Qom Persian Rug 58 × 87 cm, Silk, hand-knotted

At a glance

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 58 × 87 cm. That is roughly 0.5 m² of floor, about 1.9' × 2.9'. 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 1,000,000+ knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

How it reads

It is catalogued under multicolour. Handmade rugs always show slight colour shifts from knot to knot — that is a mark of hand work, not a defect.