Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 136 × 199 cm

The piece in short

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 136 × 199 cm. The covered area is about 2.71 m² (4.5' × 6.5'). Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Where it fits

The rug is rectangular. 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. A knot count at this level belongs to the upper quality class of handmade rugs.

Colour and appearance

Colour is recorded as multicolour. Handmade rugs always show slight colour shifts from knot to knot — that is a mark of hand work, not a defect.