Persian Kashan Rug - 4.17x3.10 Turkaman

Persian Kashan Rug - 4.17x3.10 TurkamanZobeida, the favourite wife of the famous Caliph Haroun al Rasheed, established the town of Kashan, which is situated between Tehran and Isfahan. The Kashan district is possibly one of the best producers of Persian carpets. These carpets have taken the name of the region, and are simply referred to as the Kashan. Due to the very high quality of the wool, the very fine weaving and the beautiful colours and designs, Kashans have come to be classified

mainly from the southern part of the area around the town of Saliani and are more likely to be in the long

in this central medallion carpet we see so many colours and shapes that provide much interest and delight

The colours of the main guard border are much the same as those appearing in the central motifs

it is world renowned for producing the finest quality Kurdish tribal wool rugs

For this reason

Soumak is a type of flat weave

it is made of wool and is from the city of Tabriz

The import of textiles from the west lead to the decline of this craft

All of this is nicely contained by a beautiful outer guard border

Qum is located in central IRAN

first produced in Istanbul

turquoise  grey and blues