The Rug Is Antique Persian Kashani

With a fine firm texture of weave short velvety nap and dark rich colours he goes on further to state that kashan is the best of the perisan rugs with the closest and finest woven texture.

The rug is antique persian kashani.

Kashan was a center of silk production since safavid times and some of the best classical persian silk rugs have been attributed to kashan. Older antique kashan rug kashan rugs are among the very best of the persian carpets. Investment quality antique persian oriental rugs featuring heriz serapi ziegler mahal haji jalili tabriz kashan sarouk mashhad gharajeh and kerman antique carpets. While this is not the highest knot count it is more than adequate to pull off the design.

Hawley in oriental rugs antique and modern consists of fields of graceful foliated stalks and floral forms resting on concentric medallions. He is said to have settled in kashan at the end of the 19th century to revive knotting artistry. Workshop of legendary master weaver mohtasham is one of the most remarkable chapters in rug history. Kashan carpets are one of the most important of the refined urban persian carpets that are the direct legacy of the golden age of persian weaving of the reign of the famous patron of the arts shah abbas in the 16th and early 17th centuries.

In the persian empire kashan was considered one of the most important trading places on the famous silk road which still exists today. My supplier said antique but i think he was a touch optimistic. The kashan rug style the typical theme for kashan carpets according to walter a. One of the most famous persian carpets of all the ardebil rug in the victoria and albert museum in london is said to have been knotted here in this city between isfahan and tehran.

Antique persian silk kashan rug origin. Antique persian mohtasham kashan rug handmade oriental rug ivory navy orange. In fact knotting in kashan. What makes kashan rugs so popular is the design.

Turn your rug over and examine the stitching for. Persian antique kashan rugs are among the very finest persian rugs and carpets. The richly decorated custard yellow field is adorned with a marvelous octofoil medallion boldly colored spandrels and a host of polychromatic vine scrolls. Kashan carpets are one of the most important of the refined urban antique carpets that are the direct legacy of the golden age of persian weaving of the reign of the famous patron of the arts shah abbas in the 16th and early 17th centuries.

This rug is a medium fine kashan rug and has some age to it. Authentic persian rugs are handmade on looms placed in the home of the man or woman weaving it as it takes almost a year to complete the carpet.