Qom Persian Rug 81 × 119 cm, Silk, hand-knotted

The piece in short

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 81 × 119 cm. That is roughly 0.96 m² of floor, about 2.7' × 3.9'. 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. At this size it works as an entryway mat or a bedside rug.

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

Colour is recorded as red and orange. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.