Qom Persian Rug 250 × 250 cm, Silk, hand-knotted

The piece in short

This Qom comes from Iran and measures 250 × 250 cm. It covers approximately 6.25 m², or 8.2' × 8.2'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Where it fits

The rug is square. A size where sofa and armchairs can rest their front legs on the rug.

On the knot count

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.

How it reads

It is catalogued under multicolour. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.