Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 166 × 100 cm, Silk

About this rug

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Qom of 166 × 100 cm. The covered area is about 1.66 m² (5.4' × 3.3'). Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and 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.

How it reads

The stated colourway is 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.