Traditional Handwoven Luxury Semi Antique Kashan Ivory / Red

Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Semi Antique Persian Red / Ivory. Size: 10' X 12'-5"

Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Semi Antique Persian Red / Ivory. Size: 3'-2" X 4'-5"

Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Semi Antique Ivory Rug.Size 2' X 4'

Antique Persian Kashan Navy / Red Rug, circa 1900. Situated on the caravan route to India in central Persia is the town of Kashan famed as one of the top quality production areas. They have been producing and exporting carpets of the highest artistic craftsmanship over several centuries. The famous Ardabil carpet...

Traditional Handwoven Luxury Semi Antique Persian Wool Ivory / Rose. Size: 9'-3" X 12'-2"

Traditional Handwoven Luxury Semi Antique Persian Wool Red. Size: 7'-7" X 10'-5"

This traditional handwoven Persian Kashan Mohtasham rug has a dusty pink field with horizontal rows of ivory cartouches containing dense floral vine link...

A stunning Semi Antique Persian Kashan Rug that originates from Iran in the mid 20th century. This beautiful rug is 100% hand-knotted and is in excellent condition considering it’s r...

A stunning Semi Antique Persian Kashan Rug that orignates from Iran in the mid 20th century. This beautiful 100% hand knotted rug is in excellent condition considering it’s rich hist...

Workshop of legendary master weaver Mohtasham is one of the most remarkable chapters in Rug history. He is said to have settled in Kashan at the end of the 19th century to Revive knotting artistry. In fact, knotting in Kashan did indeed gained important momentum. Mohtashem created a wonderful, unmistakable style. Rugs in this style are now referred to as Mohtashem Kashan and are highly valued around the world. A few ways to spot a Mohtasham is its Manchester wool and purple silk on the sides. Reference Hali Magazine Issue 35 pages 45-49. The best of Kashan’s from the late 19th and early 20th century are referred to as Motasham Kashan’s. They are some of the most finely woven of all Persian rugs...

Situated on the edge of the desert, Kashan experiences seasonally intense heat, winds and bright sunlight. It has served as an important political and artistic center throughout the major periods of Persian history and is regarded as a major weaving center for antique Persian rugs. Kashan is known for not only silk and textiles, but for decorative ceramic tiles. Although Kashan rugs are known to have been woven since at least the Sassanian Empire, 224 to 642 CE, there are two major periods of carpet production. The first was during the Safavid period in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in royal workshops and commercial weaving centers. The second was during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries under Qajar rule, primarily for export but also for use by the Persian upper class. Antique Kashan rugs are a specific antique rug style...

Dabir Kashan stands among the most virtuoso, highly reputed of the Persian city workshops at the start of the 20th century. This premier example possesses the consummate craftsmanshi...