Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 197 × 131 cm, Silk

About this rug

Origin Iran, format 197 × 131 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. That is roughly 2.58 m² of floor, about 6.5' × 4.3'. 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. A format for a smaller room, or the area directly in front of a sofa.

Fineness of the knotting

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