Antique Persian Mohtasham Kashan Rug

From the "Mohtasham" period in central Persian Kashan work, this finely woven, velvety pile room size shows an abrashed rust-red field with a full three column repeating pattern of i...

This rare mansion-sized central Persian city carpet in good condition features a navy field filled with actively curling floral tendrils, supporting a layered rose and sand pendanted...

This well-woven Central Persian city scatter on cotton shows a subdued palette of beige, sand, light brown and a few rust accents, in a medallion layout with floating shield pendants...

This is an attractive example of the interwar Manchester merino wool Kashan carpets with ruby red fields and a floral pattern influenced by "American" Sarouks. Here each field end ha...

His central Persian city carpet shows a subdued palette with a Shah 'Abbas design of palmettes, forked arabesques and rinceaux on a light buff ground. The main border is en suite in ...

This finely woven central Persian town carpet with a particularly velvety pile was woven during the period of, and possibly by the famous Mohtasham workshop. The rust palmette and vi...

Antique Persian Mohtasham Kashan  

Pillow made from a 19th-century Mohtasham Kashan rug. 18'' x 18''

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

74220 Antique Persian Mohtashem Kashan Silk Directional Rug with Regal Neoclassic Style. Opulence and grace with beguiling ambiance, this antique Persian Mohtashem Kashan large direc...

Bolster size pillow made from a 19th century fine Mohtasham Kashan rug. 12'' x 18''

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...