Antique Qom Persian Rug 86 × 56 cm, Silk

The piece in short

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 86 × 56 cm. It covers approximately 0.48 m², or 2.8' × 1.8'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

The pile is silk, on a warp of silk. The rug was hand-knotted throughout.

Where it fits

The rug is rectangular. At this size it works as an entryway mat or a bedside rug.

On the knot count

The stated knot density is 400,000–499,999 knots/m². At this density even small-scale motifs can be worked out cleanly.

How it reads

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.

Age and condition

Stated age: antique. In a rug of this age, patina and some pile loss belong to the picture.