Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 77 × 119 cm

The piece in short

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 77 × 119 cm. That is roughly 0.92 m² of floor, about 2.5' × 3.9'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Format and use

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

Knot density and quality

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

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.