Hand-knotted Qom Persian Rug in Wool & Silk, 219 × 135 cm

Roughly 1 million knots tied by hand into 2.96 m² — a Qom rug from Iran, 219 × 135 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 medium-fine weave that wears well underfoot. 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. The cotton foundation holds it flat and dimensionally stable. At 219 × 135 cm it works as a defined island rather than wall-to-wall cover. Proportion 1.62:1. One of a kind: hand-knotted rugs are not made in editions, so this exact piece exists once.