Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 298 × 203 cm

At a glance

A Qom from Iran, measuring 298 × 203 cm. The covered area is about 6.05 m² (9.8' × 6.7'). Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk.

Size and placement

A size where sofa and armchairs can rest their front legs on the rug.

On the knot count

The stated knot density is 1,000,000+ knots/m². A knot count at this level belongs to the upper quality class of handmade rugs.

How it reads

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.