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In spite of
the fact that carpet weaving in Ghom started almost seventy
years ago, it gained widespread recognition and fame for the
attractive designs, agreeable colours and nice texture of
its carpet within Iran and in all the other parts of the
world. For this reason, the carpets woven in the nearby
cities of Sflveh and Shahreza sometimes are traded under the
name of Ghom.
After the
Second World War, carpet weaving in Ghom started on
commercial grounds, and its fame increased rapidly as the
colours, the fibres and the dyes used for weaving were good
quality.
In the past
and at present, Ghom is one of the most important centres
for producing silk, Kork and silk-touch (Got-A
brisham)carpets.
The size
are mostly Zar-o-nim, Do-zar and the carpets of 4, 6, 7and
12 sq. m. Warp and weft are mainly of very finely spun
cotton. In silk rugs the weft are also of silk.
The carpets
are woven in the Persian knots with 2.500 up to 10.000 knots
per sq. dm. Silk carpets even more than this. The colour of
the carpets woven in Ghom are as vast and various as its
designs.
The dyers
utilise natural or steady chemical colour, preferably
pastel, turquoise, mustard, golden yellow, bright red, dark
blue and beige.
Instead of
drawing and designing their own patterns, the weavers prefer
to change slightly the design of the carpets which has a
great demand in other weaving centres of Iran. In this case,
one can be mistake, identify a rug or a carpet of Ghom as a
carpet of Kashan or Esfahan but this error never occurs in
Tabriz carpets as these are always woven with "Ghiordes"
knots whereas the weavers of Ghom utilise the "Senneh"
knots.
The designs
which are mostly used are: repeated panels, paisley (Botteh)
profusion, tree design, Shah-Abbasi medallion and corner,
overall Shah-Abbasi, Moharramt open ground medallion,
inscriptive Mehrabi repetition
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