Hand-knotted Qom Persian Rug in Silk, 160 × 105 cm

A hand-knotted Qom rug from Iran, 160 × 105 cm. Qom weaving began in the early twentieth century and works to a drawn cartoon rather than from memory, which is why the layouts come out so exact. At 700,000-799,999 knots/sqm the pile holds around 1.3 million knots in total — well above what a decorative rug needs. Pile 100% silk & warp 100% silk. Silk both in the pile and through the foundation, so the whole rug catches light rather than only the pattern. At 1.68 m² this is a collector’s size. Proportion 1.52:1. One of a kind: hand-knotted rugs are not made in editions, so this exact piece exists once.