2' x 2'6" Persian Qum Kork Rug | Checkerboard & Rosette | 360-380 KPSI

This 2' x 2'6" Persian Qum rug is a small-format piece woven at 360-380 knots per square inch, the kind of density that lets a weaver draw crisp checkerboard squares and 8 petal rosettes at miniature scale. Small Qum weavings like this began as workshop samples, woven to show a design and quality level to buyers, and they have become collectible in their own right. This one works as a wall piece, an entry into Qum collecting, a refined gift, or simply the finest small mat a bedside or dressing table will ever see. It comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Design and Motifs

The composition is a geometric departure from the classic Qum floral repertoire, and that is exactly what makes it interesting. A stepped central diamond packed with 8 petal rosettes sits on a full checkerboard lattice field, echoed by 4 matching corner spandrels filled with the same rosette clusters. The main border carries a continuous run of small rosettes on ivory, framed by a plain camel outer guard that lets the busy interior breathe. Every element is drawn in miniature: individual flower heads measure barely a fingertip across, each one fully articulated with center, petals, and outline. That precision at this scale is the entire point of a high knot count.

Color

The palette is quiet and unusually modern: olive green and ivory alternate through the checkerboard field, while the central diamond and spandrels sit in a soft taupe with warm brown and white rosettes. A caramel brown outlines the stepped edges and repeats in the flower centers, and the whole composition is held by the camel outer band. There is no red, no navy, none of the expected Persian formula, which makes this piece slot effortlessly into contemporary neutral interiors while remaining unmistakably hand-drawn. The tones sit close together in value, so the pattern reads as texture from a distance and reveals its detail up close.

Origin

Qum weaves only at the top of the quality range, and the material tells you why this small piece punches above its size. The pile is kork wool, the soft fleece taken from the neck, shoulders, and underbelly of the lamb, prized for a silk-like hand and a subtle sheen that ordinary wool cannot match. Knotted at 360-380 knots per square inch on a cotton foundation, the weave is dense enough to hold every rosette in sharp focus. Qum workshops compete openly on fineness, and even their smallest formats are woven to the same standard as their room-size showpieces. This is a complete Qum in miniature.