Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 81 × 116 cm

The piece in short

A Qom from Iran, measuring 81 × 116 cm. It covers approximately 0.94 m², or 2.7' × 3.8'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

What it is made of

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Format and use

The rug is rectangular. 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. A knot count at this level belongs to the upper quality class of handmade rugs.

Colour and appearance

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.