Kashan rug 1.55×1.00m

Description

Title: Kashan rug

Size: 1.55×1.00m / 5’1″x3’3″ Thickness: 10mm

Origin: Kashan, Central Persia.

Technique: Hand-knotted, double weft construction. 

Material: Wool pile, knotted onto cotton warps and wefts.

Colours and Design: This Persian Kashan rug displays traditional colour combinations of red with dark blue. It displays a traditional Kashan design of a floral theme with an elongated medallion centrepiece.  

Condition/Age: The width narrows to 93cm. Maybe 20 years old.

Additional Information:

The oasis town of Kashan lies in central Persia between Isfahan and Qum on the edge of the Dasht-i-Kavir desert.

Kashan has a rich heritage in crafts from pottery and tile-work to textiles, rugs and carpets. Indeed, the master-weaver Maksoud of the Ardebil Carpet (AD. 1540) in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London) was from Kashan. The Ardebil Carpet represents possibly the most famous surviving article of woven art from the Safavid period (AD. 1502-1722). This golden age was ended by the Afghan invasion of 1722.

The weaving tradition in Kashan was revived towards the end of the nineteenth century; this was in part due to the expansion of international trade and also because of a surplus of wool stocks.

Kashan rugs are woven on a vertical loom with a woollen pile formed by the Persian (or Senneh) knot on a cotton warp and weft. The weft thread is distinctive in that it is (usually) blue in colour. The colour scheme employed is conservative with extensive use of reds and blues. Kashan Rugs are occasionally made with a silk pile hand-knotted onto silk warps – these are a rare type.

In recent decades Kashan has produced white Kashan rugs which are influenced by the colour schemes associated with Nain and Isfahan. The design of Kashan rugs is curvilinear, usually medallion style; the medallion is usually elongated.

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