Hand-Knotted Qom Persian Rug, 60 × 88 cm, Silk

Overview

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 60 × 88 cm. That is roughly 0.53 m² of floor, about 2' × 2.9'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

The pile is 100% silk, on a warp of 100% silk. The rug was hand-knotted throughout.

Size and placement

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

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