Hand-knotted Qom Oriental Rug in Silk, 276 × 184 cm

Hand-knotted: a Qom rug measuring 276 × 184 cm. What marks a Qom is the drawing: crowded, precise, and usually laid out around a medallion or a panelled field. Around 4.8 million knots went into this piece (900,000-999,999 knots/sqm) — a density normally reserved for master workshop pieces. Pile 100% silk,, warp 100% silk. A silk pile shifts tone as you move past it — the same field reads light from one side of the room and dark from the other. A mid-size piece at 5.08 m² — bedside, in front of a fireplace, or under a small table. Proportion 1.5:1. Every rug here is a single piece — there is no second one in this size and colour.