Hand-knotted Qom Persian Rug in Silk, 66 × 44 cm

Hand-knotted from Iran: a Qom rug measuring 66 × 44 cm. Qom looms turn out silk, wool and cork-wool pieces alike — what they share is the density of the drawing, not the fibre. At 700,000-799,999 knots/sqm the pile holds around 218,000 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 0.29 m² this is a collector’s size. Proportion 1.5:1. One of a kind: hand-knotted rugs are not made in editions, so this exact piece exists once.