Name: Deep Violet Partridge Qum
Brand: RUGINZA
SKU: QA2204
Price: 520.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Deep Violet Persian Qum Silk Rug, pictorial design, hand-knotted, 57×77cm

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$520

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Size

57×77cm

Color — Deep Violet

Deep Violet

Rug material

Silk

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A deep violet field centred on a rounded picture panel framed by a ring of ivory lotus petals. Inside, three partridges with barred flanks and red beaks gather on red-brown rocks beside a small blue pool, under a turquoise sky with curling clouds, a windswept tree on the left and red flowers on the right. Large ivory botehs filled with flowers sweep in from the four corners, with palmette finials above and below the panel and small cartouches at either side. An ivory border of small flowering motifs runs between narrow guard stripes, closed by a red outer band and silk fringe at both ends.

Hand-knotted in silk. One partridge stands on the upper rock and two below it at the water's edge, one of them bending to drink. At 57×77cm this is an extra small rug, made to hang on a wall or sit on a low table.

Origin: Iran
Type: Qum, hand-knotted
Material: 100% silk
Design: Pictorial partridge panel with corner botehs
Size: 57×77cm (1'10"×2'6") — Extra Small
Colour: Deep Violet
SKU: QA2204
One-of-a-kind: Yes

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100% silk pile, hand-knotted in Qum, with 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.

This is a picture rug and is best treated as one. The partridges' barred feathers, beaks and eyes are drawn with only a few knots each, so any wear on the panel would blur them quickly. The turquoise sky is the colour most sensitive to light, and the ivory botehs in the corners will show a mark before the violet ground does. On a wall, away from a window, it will keep its detail for a very long time.

The birds in the panel are partridges — you can tell them by the black and white bars along their flanks and their red beaks and legs. In Persian poetry the partridge is one of the classic images of grace: poets from Hafez onward praise a beloved who walks like a partridge, with the bird's light, strutting step standing for elegance itself. That is why partridges turn up so often in Persian painting and in pictorial silks like this one, usually shown as they are here, in a small group on rocks near water. Look at how the weaver has staged them. One bird stands high on the upper rock, the other two are lower down at the pool's edge, and one of those has bent its head to drink, so the three read as a little scene with a moment in it rather than a row of specimens. Around the panel, the carpet returns to pure ornament — ivory lotus petals, corner botehs, finials — framing the picture the way a gilded mount frames a miniature.

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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.

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