Antique Kashan rugs are a specific antique rug style feature an elongated central medallion with a fully-covered field and corner spandrels. Colors tend to be bright, with fields of blue, red and ivory.
Antique Kashan rugs are a specific antique rug style feature an elongated central medallion with a fully-covered field and corner spandrels. Colors tend to be bright, with fields of blue, red and ivory.
An amazing work of art from the 1870’s from the royal city of Kashan and from the most important of Rug Weaver’s workshop of Mohtasham. It is a beauty to behold with its eye pleasing ivory back ground with the most sofisticated and subtle coloration. it will be the high art on the floor and most admired piece of furnishings in any room.
They are characterized by a particular style, color and use of imported merino wool. Whether signed or unsigned, antique Mohtashem Kashan rugs are considered the crème de la crème of all antique Kashan rugs.
The early indo Kashan carpets were made with imported merino wool which was called Manchester wool in the trade. The wool is softer and finer than the native Iranian rug wool.
