Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 61 × 86 cm

The piece in short

A Qom from Iran, measuring 61 × 86 cm. It covers approximately 0.52 m², or 2' × 2.8'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Size and placement

The rug is rectangular. At this size it works as an entryway mat or a bedside rug.

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.

Colour and appearance

It is catalogued under multicolour. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.