Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 81 × 119 cm, Silk

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 81 × 119 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. It covers approximately 0.96 m², or 2.7' × 3.9'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp. It is entirely hand-knotted. 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. 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. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.