Hand-Knotted Silk Qom Persian Rug, 200 × 133 cm

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 200 × 133 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. That is roughly 2.66 m² of floor, about 6.6' × 4.4'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Format and use

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. Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

On the colourway

The stated colourway is red and orange. Handmade rugs always show slight colour shifts from knot to knot — that is a mark of hand work, not a defect.