Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 154 × 102 cm

At a glance

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 154 × 102 cm. It covers approximately 1.57 m², or 5.1' × 3.3'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

What it is made of

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Where it fits

The rug is rectangular. This size typically covers the floor in front of a seating group.

Knot density and quality

The stated knot density is 1,000,000+ knots/m². A knot count at this level belongs to the upper quality class of handmade rugs.

On the colourway

Colour is recorded as red and orange. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.