Carpet Of Iran Ghoum Wool Kork Middle Twentieth Century

Carpet Ancient Perasn Ghoum Fine Wool Kork circa 1960 Fully knotted by hand, Pure fine wool Kork, vegetal dyeing, Cotton weft, Size: 2,05m x 1,43m. Ghoum Carpet is a type of carpet produced in Iran in the Ghoum area. The first trades appeared in 1930, at the initiative of merchants of Keshan. Despite their recent manufacture, they have imposed themselves by the perfection of their technique and the variety of their drawings. The classic motifs are the boteh and zil-e sultan. There are also the flowers on plain backgrounds characteristic of the carpets of Ispahan and the central medallion of the carpets of Keshan. The carpet of Ghoum has a very colorful aspect, the white and the ivory of the background bringing out the multicolored patterns.