Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 82 × 119 cm, Silk

At a glance

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 82 × 119 cm. The covered area is about 0.98 m² (2.7' × 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. Small enough to sit in front of a dresser or just inside a door.

On the knot count

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