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Silk Rugs

Silk Persian Rugs

Silk is where Persian weaving stops being flooring and becomes fine art. The fiber is finer than a human hair yet stronger than steel of the same diameter, and it takes dye with a depth wool cannot reach, colors that seem lit from behind and shift as you walk around the rug. Because silk knots so finely, the greatest pieces reach 600 to 1000 knots per square inch: a single rug on this page can hold more knots than a room-size wool weaving, each one tied by hand over years. Every silk Persian rug here is one-of-a-kind and photographed exactly as it will arrive.

The capital of silk weaving is Qum, and our Persian Qum rugs represent its master workshops, many bearing the woven signature of the weaver in the end border. Those signatures matter, and we treat them accordingly: we read Farsi in-house and authenticate every cartouche ourselves before a rug is listed, a level of verification almost no dealer in America performs. Our complete guide to Qum rugs explains what the signatures and knot counts mean. Isfahan rugs extend the story, their finest wool pieces knotted onto pure silk foundations. Silk concentrates its value in intimate sizes: a 3x5 Persian rug in silk is the classic collector's format, displayed on floor or wall, while a 4x6 Persian rug gives a study or bedroom its masterpiece.

Buyers weighing fiber options can compare the whole spectrum: our wool rugs carry the durable everyday tradition, and our wool and silk rugs blend both, silk lighting the details within resilient wool grounds. A silk purchase deserves unhurried questions, about placement, care, signatures and provenance, and our rug experts take them on phone or chat at any hour. With free shipping and free returns in all 50 states and Canada, even the finest rug in our collection arrives with nothing at risk but your curiosity.

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