drawn example: ivory niche, an ochre upper field with delicate floral sprays, and a deep anthracite main border of palmettes and scrolling vine, framed by several ivory and ochre guard borders and a running zigzag band. Within the restrained beige-and-anthracite scheme run subtle accents of salmon, soft rose, aqua and green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#8b0000;font-size:1.15rem;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:35px;\"\u003ePlacement\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 155 × 105 cm the piece works as a wall-hung display — as it has been kept — where the directional, columned Mihrab reads as intended, or in a reading corner or beside a bed. Silk shifts with the angle of light — the niche reads deeper from one direction than the other. If laid on the floor, use a non-slip pad on smooth flooring; suitable above underfloor heating. For vintage silk, low-traffic placement protects the patina that took decades to develop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#8b0000;font-size:1.15rem;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:35px;\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:15px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;width:35%;color:#666;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003e155 × 105 cm (3.4 × 5.1 ft)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;color:#666;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eQum (Ghom), Iran\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;color:#666;\"\u003ePile material\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003e100 % natural mulberry silk\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;color:#666;\"\u003eFoundation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eSilk warp and weft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;color:#666;\"\u003eKnot density\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eapprox. 8×8 to 9×9 knots\/cm² (approx. 640,000–810,000 knots\/m²)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;color:#666;\"\u003eDesign\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eColumned Mihrab with mosque lamp — old Turkish Gördes \/ Panderma manner\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;color:#666;\"\u003eColours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eBeige and anthracite, with salmon, rose, aqua and green accents\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;color:#666;\"\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eVintage, approx. 40–60 years, excellent condition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;color:#666;\"\u003eUnderfloor heating\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eSuitable\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#8b0000;font-size:1.15rem;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:35px;\"\u003eResponsible Origin · Label STEP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDjoharian is a certified partner of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/label-step.org\/dealers\/djoharian-teppiche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel STEP\u003c\/a\u003e, the international fair-trade organisation for hand-knotted rugs. STEP audits production conditions on the ground — wages, working environment, no child labour — and tracks pieces from loom to dealer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#8b0000;font-size:1.15rem;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:35px;\"\u003eDjoharian — Since 1967\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur family business was founded in 1967, with roots in the Grand Carpet Bazaar of Tehran. Five decades of trade and connoisseurship inform every piece we offer — collected, vetted, and presented with the documentation a serious buyer expects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#8b0000;font-size:1.15rem;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:35px;\"\u003eService\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecure and fast worldwide shipping, fully insured. Each piece is professionally packed and documented. We are available for any questions on placement, care, or comparable pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #e5e5e5;margin-top:40px;padding-top:25px;\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"color:#8b0000;font-size:0.8rem;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;\"\u003eSince 1967  |  Label STEP Certified  |  Worldwide Shipping\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Djoharian Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44680312652043,"sku":"13187","price":6550.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/5721\/1781\/files\/13187-40.jpg?v=1699442862","url":"https:\/\/djoharian.com\/en-ca\/products\/vintage-qum-silk-prayer-rug-3x5-ft-13187","provider":"Djoharian","version":"1.0","type":"link"}