Silk Qom Persian Rug 205 × 140 cm, hand-knotted

At a glance

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 205 × 140 cm. That is roughly 2.87 m² of floor, about 6.7' × 4.6'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Construction

The pile is silk, on a warp of silk. The rug was hand-knotted throughout. Weight is given as approx. 10 kg.

Format and use

The rug is rectangular. A format for a smaller room, or the area directly in front of a sofa.

Knot density and quality

The stated knot density is 900,000–999,999 knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

On the colourway

Colour is recorded as multicolour. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.

Condition

Stated age: contemporary, 0–20 years old. As a contemporary piece the pile is still even and largely unwalked.