Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 130 × 201 cm, Silk

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 130 × 201 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. That is roughly 2.61 m² of floor, about 4.3' × 6.6'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp. The rug was hand-knotted throughout. Pile height is given as 5mm.

Where it fits

A format for a smaller room, or the area directly in front of a sofa.

Knot density and quality

The stated knot density is 900,000–999,999 knots/m². A knot count at this level belongs to the upper quality class of handmade rugs.

On the colourway

Colour is recorded as multicolour. Handmade rugs always show slight colour shifts from knot to knot — that is a mark of hand work, not a defect.