Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 102 × 149 cm

The piece in short

A Qom from Iran, measuring 102 × 149 cm. The covered area is about 1.52 m² (3.3' × 4.9'). Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp. It is entirely hand-knotted. Pile height is given as 3mm.

Where it fits

This size typically covers the floor in front of a seating group.

Fineness of the knotting

The stated knot density is 900,000–999,999 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.