Antique Qom Persian Rug, 209 × 134 cm, Silk

Overview

Origin Iran, format 209 × 134 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. That is roughly 2.8 m² of floor, about 6.9' × 4.4'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

The pile is silk, on a warp of silk. It is entirely hand-knotted. Weight is given as approx. 8 kg.

Size and placement

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

Fineness of the knotting

The stated knot density is 900,000–999,999 knots/m². A knot count at this level belongs to the upper quality class of handmade rugs.

On the colourway

Colour is recorded as Weiß / beige. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.

Condition

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