Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 60 × 88 cm, Silk

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 60 × 88 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. That is roughly 0.53 m² of floor, about 2' × 2.9'. 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 4mm.

Where it fits

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 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 blue / Türkis. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.