Qom Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 347 × 247 cm, Silk

About this rug

Origin Iran, format 347 × 247 cm — a Qom made entirely by hand. That is roughly 8.57 m² of floor, about 11.4' × 8.1'. Qom is known for very finely knotted rugs, often in silk.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp.

Size and placement

The rug is rectangular. A large format for open-plan rooms or formal reception spaces.

On the knot count

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.

How it reads

Colour is recorded as multicolour. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.