Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 78 × 120 cm

At a glance

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 78 × 120 cm. It covers approximately 0.94 m², or 2.6' × 3.9'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Size and placement

The rug is rectangular. A small format, at home in a hallway, beside a bed, or in front of a bench.

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.

How it reads

The stated colourway is red and orange. Handmade rugs always show slight colour shifts from knot to knot — that is a mark of hand work, not a defect.