An exceptional antique Persian Manchester Wool Kashan Vase Rug, handwoven circa 1920, representing the finest artistic traditions of Kashan during the early twentieth century. This elegant rug is woven with the highly prized Manchester wool imported from England, renowned for its extraordinary softness, silky luster, and durability.
An exquisite antique Persian Kashan rug, handwoven around 1920 using the highly prized Manchester wool imported from England. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the finest Kashan workshops selected Manchester wool for its exceptional softness, strength, and luxurious sheen, producing some of the most elegant Persian rugs ever woven.
This beautiful example features a luminous rose-pink field centered by an elegant sky-blue floral medallion surrounded by finely drawn arabesques, palmettes, and delicate flowering vines.
A beautiful antique Persian Dabir Kashan, handwoven around 1920, featuring an elegant ivory field adorned with intricate scrolling floral vines surrounding a richly ornamented medallion. The deep navy border is filled with finely detailed palmettes and arabesques that beautifully frame the composition. Woven with high-quality wool on a cotton foundation, this rug exhibits the fine weave, refined drawing, and balanced color palette that distinguish the celebrated Dabir workshop.
Material: Fine Kork wool pile on cotton foundation.
This exceptional antique Persian Isfahan rug is a beautifully woven late 19th-century example from one of Persia's most prestigious weaving centers. The rug features a highly refined allover floral composition set upon a rare and desirable soft pistachio-green (celadon) field.
Construction: Fine wool with silk highlights on cotton foundation
This is a very fine Persian Nain Tudeshk rug, woven in the village of Tudeshk, located southeast of Nain. Tudeshk rugs are often confused with Nains because of their exceptional fineness, elegant drawing, and sophisticated color palette, but they typically exhibit a slightly more individual village character.
An elegant and finely woven Persian Nain Tudeshk runner featuring a deep midnight-blue field centered by an intricate ivory and camel medallion.
Kashan rugs have for a long time been considered the essence of Persian rugs. Almost inevitably, the initial association when a Persian rug is mentioned is an ornate oriental rug with a strong pattern with bold reds and blues. While Kashan rugs certainly have made a lasting impression with these colors, the evolution of such weavings is really an awesome conglomeration of many different styles, colors and variety. Some spectacular and very fine pieces have been produced in Kashan for many, many years.
A Kashan rug made in Persia in the city of Kashan in Isfahan Province North Central Iran. There was production of Persian carpet at Royal workshops in the 17th and early 18th century. The Persian carpet workshops ceased production in about 1722 after the Afghan invasion. Persian carpet production was very minor until the 20th century. Historically, Kashan was a major center in the garment trade. In the late 19th century, the market shifted and the local industry went from fine wool cloth to fine wool carpets. High quality wool was sourced from Sabzevar.
