Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 63 × 89 cm, Silk

The piece in short

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 63 × 89 cm. That is roughly 0.56 m² of floor, about 2.1' × 2.9'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

What it is made of

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Size and placement

The rug is rectangular. Small enough to sit in front of a dresser or just inside a door.

Fineness of the knotting

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.

On the colourway

It is catalogued under multicolour. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.