Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 82 × 120 cm

The piece in short

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 82 × 120 cm. That is roughly 0.98 m² of floor, about 2.7' × 3.9'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Format and use

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

Knot density and quality

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.

On the colourway

It is catalogued under multicolour. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.