Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 300 × 200 cm, Silk

The piece in short

A Qom from Iran, measuring 300 × 200 cm. The covered area is about 6 m² (9.8' × 6.6'). Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

What it is made of

Stated material: silk.

Size and placement

A size where sofa and armchairs can rest their front legs on the rug.

Knot density and quality

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.

Colour and appearance

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