Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 80 × 120 cm, Silk

The piece in short

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 80 × 120 cm. That is roughly 0.96 m² of floor, about 2.6' × 3.9'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Format and use

The rug is rectangular. A small format, at home in a hallway, beside a bed, or in front of a bench.

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.

Colour and appearance

The stated colourway is Weiß / beige. Handmade rugs always show slight colour shifts from knot to knot — that is a mark of hand work, not a defect.