Antique Mohtasham Kashan Rug

Antique Mohtasham Kashan rug 4'4'' x 6'3''. The oval cream field shows a navy octogramme medallion with rust palmette radiations, together with navy and rust corners. Stained glass drawing...

Antique Mohtasham Kashan rug 7.6'' x 10.9''. The pinched and pointed cartouche-form subfield is not really an empty beige, but powder blue and very s...

Antique Mohtasham Kashan rug 7'8'' x 10'4''. This very fully-patterned, finely woven NW Persian carpet is certainly attributable to the highly desira...

Antique Mohtasham Kashan rug 13.3'' x 20'4''. The ruby red field supports a four by six array of gently scalloped ogival, side conjoint navy blue leaf and flower panels. The induced red reserves each present a millefleurs pattern. Rich red border of reversing green arches...

Antique Mohtasham Kashan rug 4'7'' x 6'7''.

Antique Mohtasham Kashan Rug 9'11'' x 13'. A "second generation" Mohtasham from central Persia, this finely woven urban creation shows a five by six array of red flame-tongued medall...

Antique Kashan - Mohtasham rug, size: 3'0" x 5'4".

Antique Kashan - Mohtasham rug, size: 11'4" x 17'6".

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...

This antique, finely woven, central Persian city scatter rug shows a scalloped, lightly abrashed navy palmette medallion centering a rose Sub-medallion, all on a cream field with en ...

Antique Persian Mohtasham Kashan rug, 1880 Persia circa 1880 Handwoven.     

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...