Qom Persian Rug 54 × 77 cm, Silk, hand-knotted

Overview

Origin Iran, format 54 × 77 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. That is roughly 0.42 m² of floor, about 1.8' × 2.5'. 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. 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 1,000,000+ knots/m². A knot count at this level belongs to the upper quality class of handmade rugs.

On the colourway

Colour is recorded as blue / Türkis. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.