Hand-Knotted Qom Persian Rug, 83 × 122 cm, Silk

The piece in short

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 83 × 122 cm. That is roughly 1.01 m² of floor, about 2.7' × 4'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

What it is made of

The pile is 100% silk, on a warp of 100% silk. Construction method: hand-knotted.

Where it fits

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 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

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