Antique Kashan Rug

Pillow made from a Mohtasham Kashan rug. Measures: 20'' x 20''.

An extraordinary early 20th century Persian Mohtashem Kashan silk room size rug highlighted by a light green field. Measures: 8'4'' x 11'5''.

An extraordinary early 20th century Persian Mohtashem Kashan Silk rug. Measures: 3'4'' x 3'8'' The rarest group of Kashan carpets that utilizes non-traditional designs and color palettes is the “Motashem Kashan,” which was woven up to the end of the 19th century. This elite class of Kashan carpets uses a very luminous quality of lamb’s wool, which gives the surface a highly reflective quality. Quite hard-to-find, true Motashem Kashan rugs are extraordinarily finely knotted. They employ either a graceful teardrop medallion or intricately detailed all-over blossom and leaf patterns. Their preferred color palette is subtle pastel and earth tones, contrasted by a penetrating midnight indigo blue.  At the same time, these hues retain a remarkable luster, as the rich lanolin has risen to the surface of each fiber of wool. Also, early Motashem Kashan rugs often demonstrate a very sensitive and emotive use of intentional color shading, a technique known as abrash. In Mohtasham Kashan carpets...

A phenomenal late 19th century room size Mohtashem Kashan rug The most rare group of Kashan carpets that utilizes non-traditional designs and color palettes is the “Motashem Kash...

Pillow made from a Mohtasham Kashan rug. Measures: 20'' x 20''.

Room size early 20th century Persian Kashan rug 8'3'' x 11'5''

A vintage Persian Bakhtiari pictorial rug from the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 10" x 6' 8"

A stunning mid 20th century pakistani prayer rug with a pink color pallette containing a pattern of six niches designed after the mihrab of a mosq...

Heaven in a Carpet. Snoeck-Ducaji & Zoon, 2004. Exhibition catalogue of classic rugs: 15th-19th centuries, from a variety of museums and private collections. Exhibited at the Institu...

Antique print titled 'Kohm - Kasjan'. Old print with two views: one is Qom, the other Kashan. Both are in Iran (then known as Persia). This print originates from 'Cornelis de Bruins...

In 1883, Ziegler and Co., of Manchester, England, established a Persian carpet manufacture in Sultanabad, Iran, employing designers from major Western department stores, like B. Altm...

Beautiful small size pictorial antique Israeli Marbediah rug, country of origin: Israel, date circa 1920. Size: 2 ft 6 in x 3 ft 6 in (0.76 m x 1.07 m)....