Hand-knotted Qom Persian Rug in Wool & Silk, 132 × 75 cm

Roughly 346,000 knots tied by hand into 0.99 m² — a Qom rug from Iran, 132 × 75 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 300,000-399,999 knots/sqm — a village-weave density, robust rather than fine. 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. Small enough (132 × 75 cm) to place where the weave can be seen from close up. Proportion 1.76:1. This is the only example of this rug; when it is gone the size and drawing do not repeat.