Qom Persian Rug 60 × 90 cm in Silk, hand-knotted

At a glance

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 60 × 90 cm. The covered area is about 0.54 m² (2' × 3'). Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, Seidenkette.

Where it fits

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

Fineness of the knotting

The stated knot density is 1,000,000+ 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. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.