Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 64 × 90 cm, Silk

Overview

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 64 × 90 cm. That is roughly 0.58 m² of floor, about 2.1' × 3'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp. Construction method: hand-knotted. Pile height is given as 4mm.

Format and use

Small enough to sit in front of a dresser or just inside a door.

Knot density and quality

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