Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 63 × 91 cm

At a glance

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 63 × 91 cm. That is roughly 0.57 m² of floor, about 2.1' × 3'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

What it is made of

Stated material: silk, silk warp. It is entirely hand-knotted. Pile height is given as 4mm.

Format and use

Small enough to sit in front of a dresser or just inside a door.

On the knot count

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

Colour is recorded as multicolour. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.