Qom Persian Rug 65 × 90 cm, Silk, hand-knotted

At a glance

A Qom from Iran, measuring 65 × 90 cm. That is roughly 0.59 m² of floor, about 2.1' × 3'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp. Construction method: hand-knotted. Pile height is given as 4mm.

Size and placement

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

On the knot count

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.

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.