Hand-Knotted Qom Persian Rug, 59 × 89 cm, Silk

At a glance

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 59 × 89 cm. That is roughly 0.53 m² of floor, about 1.9' × 2.9'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Construction

Stated material: silk, Seidenkette.

Size and placement

The rug is rectangular. A small format, at home in a hallway, beside a bed, or in front of a bench.

On the knot count

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.

How it reads

The stated colourway is blue / Türkis. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.