Name: Ivory Boteh Qum
Brand: RUGINZA
SKU: PRAQ 379
Price: 2082.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Ivory Persian Qum Silk Rug, medallion design, hand-knotted, 100×147cm

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Size

100×147cm

Color — Ivory

Ivory

Rug material

Silk

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An open ivory field with a lobed red star medallion at the centre, gold at its heart, and small red finials with flowering sprays above and below it on the long axis. Each corner holds a great cluster of red and gold botehs — one large paisley with smaller ones budding from its curves — and single small botehs float beside the medallion. A deep red main border of blossoms, scrolling vine and pale flower sprays is held between several fine guard stripes, finished with short silk fringe at both ends.

Hand-knotted in silk. The four corner clusters are mirror images of each other, and each large boteh curls inward towards the medallion. At 100×147cm this is a small rug, suited to a spot in front of a sofa, beside a bed or on a wall.

Origin: Iran
Type: Qum, hand-knotted
Material: 100% silk
Design: Star medallion with corner boteh clusters
Size: 100×147cm (3'3"×4'10") — Small
Colour: Ivory
SKU: PRAQ 379
One-of-a-kind: Yes

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100% silk pile, hand-knotted in Qum, with short silk fringe at both ends. Silk is strong in tension but delicate in every other respect — it abrades, it marks with water, and it loses lustre permanently if treated like wool.

The open ivory field is the part to protect. It covers the centre of the rug with very little drawing on it, so a mark has nothing to hide behind, and the deep red of the botehs and border sits right against it. At 100×147cm the rug can go on a floor, but a floor people cross in socks rather than shoes, and away from where drinks are carried.

The boteh — the teardrop with a curled tip that the West knows as paisley — is usually a small motif, repeated in rows across a field or tucked into a border. This rug does the opposite. Compare the largest boteh in any corner with the star medallion at the centre: they are close to the same size, so the motif that normally plays a supporting part here takes up a full quarter of the field. At that scale the weaver could fill each one like a panel, with its own inner flowers and a lining of gold, and could let smaller botehs sprout from its curves the way new leaves come off a stem. The ivory ground is left almost empty between them, which is what lets the shapes read clearly from across a room. Then look at direction: every large boteh curls its tip back towards the medallion, so the four corners lean in rather than out, and the open centre of the rug is held by the corners rather than by a frame.

Shipping & Returns

Shipping
We ship from Japan to the United States, the United Kingdom and 19 European countries. Shipping is free on orders of ¥150,000 or more (approx. $1,000 / £790 / €920); orders below that ship at a ¥15,000 flat rate (approx. $99 / £79 / €92). Each rug is carefully rolled and wrapped. Orders are dispatched within 3 to 5 business days, then take 7 to 15 business days in transit. Every order ships with tracking. Import duties and taxes may apply in your country; please contact us before ordering for details.

Returns
For a change of mind, contact us within 30 days of delivery. Items must be unused, in original condition and in original packaging. Return shipping is paid by the customer and can be expensive from outside Japan, so please ask us about size or colour before you order. If your rug arrives damaged, defective or not as ordered, contact us with photos within 30 days of delivery: we pay for the return and send a replacement or a full refund.

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