Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 100 × 152 cm

At a glance

Origin Iran, format 100 × 152 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. The covered area is about 1.52 m² (3.3' × 5'). Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

What it is made of

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Where it fits

The rug is rectangular. This size typically covers the floor in front of a seating group.

On the knot count

The stated knot density is 1,000,000+ knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

How it reads

The stated colourway is multicolour. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.