Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 78 × 118 cm, Silk

The piece in short

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 78 × 118 cm. The covered area is about 0.92 m² (2.6' × 3.9'). Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Format and use

The rug is rectangular. At this size it works as an entryway mat or a bedside rug.

On the knot count

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.

How it reads

The stated colourway is multicolour. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.