Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 83 × 116 cm, Silk

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 83 × 116 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. That is roughly 0.96 m² of floor, about 2.7' × 3.8'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

What it is made of

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.

Colour and appearance

Colour is recorded as red and orange. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.