Hand-knotted Qom Persian Rug in Wool & Silk, 123 × 84 cm

Roughly 258,000 knots tied by hand into 1.03 m² — a Qom rug from Iran, 123 × 84 cm. Qom lies south of Tehran; its workshops are the youngest of the great Persian centres and among the most disciplined. The stated density is 200,000-299,999 knots/sqm — a knot count typical of a rug woven for daily use. Pile 100% wool with silk,, warp 100% cotton. The silk is used for the highlights and the wool for the body, which is what gives the pattern its depth under raking light. At 1.03 m² this is a collector’s size; fine pieces this small are often shown on a wall. Proportion 1.46:1. One of a kind: hand-knotted rugs are not made in editions, so this exact piece exists once.