Qom (Ghom)

Erami of Qom: workshop practice, designers and weavers, signature and certificate of origin, plus disclosed manufacturer’s statements from the trade.

How Qom became a pilgrimage city, which carpets lay in the shrine and what is attested about its path to silk weaving: Iranica, Britannica, V&A.

Art silk, mercerised cotton, copies sold as “Qom”: which tests conservators describe and why no single test is enough.

Four cities, similar silk carpets: what the Iranica, Britannica and auction catalogues say about material, foundation, history and design.

The designs of Qom carpets and their origins: Shah Abbasi palmettes, hunting scenes, gol-farang, kheshti compartments and prayer niches, with sources.

Erami, Jamshidi, Mirmehdi, Amiri and others: which Qom workshops are attested by catalogues, oral history or honours, and what only the trade says.

Where the signature of a Qom carpet sits, what it names and what it does not: examples from the Dorotheum, Chiswick, Nagel and the V&A, soberly…

Conversion table for KPSI, knots/m² and raj: three definitions of raj, density values from Qom auctions and raj figures from Qom ranging from 65 to 200.

What is kork wool really? The Iranica says goat down, the trade says lamb’s wool. Construction, density and significance of the wool Qom on silk.

Where the silk comes from, why it shines and how the foundation of a Qom silk carpet is built: attested facts, with trade claims kept clearly…